POPULAR COFFEE SHOP & BISTRO IN ASHTON IN MAKERFIELD TOWN CENTRE

Very well established eatery offering fresh & varied daytime coffee shop & bistro menu from extremely well fitted & unopposed 47-cover arcade premises in popular town centre indoor retail development. Comes with valuable inventory of quality equipment included & HUGE scope for deliveries & extended hours etc in sought-after location. Priced for very quick genuine reluctant sale after many successful years trading in same hands with viewing highly recommended REF 2759

The subject premises occupy an outstanding and much sought-after trading position among numerous other complementary independent operators on the first-floor level concourse of a popular indoor retail development situated in the busy heart of the vibrant satellite town of Ashton-in-Makerfield, which lies with excellent access to major road and motorway links (A49, A58 and M6 junction 24 etc.) and to the nearby town of Wigan (approximately 4.2 miles) in Greater Manchester.

We are delighted to present this marvellous opportunity to acquire a thriving commercial proposition of uncommon quality and real further potential, which we are confident you will agree represents exceptional value.

This very well established and highly regarded eatery currently primarily offers a full and varied daytime menu of classic coffee shop and restaurant favourites for the whole family.

The menu includes traditional full English breakfasts, brunches, hot and cold snacks, sandwiches, light and full bistro lunches, “blackboard specials” and indulgent desserts, with an excellent choice of hot and cold beverages also available, including speciality coffees.

All food is prepared freshly to order in its extensively equipped and ultra-hygienic open “theatre style” commercial catering facilities employing the finest and freshest, locally sourced produce and served in the very pleasant surroundings of a charming, welcoming and attractively furnished in-house dining area which may accommodate up to forty covers in style and comfort, with an extra 7 covers in the arcade.

“The Bistro” also offers a popular takeaway service and would naturally furnish any enthusiastic purchaser with considerable scope for continued growth, not least with regard to possible expansion into the provision of local delivery and outside catering services and to operating significantly extended hours in order to fully exploit year-round local and passing trade demand.

The business would also benefit greatly by adopting a far more vigorous marketing policy of its excellent existing facilities and services, particularly with reference to the possible introduction of online advertising and ordering and to further development of its social media presence, in order to improve upon the already very respectable levels of turnover it is achieving in the hands of the two current proprietors, with the aid of a small, experienced and motivated team of five part-time staff, and we would strongly recommend the earliest possible viewing to avoid disappointment.

Accessed by means of a public staircase, passenger lift from ground-floor level at the front and ramp access at the rear, these extremely well fitted FIRST FLOOR leasehold arcade premises provide outstanding and highly functional business accommodation, which briefly comprises a short flight of steps up to the main, charming, welcoming and deceptively spacious customer service and dining area with durable industrial non-slip flooring throughout for easy cleaning, diffused fluorescent lighting, feature exposed brickwork, large wall-mounted menu/specials boards and attractive loose furnishings for approximately 47 covers.

The main customer service area also features a fully fitted food service counter area with a large, glass-fronted and refrigerated, delicatessen-style food and drink display and serve-over section, electronic till/food ordering point, heated food pass and open access to the main, fully fitted and extensively equipped “theatre style” commercial food preparation area with extraction system and tiled walls for easy cleaning.

The main kitchen area houses ample work surfaces, quality wall and base storage units, a fully equipped preparation/washing-up kitchen area with fitted sink unit and a full range of well maintained, industry standard catering appliances including modern coffee machine, grill, griddle, double deep-fat fryer, bain marie and various refrigerator/freezer storage units etc., all of which we understand is to be included in the sale price and further details of which will be made available upon request to any genuine interested parties.

Further ancillary accommodation consists of all the usual washroom/WC facilities for customers and staff.

Externally:

To the exterior the premises are well signed and attractively presented and afford ample and inviting, double-fronted display window space with steel security roller shutters onto a high footfall first-floor level retail concourse.

The premises naturally also enjoy all the additional benefits of their excellent communal location, including full security and the use of a substantial communal car park for staff and customers which may comfortably accommodate over 100 vehicles.

The business is well fitted throughout and a valuable inventory of equipment is to be included in the sale price