Successful Restaurant for sale in North Central Minnesota
Business Description
Turnkey and ready
Established American Restaurant - Viddles and Joe
This turnkey breakfast and lunch restaurant has been serving the Hackensack community since 1936, representing a rare opportunity to acquire a beloved local institution. Located on the main highway running through downtown Hackensack, this family restaurant sits at the heart of this growing tourist destination in Minnesota's beautiful lake country.
Business Overview
- Yearly Sales: $300,000
- Established: 1936 (current owners 20 years)
- Real estate included in sale/Land, Building and Business including Menu and Recipes
- FF&E valued at $100,000
- Inventory value: $4,500
- Prime downtown location on main thoroughfare
Key Strengths:
- Loyal customer base willing to wait in line regardless of weather
- Strategic location just blocks from Birch Lake
- Surrounded by Minnesota's renowned lake region attracting tourists
- Strong community gathering place with established reputation
- Proven business model operating successfully for decades
Growth Opportunities:
- Extend operating hours and days
- Add dinner service to capture additional revenue
- Capitalize on growing tourism in the area
- Leverage prime location for increased visibility
The current owners, after 3 Restaurants and 30 successful years, are retiring and offer up to two weeks or more of training and recipe transfer to ensure smooth transition. This turnkey operation includes all recipes, established vendor relationships, and trained customer base.
Hackensack's expanding tourism market and the restaurant's central location position this business for continued growth. The breakfast and lunch concept has proven sustainable, with significant potential for expansion into dinner service.
Financing available through contract for deed arrangement. Competition rated as very good, indicating healthy market dynamics without oversaturation.
This represents an exceptional opportunity to acquire a profitable, established restaurant in one of Minnesota's most scenic and growing tourist areas, complete with real estate ownership and decades of community goodwill.
This turnkey breakfast and lunch restaurant has been serving the Hackensack community since 1936, representing a rare opportunity to acquire a beloved local institution. Located on the main highway running through downtown Hackensack, this family restaurant sits at the heart of this growing tourist destination in Minnesota's beautiful lake country.
Business Overview
- Yearly Sales: $300,000
- Established: 1936 (current owners 20 years)
- Real estate included in sale/Land, Building and Business including Menu and Recipes
- FF&E valued at $100,000
- Inventory value: $4,500
- Prime downtown location on main thoroughfare
Key Strengths:
- Loyal customer base willing to wait in line regardless of weather
- Strategic location just blocks from Birch Lake
- Surrounded by Minnesota's renowned lake region attracting tourists
- Strong community gathering place with established reputation
- Proven business model operating successfully for decades
Growth Opportunities:
- Extend operating hours and days
- Add dinner service to capture additional revenue
- Capitalize on growing tourism in the area
- Leverage prime location for increased visibility
The current owners, after 3 Restaurants and 30 successful years, are retiring and offer up to two weeks or more of training and recipe transfer to ensure smooth transition. This turnkey operation includes all recipes, established vendor relationships, and trained customer base.
Hackensack's expanding tourism market and the restaurant's central location position this business for continued growth. The breakfast and lunch concept has proven sustainable, with significant potential for expansion into dinner service.
Financing available through contract for deed arrangement. Competition rated as very good, indicating healthy market dynamics without oversaturation.
This represents an exceptional opportunity to acquire a profitable, established restaurant in one of Minnesota's most scenic and growing tourist areas, complete with real estate ownership and decades of community goodwill.
About the Business
- Years in Operation
- 90
- Employees
- 7 Part-time
- Facilities & Assets
- All machines and equipment are paid for and are included. The restaurant is Open and Running smoothly year round right now.
- Market Outlook / Competition
- Good
- Opportunities for Growth
- There is growth opportunities with extended hours and days, adding a Dinner menu would be beneficial! Right now we are only open 5 days a week for breakfast and lunch, so potentially someone could add dinner and 2 more days a week.
Real Estate
- Owned or Leased
- Owned
- Included in asking price
About the Sale
- Seller Motivation
- We are ready to retire. We've owned for 30 years, this restaurant 20 years!
- Transition Support
- We will stay for up to 2 weeks to help teach and train new owners and transfer recipes etc if they want the help.
- Financing Options
- Contract for deed
Listing Info
- ID
- 2529695
- Listing Views
- 452
Business Location
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