Turnkey Restaurant in Yellowstone Gateway
Business Description
Established American restaurant serving as the premier breakfast destination just 1 mile from Yellowstone National Park's entrance in West Yellowstone, Montana. Operating since 1970, this turnkey opportunity captures significant tourist traffic from the park's 4-5 million annual visitors.
FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE:
• Annual Revenue: $1,497,276
• Cash Flow (SDE): $359,000
• Asking Price: $795,000
• Real Estate Value: $1,400,000
• 18 employees
BUSINESS HIGHLIGHTS:
• Prime location with on-site parking advantage
• Award-winning establishment - TripAdvisor Travelers' Choice 2023 & 2024
• Featured in travel magazines with excellent online reviews
• Seasonal operation (May-November) generating 80-90% of annual profits
• Consistent 30-minute waits during peak summer season
• Modern Toast POS system and established operational procedures
• Convenient hours: 6:00 AM - 1:00 PM
FACILITIES:
• 3,600 sq ft restaurant building
• 3-bedroom, 2-bathroom living quarters with 2-car garage on property
• Recent upgrades: new carpet, exterior paint, upgraded bathrooms
• Additional space available for housing development
GROWTH OPPORTUNITIES:
• Existing catering and lunch package contracts
• Workforce housing contracts in challenging housing market
• Wholesale baked goods expansion potential
• Drive-through and fast-casual service addition
• Beer/wine license availability
• Dinner service expansion option
• Room for additional housing units on lot
COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGES:
• Limited breakfast competition with comparable volume capacity
• Strategic location near multiple hotels and rental properties
• Valuable parking in high-traffic area
• Established customer base and operational systems
The seller offers negotiable post-sale support and is willing to assist through a summer season. Financing options include purchasing business with real estate or rental arrangement. This represents an exceptional opportunity to acquire a profitable, award-winning restaurant in one of Montana's premier tourist destinations.
FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE:
• Annual Revenue: $1,497,276
• Cash Flow (SDE): $359,000
• Asking Price: $795,000
• Real Estate Value: $1,400,000
• 18 employees
BUSINESS HIGHLIGHTS:
• Prime location with on-site parking advantage
• Award-winning establishment - TripAdvisor Travelers' Choice 2023 & 2024
• Featured in travel magazines with excellent online reviews
• Seasonal operation (May-November) generating 80-90% of annual profits
• Consistent 30-minute waits during peak summer season
• Modern Toast POS system and established operational procedures
• Convenient hours: 6:00 AM - 1:00 PM
FACILITIES:
• 3,600 sq ft restaurant building
• 3-bedroom, 2-bathroom living quarters with 2-car garage on property
• Recent upgrades: new carpet, exterior paint, upgraded bathrooms
• Additional space available for housing development
GROWTH OPPORTUNITIES:
• Existing catering and lunch package contracts
• Workforce housing contracts in challenging housing market
• Wholesale baked goods expansion potential
• Drive-through and fast-casual service addition
• Beer/wine license availability
• Dinner service expansion option
• Room for additional housing units on lot
COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGES:
• Limited breakfast competition with comparable volume capacity
• Strategic location near multiple hotels and rental properties
• Valuable parking in high-traffic area
• Established customer base and operational systems
The seller offers negotiable post-sale support and is willing to assist through a summer season. Financing options include purchasing business with real estate or rental arrangement. This represents an exceptional opportunity to acquire a profitable, award-winning restaurant in one of Montana's premier tourist destinations.
About the Business
- Years in Operation
- 56
- Employees
- 5 Full-time
18 - Facilities & Assets
- The building has been added on too and refinished recently. It has been recently painted and refloored. includes onsite housing where our manager currently resides (3br,2ba), 2 car garage and 2 shed type buildings.
Resturant equipment has been steadily upgraded including: New walk in freezer, new walk in fridge, 50% of appliances have been bought in last 5 years. Upgraded bathrooms. - Market Outlook / Competition
- Located 1 mile from Yellowstone National park with 4-5 Million anual visiters. Multiple hotels, air bnb, and other rentals within a mile radius. Nearly 15-20k people will stay in valley on a busy summer day. Most Businesses make 80-90% of profit from May to November. We usually are on a 30 minute wait in summer. We also have very Valuable parking on site which set us apart.
Multiple resturants in the area, however most do not work in the breakfast space. We have 2-3 breakfast restuants that opperate year round but are not able to do our volume. - Opportunities for Growth
- Plenty of contracts in place like lunch packages, catering events, snowmobile lunch packages and room to grow if desired.
Contracts in place to house workforce in a notoriously hard housing market.
Growth in wholesale baked goods; could add on drive through and fast casual service as part of the business.
Could obtain beer/wine licence which we have chosen not to incorporate into business.
Operation could include dinner if desired.
Also plenty of space on lot to build a housing unit!
Real Estate
- Owned or Leased
- Owned
- Not included in asking price
- Building Sq. Ft.
- 3,600
About the Sale
- Transition Support
- Negotiable. We will live in the area and we want new owner to be successfull. if you want help through a summer season we are willing to work to get you off to great start.
- Financing Options
- Preferable to buy together. Negotiable to buy business and rent building
Listing Info
- ID
- 2340428
- Listing Views
- 2460
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