JK’s restaurant in Danbury is for sale after 98 years
DANBURY — A spouse and children-owned cafe that received its commence marketing two hot pet dogs and a cup of espresso for 25 cents and grew to become just one of the city’s famous eateries is for sale so the house owners can “enjoy lifestyle a little.”
“In this business, you have to put 100 p.c into it and we normally set 100 % into it,” reported Peter Koukos, whose grandfather and grand uncle began JK’s First Texas Incredibly hot Weiners on White Avenue in 1924. “We are not retiring simply because we are burned out — the small business is going solid, but it is time to get pleasure from lifetime a minimal.”
Koukos, 62, is referring to a family members-run company which survived the Wonderful Depression, Environment War II, the flood of 1955 and the coronavirus pandemic by serving quintessential relatives fare at fair price ranges. The menu at JK’s cafe, which has been on South Avenue for 48 years, functions cheeseburgers, club sandwiches and grinders — all for below $12.
“The pandemic didn’t influence us at all,” stated Koukos shortly prior to the lunch rush on Tuesday, referring to the COVID-19 epidemic that shut down scores of dining places throughout Connecticut and the nation throughout its two-calendar year scourge. “We just modified the way we did enterprise.”
Koukos and his more mature brother George hope the new proprietors decide on up exactly where the household custom has still left off — preferring quality in excess of anything else.
A serious estate listing for the restaurant claims as a lot.
“Many companies, especially for the duration of pandemic situations, did not make it this distinct business thrived all over the shut down and nevertheless carries on to improve and could broaden to even additional,” said a listing by Coldwell Banker Realty. “The hours, menu, catering, off website specific events, in dwelling distinctive gatherings, takeout, delivery, foods truck, and numerous additional strategies could grow this small business and even grow to be a franchise.”
To consider over the company and the restaurant at 126 South St. will price you $2.2 million, in accordance to the listing.
“For almost 100 a long time, this location has been a manufacturer and a staple in town, and you could be the a single to capitalize off of its legacy and make it your possess,” the listing reads. “The loved ones who owns this would love absolutely nothing additional than (to have) able and eager people today to go off the decades of devotion … with the exact dream.”
Kouskos claimed he has been telling clients who have read the news that the family members has just about every intention of promoting to a new proprietor with comparable values.
“They say, ‘Oh no, you can not do that,’ and I say ‘JK’s will be the same,’” Koukos mentioned. “That is our intention. The new house owners will do that if they are sensible. There’s no motive to reinvent the wheel.”
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