DANBURY — A relatives-owned cafe that received its begin offering two scorching canine and a cup of espresso for 25 cents and turned just one of the city’s legendary eateries is for sale so the proprietors can “enjoy everyday living a very little.”
“In this enterprise, you have to set 100 per cent into it and we constantly put 100 percent into it,” said Peter Koukos, whose grandfather and grand uncle started off JK’s Original Texas Hot Weiners on White Street in 1924. “We are not retiring since we are burned out — the small business is going powerful, but it is time to delight in lifestyle a minimal.”
Koukos, 62, is referring to a family-run organization which survived the Good Depression, Globe War II, the flood of 1955 and the coronavirus pandemic by serving quintessential spouse and children fare at truthful prices. The menu at JK’s restaurant, which has been on South Road for 48 yrs, characteristics cheeseburgers, club sandwiches and grinders — all for beneath $12.
“The pandemic didn’t impact us at all,” explained Koukos shortly ahead of the lunch hurry on Tuesday, referring to the COVID-19 epidemic that shut down scores of dining establishments throughout Connecticut and the country throughout its two-calendar year scourge. “We just improved the way we did organization.”
Koukos and his older brother George hope the new entrepreneurs choose up exactly where the loved ones custom has left off — preferring excellent in excess of every thing else.
A serious estate listing for the restaurant suggests as a lot.
“Many enterprises, especially all through pandemic moments, did not make it this particular small business thrived during the shut down and however continues to expand and could increase to even additional,” mentioned a listing by Coldwell Banker Realty. “The several hours, menu, catering, off web page exclusive occasions, in residence exclusive functions, takeout, delivery, food truck, and a lot of extra tips could expand this business enterprise and even come to be a franchise.”
To get over the small business and the restaurant at 126 South St. will price you $2.2 million, in accordance to the listing.
“For virtually 100 yrs, this site has been a model and a staple in town, and you could be the a person to capitalize off of its legacy and make it your have,” the listing reads. “The spouse and children who owns this would like almost nothing more than (to have) capable and eager individuals to move off the yrs of perseverance … with the identical desire.”
Kouskos mentioned he has been telling customers who have heard the information that the spouse and children has each individual intention of selling to a new proprietor with identical values.
“They say, ‘Oh no, you just cannot do that,’ and I say ‘JK’s will be the very same,’” Koukos reported. “That is our intention. The new entrepreneurs will do that if they are smart. There is no explanation to reinvent the wheel.”
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