DANBURY — A household-owned restaurant that got its start out marketing two hot canine and a cup of espresso for 25 cents and turned one particular of the city’s famous eateries is for sale so the house owners can “enjoy everyday living a minor.”
“In this small business, you have to put 100 p.c into it and we normally put 100 p.c into it,” claimed Peter Koukos, whose grandfather and grand uncle started off JK’s Authentic Texas Incredibly hot Weiners on White Avenue in 1924. “We are not retiring simply because we are burned out — the business is heading strong, but it is time to take pleasure in everyday living a minor.”
Koukos, 62, is referring to a relatives-operate enterprise which survived the Terrific Melancholy, Earth War II, the flood of 1955 and the coronavirus pandemic by serving quintessential relatives fare at good costs. The menu at JK’s restaurant, which has been on South Avenue for 48 a long time, functions cheeseburgers, club sandwiches and grinders — all for below $12.
“The pandemic didn’t have an effect on us at all,” explained Koukos soon right before the lunch hurry on Tuesday, referring to the COVID-19 epidemic that shut down scores of eating places throughout Connecticut and the country through its two-year scourge. “We just adjusted the way we did enterprise.”
Koukos and his more mature brother George hope the new proprietors decide up exactly where the spouse and children custom has left off — preferring high quality above every thing else.
A true estate listing for the restaurant states as much.
“Many enterprises, specially through pandemic situations, did not make it this certain small business thrived in the course of the shut down and nonetheless carries on to mature and could grow to even more,” reported a listing by Coldwell Banker Realty. “The several hours, menu, catering, off website exclusive situations, in dwelling unique gatherings, takeout, delivery, meals truck, and quite a few additional ideas could improve this small business and even develop into a franchise.”
To consider about the enterprise and the restaurant at 126 South St. will charge you $2.2 million, in accordance to the listing.
“For practically 100 several years, this spot has been a brand and a staple in town, and you could be the 1 to capitalize off of its legacy and make it your very own,” the listing reads. “The spouse and children who owns this would like nothing at all extra than (to have) capable and inclined men and women to move off the many years of perseverance … with the similar dream.”
Kouskos reported he has been telling consumers who have read the news that the family members has each intention of marketing to a new owner with equivalent values.
“They say, ‘Oh no, you can’t do that,’ and I say ‘JK’s will be the exact same,’” Koukos stated. “That is our intention. The new entrepreneurs will do that if they’re wise. There’s no rationale to reinvent the wheel.”
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