Guy Fieri Opens Flavortown Ghost Kitchen In Sarasota

SARASOTA, FL — Celebrity chef Guy Fieri has opened 100 Flavortown ghost restaurants across the country, including one in Sarasota.

According to the Flavortown website, Fieri has opened the pop-up kitchen in 23 states and Washington, D.C. There are nine locations in Florida, including Davie, Fort Lauderdale, Maitland, two in Naples, two in Orlando, Palm Beach Gardens and Sarasota.

Highlights from the delivery-only restaurant’s menu includes the Bourbon Brown Sugar BBQ Wins, the Mac N Cheese Burger, Jalapeño Pig Poppers and the Crazy Cuban Sandwich.

Fieri has partnered with restaurateur Robert Earl, who is behind Planet Hollywood, Bertucci’s, Bravo Italian Kitchen, Brio Italian Grille and Buca di Beppo, to launch the Flavortown kitchens, Eater reported. They already own the Chicken Guy! chain together.

The Flavortown pop-ups will operate out of existing industrial kitchens at Earl’s restaurants, reports said.

Order from the Flavortown menu through the ghost kitchen’s website or app. Its food is also available through many delivery services, including Grubhub, DoorDash, Seamless and UberEats.

Fieri created the concept of Flavortown on his Food Network show “Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives.”

“On camera, I once said, 'This pizza looks like a manhole cover in Flavortown.' Willy Wonka had a chocolate stream, you know? So it's taking these iconic food items, these iconic food moments, and giving them a home. They all live in Flavortown. It's like one of those things in The Matrix: You can only get down with Flavortown if you believe in Flavortown,” Fieri told Food Network.

Fieri, whose name is behind 15 restaurant concepts with the addition of Flavortown, opened two Chicken Guy! eateries in Florida — one in Disney Springs, the other in Miami — in recent years. Two new Chicken Guy! spots are opening in South Florida soon, according to his website.