GREENFIELD — The Five Eyed Fox kitchen was roaring for a few fleeting hours on Monday, albeit under a different roof.

Ashley Arthur, who owned the former Turners Falls eatery, was cooking some of her menu items as a pop-up restaurant inside Mesa Verde with the permission of owner Amy McMahan, who has been exploring partnerships with other restaurateurs.

“It went great. There’s a lot that I took from it to learn how to make things go more smoothly,” Arthur said. “The pacing of things and the execution of things could be better next time but … overall it went wonderfully.”

Arthur, who owned the Five Eyed Fox for nine years before it closed in December 2023, said Mesa Verde’s kitchen has a different setup than hers did, but that provided an important experience for her. She and Colin Vannucci served up Italian subs, fried chicken sandwiches, cabbage salads and lemon poppy seed parfaits. The pop-up restaurant was slated for 5 to 8 p.m. but Arthur ran out of food by 7.

“It’s the best learning curve there could be,” she said. “I can’t be more grateful to Amy. She has pulled me out of a hole that I have been in since my restaurant closed.”

McMahan, who opened Mesa Verde in 2003 and has been hosting a series of pop-up restaurants, said she was happy to make her kitchen available to Arthur.

“I’m proud to use my space to help another queer female restaurant owner have a second act,” McMahan said. “And she is pollinating Mesa. She brings things to the table we need. We are stronger and better together.”

Similarly, on Sunday, McMahan hosted Chef Ting, of BJFL Restaurant Group, for another pop-up restaurant. McMahan said Mesa Verde is in talks to join BJFL Restaurant Group, which has two locations on Martha’s Vineyard, and become a food lab and commissary kitchen.

“As of now, Mesa stays the same but will be preparing food to be served on [Martha’s Vineyard], which helps with their exorbitant labor and food costs,” McMahan explained in an email, adding that she is exploring the possibility of shifting and streamlining Mesa Verde to a more modern fast-casual concept.

McMahan also holds Haitian pop-up kitchens as a nod to the immigrants in the community and to help support their needs as they establish themselves locally.

Reach Domenic Poli at: dpoli@recorder.com or 413-930-4120.