Paonia Community Kitchen
395 Clark Ave in Paonia, CO
The Paonia Community Kitchen is a shared-use & licensed commercial kitchen operated by Foodhouse LLC.
This space is ran by Mountain Oven's own Chris Sullivan and Dana Whitcomb. We offer this space to fellow producers to create value-added food and agricultural products and develop businesses in an established commercial kitchen environment. This shared resource provides an opportunity for food entrepreneurs and farmers to launch a business without the upfront capital expenses of building a commercial kitchen.
LOCATION: 395 Clark Ave in Paonia, CO
CONTACT: paoniafoodhouse@gmail.com
Infrastructure For Resilient Local Food Systems
For many years, Mountain Oven shared kitchen spaces. We know firsthand what a vital resource a licensed kitchen is for a business to get up and running in the first several years of operation and how inhibitive access to a licensed facility is.
OUR MISSION
Supporting local food start-ups by providing access to a facility and equipment.
Enhancing the local food economy in the North Fork Valley and Western Slope.
Improving community access to locally grown and value-added products.
Facility Amenities
Our aim is to provide affordable access to a well-outfitted commercial kitchen facility for food entrepreneurs and value-added producers to promote a vibrant and diverse local food economy in the North Fork Valley.
Your community kitchen rent pays for a lot more than “rent”, including:
Access to a licensed commercial kitchen facility with commercial ovens, flat top, refrigeration, dishwasher, work stations, storage, small wares etc.
Commercial refrigerator and freezer use
All utilities: electric, gas, water, sewer, trash, recycling, high speed internet
Cleaning supplies, paper towels
Common area maintenance
Equipment/facility maintenance and kitchen management
Long & Short-Term Rates
While each arrangement is tailored to an individual user’s needs and usage, we use the following rates as a starting place for determining rent. Your final rent cost will be determined on an individual basis. We offer hourly and monthly/long-term rates.
Agricultural Producers: To support our local agricultural producers, we may provide discounts from for value-adding to your harvest. This will be determined on a case-by-case basis.
Hourly Rate
Liability Release and Hourly Use Agreement subject to change or termination at any time.
$25/hr with 4 hr minimum
$20/hr for 8+ hrs
Monthly & Year-Long Leases
1+ Day / Week Use
All long-term rental agreements offer lower hourly rates and receive prioritization for scheduling access over hourly users. We are happy to provide long-term lease agreements for new and growing businesses (3 month, 6 month, 12 month, or longer). These leases provide 1+ day / week of access to the community kitchen.
We prioritize the needs of our long-term weekly users because it is our goal to see businesses showing up to make a go at it and contribute to the vibrancy and vitality of the community kitchen. Weekly users generally have access to the kitchen on a dedicated day or days of the week.
Weekly use rental agreements start as low as $400 / month for one day / week access.
Dedicated dry storage, refrigerator, or freezer space will be charged additionally.
Workdays longer than 8 hours will be charged additionally.
Year-long leases will receive the best rates and pricing.
Interested in joining the kitchen?
For inquiries, application requests, and to book a kitchen tour reach out to Dana and Chris at paoniafoodhouse@gmail.com