Union Kitchen may have won our D.C. Innovation Award for Maker Space of the Year, but the Ivy City-based food incubator can also be accurately described as a coworking location.

“Companies are literally working side by side,” Union Kitchen Marketing Manager Kelly McPharlin told Technical.ly, and this physical proximity allows a kind of community where the approximately 100 member companies can easily share lessons learned and even collaborate on projects together. This, McPharlin suggested, is what makes Union Kitchen’s two-level location more than just a bunch of stoves and countertops and walk-in refrigerators.

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