Profile: Breakfast/Lunch Cafe In West Berkeley.
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Ad/Listing Information
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Detailed Information |
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| Asking Price: |
$145,000 |
| Down Payment: |
Call |
| Annual Revenue: |
$360,000 |
| Annual Adjusted Net: |
Call |
| Price Range: |
$100,001 to $250,000 |
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| Franchise: |
No |
| Relocatable: |
No |
| Home Based: |
No |
| Real Estate Included: |
No |
| Bkr To Bkr Coop: |
Yes |
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Description:
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Tomaate Cafe 2265 5th St, Berkeley, Ca 94710.
This Restaurant Is Located In An Office And Gallery Court In The Semi-Industrial Area Of West Berkeley. The Only Coffee House And Full Service Restaurant In The Immediate Area, It Offers An Important Service To The Local Community And Is An Anchor Tenant In This Building Complex. Situated In An Attractive Courtyard Visible From The Street With About 40 Seats Indoors And Another 30 Seats On The Patio, It Offers A Delightful Indoor/Outdoor Dining Setting. It Has Always Had A Steady Coffee And Snack Business On Weekday Mornings - - And Offers A Full Breakfast Menu As Well. Current Business Hours Are 8-3pm, Breakfast And Lunch All Day. There Is A Lot Of Potential For Dinner Business If One Wished To Pursue It.
My Business Partner And I Bought The Restaurant In 2001 As Part Of A Relocation Settlement For Another Cafe We Had. We Currently Operate Another Restaurant That Is A More Substantial Enterprise And We Have Never Been Able To Devote The Kind Of Attention That This Cafe Really Requires. Nevertheless, We Have Been Able To Significantly Increase Sales From The Level Of The Previous Owners.
Anyone With A Creative Contemporary Food Sense And Motivation Could Generate Some Significant Income Out Of It. Right Now It's Just Kind Of Cruising Along Barely Breaking Even Because Of The Absentee Owner Condition Its Operating In. Even So The Cafe Has Maintained A Quality In Food And Preparation That Holds A Steady Loyal
Following ---- A Good Base For Someone To Build Upon.
We Do A Good Lunch Business All Week And A Nice Brunch On The Weekends With Some Interesting Breakfast Plates Like Eggs Beatrice And A Cuban Breakfast With Fried Plantains, Eggs, Saffron Rice, Shrimp And Black Beans. We Make Everything From Scratch - - - No Boxed Mixes Or Canned Foods, And We Roast All Of Our Meats And Vegetables In House. Lunch Is Built Around Gourmet Sandwiches And Large Salads Along With A Taco And Burrito Selection And Regular Lunch Specials.
The Challenges For The Restaurant Are Mainly Location And Parking Issues During The Week Which Has Made It Difficult To Build Up The Weekday Breakfast. Weekends Though There Is Abundant Parking And The Upside Potential For Brunch Sales Is Very Good. As Far As Location, Although It Is Not On A Busy Street With A Lot Of Walk-By Traffic, It Is Well Known In The Area And Has A Large Pool Of Customers To Draw Upon. There Is A Fairly Upscale Demographic Of Professionals Who Really Seek Out Quality And Are Willing To Pay For It And Then There Is The Regular Wage Earning Or Blue Collar Patrons Who Are More Price Conscious. Capturing Both Of These Customer Groups Takes A Good Strategy In Menu, Portions And Price Point.
Having Now Built Three Restaurant Businesses From The Ground Up, I Can Honestly Say This Is A Good, Solid Opportunity. It Is Running Well, The Equipment Is In Good Shape As I've Maintained The Refrigeration Units Well, With New Compressors And Regular Cleaning.
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