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URBANA, MD[/b] - It seems like it's getting harder and harder to find time to cook homemade meals; more and more people are either eating out or ordering in. But a new business is trying to change that.
It's part supermarket, part social event, and you can leave with enough meals for a month.
Chicken Mirabella, flank steak, peanut crusted fish filet and warm apple crisp all sound like menu items from a gourmet restaurant, but they’re actually options you can choose to prepare and serve your family without stepping foot into your kitchen.
Enter: Dream Dinners, a nationwide chain now open on Urbana Pike that aims to subtract the prep-work and clean-up out of the cooking equation.
"We know that moms and dads are busy and we just want our community to have the opportunity get around the dinner table and time-save," says Tracey Muragaki, co-owner of Dream Dinners.
Patrick Kelly of Westminster says, "My wife is looking for a place we can go to make some quick meals and take it easy because we both work."
The concept is pretty simple. Just show up, bring a few friends if you'd like, and all of your ingredients are waiting for you. From your spices, to your meats and veggies, even your utensils. All you have to do is assemble.
Muragaki explains, "Customers assemble their meals, take them home, freeze them and unfreeze them as they eat them."
"Knowing that I don't have to cook and this is in the freezer, it's great, I don't have to think about it," says Adrienne Rueinta, a Dream Dinners customer.
For a cost of about $3-4 a serving, even young singles say, it's worth it.
“I don't fit the typical demographic, but it fits my life, too. I work all day and don't want to come home and cook," says co-owner 23-year-old Jamie Grabner.
"I definitely feel that by the time you buy all the ingredients from the grocery store, you actually end up paying the same for what you would do here," says customer Amy Thompson.
It’s a concept Dream Dinners hopes will help busy families enjoy quality meals and quality time around the table.
In addition to the Urbana location, a Dream Dinners is opening up in Hagerstown next year. Customers should be aware you have to make a reservation and prepare at least six meals.
It's part supermarket, part social event, and you can leave with enough meals for a month.
Chicken Mirabella, flank steak, peanut crusted fish filet and warm apple crisp all sound like menu items from a gourmet restaurant, but they’re actually options you can choose to prepare and serve your family without stepping foot into your kitchen.
Enter: Dream Dinners, a nationwide chain now open on Urbana Pike that aims to subtract the prep-work and clean-up out of the cooking equation.
"We know that moms and dads are busy and we just want our community to have the opportunity get around the dinner table and time-save," says Tracey Muragaki, co-owner of Dream Dinners.
Patrick Kelly of Westminster says, "My wife is looking for a place we can go to make some quick meals and take it easy because we both work."
The concept is pretty simple. Just show up, bring a few friends if you'd like, and all of your ingredients are waiting for you. From your spices, to your meats and veggies, even your utensils. All you have to do is assemble.
Muragaki explains, "Customers assemble their meals, take them home, freeze them and unfreeze them as they eat them."
"Knowing that I don't have to cook and this is in the freezer, it's great, I don't have to think about it," says Adrienne Rueinta, a Dream Dinners customer.
For a cost of about $3-4 a serving, even young singles say, it's worth it.
“I don't fit the typical demographic, but it fits my life, too. I work all day and don't want to come home and cook," says co-owner 23-year-old Jamie Grabner.
"I definitely feel that by the time you buy all the ingredients from the grocery store, you actually end up paying the same for what you would do here," says customer Amy Thompson.
It’s a concept Dream Dinners hopes will help busy families enjoy quality meals and quality time around the table.
In addition to the Urbana location, a Dream Dinners is opening up in Hagerstown next year. Customers should be aware you have to make a reservation and prepare at least six meals.
not something i personally would utilize... anyone else??
