Luna Grill Restaurant Support Center in Carlsbad houses the Mediterranean chain's corporate headquarters and test kitchen at 5973 Avenida Encinas in the Pacific View Plaza complex. The 2004-founded brand manages 50-plus company-owned locations across California and Texas from this Carlsbad base, sharing the Avenida Encinas business corridor with the gastropub kitchen at Draft Republic Carlsbad. An on-site test kitchen develops new menu items and refines the open-flame grilling protocols that define the chain's kabob-centric Mediterranean format. The headquarters oversees a centralized supply chain delivering antibiotic- and hormone-free proteins to every restaurant, along with the non-GMO ingredient standards governing the brand's scratch-cooking operations. Menu innovation from the R&D kitchen has expanded the bowls and wraps program with grain-based builds and seasonal proteins, available for catering and dine-in across a Poinsettia corridor that also hosts Burgeon Beer Company. The facility's recipe-development lab manages the full marinade portfolio, from the overnight protein soak to the saffron-rice preparation used across all company-owned kitchens.