12 Secret Yakima Restaurants You Probably Have Never Heard of Yet

Yakima locals love finding out secrets. Here's one you can use: If you order food in a delivery app, like DoorDash or Uber Eats and type in the kind of food you want, it will include a list of local well-known restaurants. It will also include a list of places whose names you've never seen before. I'll tell you why in a sec.

Take this restaurant for example, where in the heck is "Krispy Krunchy Chicken Restaurant?" I've never seen this place before in Yakima, but it actually exists!

Narrator: That's because it's a "ghost kitchen."

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Ghost Kitchens: Secret Yakima Restaurants Hidden in Plain Sight

I think this is the coolest way to describe what a ghost kitchen is: it's like if a restaurant was Two-Face from the Batman comics. One side of the restaurant is the popular one we all recognize, the Harvey Dent, and the restaurant's ghost kitchen is the Two Face. It's a restaurant within a restaurant.

Get a load of these twelve secret Yakima restaurants that are hidden in plain sight, allegedly, according to my Uber Eats app!

1. Breakfast Beauties

3908 Creekside Loop

You can only order through DoorDash, Uber Eats.

2. Krispy Krunchy Chicken

6310 West Washington Avenue

It's inside the Chevron gas station.

3. Wild Burger

2529 Main Street , Suite C02

It's actually Buffalo Wild Wings at Valley Mall, but just for burger orders.

4. Pizza Palace

2710 W Nob Hill Blvd, Yakima

Who knew that Taj Palace is moonlighting as a pizza joint on Uber Eats?

5. Nathan's Famous Hot Dogs

3704 Fruitvale Blvd, Yakima

I finally tried a Nathan's Famous hot dog when I was on a trip in Vegas. It wasn't too bad. I had no idea that Denny's here in Yakima has a ghost kitchen for them!

6. Wing Zone

2603 Rudkin Rd, Union Gap

Did you know that this Denny's restaurant also serves as a Wing Zone location? Me neither!

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7. The Meltdown

3704 Fruitvale Blvd, Yakima

Wow, Denny's has several ghost kitchens around here! Sandwiches! Get your fresh (Denny's) sandwiches!

8. Trailer Bird's Hot Chicken

2706 W Nob Hill Blvd

Dickey's Barbecue Pit has a secret kitchen that serves up hot chicken sandwiches, "allegedly!"

9. Wing Depot

3704 Fruitvale Blvd, Yakima

If you guessed this was inside of a Denny's, you would be correct. It ain't no ding, ding, i's a chicken wing.

10. The Original Hot Chicken

2603 Rudkin Rd, Union Gap

Apparently, Denny's has pretty much got all the food bases covered in the Uber Eats app: wings, hot chicken, burgers, wings, and Nathan's Famous hot dogs, too!

11. El Quesadillo

6712 Tieton Dr

Need a Mexican food fix delivered? There's this ghost kitchen inside the Chevron on Tieton.

12. MAC Nifico

2706 W Nob Hill Blvd

One restaurant wants to tempt you with some pulled pork mac and cheese. SURPRISE! It's Dickey's Barbecue Pit on West Nob Hill!

I totally get that restaurants need to pivot to stay afloat in this economy. While I prefer to support the mom and pop restaurants here in town, like Ozeki's Japanese Restaurant or White House Cafe, I am still tempted to try those pulled pork mac and cheese bowls from *checks notes* MAC Nifico!