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Asking Price £149,950

590970

RESTAURANT in Sheffield for Sale. Ernest Wilson are delighted to bring to market this well known and long established traditional Italian restaurant – the business has been in the same family ownership since 1998, during which time it has developed a strong reputation with a loyal customer base. The business currently trades in very limited hours over five evenings, generating an enviable turnover of £6,000 weekly – oozing potential for enthusiastic new owners to introduce lunchtime openings and significantly boost trade. The premises are held on lease with very sensible rent for such a prominent city centre location. Comprising ground floor restaurant seating 28 in comfort, bar and well equipped commercial kitchen. First floor restaurant providing an additional 14 covers, store room, ladies and gents WC. Dumb waiter system between ground and first floors. Second floor staff room and additional storage. Externally, store room and staff WC accessible via rear yard and bin store. EPC Band D.

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Asking Price £160,000

590978

ITALIAN RESTAURANT in West Yorkshire for Sale. Purpose built restaurant space with highly attractive contemporary frontage on a very busy main road in the centre of this bustling town centre. Ground floor bar and 30 cover open plan restaurant, plus upper floor accommodating 44 covers with outside covered deck for a further 12. The restaurant has traded successfully for nearly 10 years and is only being sold due to the owners wish to return to his native Italy. It comes staffed with a full compliment of well trained and skilled staff. Weekly Turnover £10,000 to £12,000. The restaurant consistently wins industry awards and is highly rated on Tripadvisor. It does not offer online ordering nor delivery, leaving substantial potential for increased sales. Heavily discounted council business rates and very reasonable rent make for low overheads. EPC Band C. Stock £5,000. HISTORIC RESTAURANT VENUE in York City Centre for Sale. A famous York city centre landmark, which has been the home of hugely successful, fine dining restaurants for the last three decades. It’s location, amongst other high -end dining establishments and famed chain restaurants, guarantees a colossal amount of footfall. Currently offering a highly acclaimed and diverse menu and attracting excellent 4.5 star reviews on Tripadvisor, the restaurant has been a huge success story for its chef owner, achieving sales in excess of £22,000 per week, and some weeks £35,000 to £40,000. In fact, the restaurant has doubled its turnover between 2021 and 2022. Although a tremendous performance, this does come with its operational difficulties and the owner has now decided to sell the restaurant but is willing to stay on as chef for a transitionary period of time, if required, to train new staff in the preparation of the menu items. Ground Floor: Bar and main restaurant with seating spaciously accommodating 52 diners. Superbly equipped commercial catering kitchen with central islands and lay-out produce high volumes of food service and efficiency. Secondary (staff only) staircase lead s to lower ground floor stores. Ladies and gents WC’s. Substantial dry stores, chilled storage, bottle store and utility areas. Staff changing room and WC. Lower Ground Floor: Two main dining rooms, the second with snug booth seating compartments and regular dining tables accommodating 60 customers. Stock £20,000. EPC Band C. Asking Price £185,000 590039 VIBRANT RESTAURANT VENUE in West Yorkshire for Sale. Undoubtedly one of the finest and most attractive licensed restaurants in this famous town. Located close to a live music venue and benefitting from the guaranteed footfall its events and live concerts create. Hugely popular with local residents, as well as being a destination restaurant for visitors from surrounding districts looking for a vibrant atmosphere and quality dining and cocktails. Offering high quality Tex-Mex food in a high energy, busy and bustling environment, this restaurant has rapidly become a favourite with customers booking months in advance. THE BUSINESS - Annual turnover in excess of £540,000 excluding VAT, from trading just five days a week, so the potential to achieve more is evident. The restaurant is predominantly staff run with a loyal and energetic team. Current weekly gross sales range between £12,000 and £16,000 depending on events both within the town and the restaurant itself. The restaurant is suitable for any style of theme or cuisine, but the Tex-Mex menu and decor has proven to be hugely successful here. The tradename, branding and intellectual property is included, should new owners wish to continue with this proven and now fully established formulae. THE PREMISES - Highly prominent and attractive building just yards from main public car parks. A covered and heated external deck seats 28 to 30 customers and leads through to an internal, split-level restaurant over ground and first floors. Each floor has its own independent bar for quick beverage service. The ground floor dining and bar area seats 20 customers, and the main first floor dining room comfortably seats 60 or more diners. Well appointed ladies, gents and disabled persons WCs on the ground floor. A secondary, staff only staircase directly from the ground floor catering kitchen makes for unencumbered food service to the first-floor dining room. At the top of the stairs there is a good size wait-station complete with glass-washer, ice-machine and additional chilled and dry goods storage. The ground floor kitchen is spacious and superbly equipped with high-end commercial catering equipment and double-sided high capacity extraction system over the central island food prep station. Bottle and spirits store and understairs beer cellar room behind the ground floor bar. Front of house dessert section. Bespoke meat smoker and BBQ pit outside. EPC Band B. Stock £5,000 to £6,000. LICENSED RESTAURANT in Manchester for Sale. Ernest Wilson are delighted to bring to market this highly impressive city centre restaurant occupying one of the best trading positions in the city, on the outskirts of one of the city’s major train stations and transport hubs - thousands of people passing daily. The business premises are immaculate throughout - early inspection is highly recommended here. The business was established in 2017 during which time it has built up a strong reputation with loyal customer base, both for eat in and takeaway. Weekly turnover £7,500. Our client has other business interests internationally, hence the reluctant decision to bring this site to market. The business trades in easy hours over seven days and is run entirely by staff due to our client’s other business in terests. Ideal for a full-time owner-operator to take the helm and work on the solid foundations already in place here. Approximately 95% of trade is food - wonderful potential to develop the drinks side of the business. The premises are held on secure lease and occupy a prime trading position within this busy parade with many blue-chip tenant neighbours. Comprising two storey premises with outside balcony seating area to the first floor. Ground floor restaurant area seating 20 in comfort, bar area and servery leading to well-equipped commercial kitchen with an array of quality catering equipment and good extraction system. Customer WC. Small store room. Staircase to first floor restaurant providing a further 34 covers internally and 12 al-fresco on the balcony. Office, store room, staff changing facilities and WC. Bench style seating on the pavement in front of premises for an additional 12 customers. EPC Band B. Stock £7,000. Asking Price £195,000 590674 Asking Price £189,950 590692

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