LISTING INFORMATION
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HIGHLIGHTS
- Two established fast-casual restaurant locations
- Operating history dating to 2019
- Second location established in 2021
- Approximately $1.1 million in 2025 gross sales
- Distinctive Asian Specialty-inspired menu and signature product offerings
- Established brand recognition
- Approximately 12 employees across both locations
- Store-level management and staff in place
- Current absentee ownership structure
- Dine-in, takeout, delivery, and online ordering
- Turnkey second-generation restaurant infrastructure
- Catering and delivery expansion opportunities
- Potential franchising or licensing opportunity
- Opportunity for owner-operator to improve operating margins
Broker Summary:
Established two-location fast-casual restaurant concept featuring a distinctive Asian-inspired menu, recognizable brand, turnkey restaurant infrastructure, experienced staff, and significant opportunity for an engaged owner-operator to improve performance and expand the concept.
Quick Facts:
- Established: 2019
- Second Location Opened: 2021
- Industry: Fast-Casual Restaurant
- Locations: 2
- Employees: Approximately 12 across both locations
- 2025 Gross Sales: $1,103,360
- Ownership Structure: Currently absentee-operated
- Facilities: Both locations leased
The approximately 12 employees and absentee ownership structure are specifically identified in the seller's operating questionnaire.
About the Business
Founded in 2019, this established fast-casual restaurant concept has grown to two strategically located St. Louis-area locations, with the second restaurant opening in 2021.
The concept specializes in Asian-inspired fast-casual dining, highlighted by signature pressure-fried Asian chicken, rice and kimchi bowls, Asian Specialty-style corn dogs, and additional menu offerings. Customers can dine in, order takeout, utilize delivery services, or order online.
The two locations serve complementary customer bases, including downtown visitors, entertainment and event traffic, office workers, university students, faculty, and the surrounding community.
Currently operated under an absentee-ownership structure, day-to-day restaurant operations are handled by store-level managers and staff. This creates an attractive opportunity for an experienced restaurant operator to become more actively involved in the business and focus on improving margins, increasing local marketing, and expanding revenue streams.
Financial Performance
2024 Gross Sales: Approximately $1.19M
2025 Gross Sales: $1,103,360
Current Ownership Model: Absentee
Additional Financial Information: Available upon qualification
Business Operations
The restaurants currently operate under an absentee-ownership model, with store-level managers and hourly kitchen and counter staff handling day-to-day operations.
Approximately 12 employees support the two locations, while the current owner provides primarily strategic oversight rather than working regularly in the restaurants.
This structure creates a particularly compelling opportunity for an experienced restaurant owner-operator who can bring hands-on leadership, improve cost controls, strengthen local marketing, and capitalize on the infrastructure already in place.
Products and Services
- Signature Asian Specialty fried chicken
- Rice and kimchi bowls
- Asian Specialty-style corn dogs
- Additional fast-casual menu offerings
- Dine-in service
- Takeout
- Online ordering
- Third-party delivery
- Catering opportunities
Expansion Potential
- Transition from absentee ownership to an active owner-operator model
- Improve food-cost and COGS management
- Increase local store-level marketing
- Expand catering
- Increase delivery sales
- Strengthen online ordering
- Build relationships with nearby businesses and organizations
- Further penetrate the university and event-driven customer markets
- Explore additional locations
- Evaluate future franchising or licensing opportunities
Facility Details
The opportunity consists of two established restaurant locations with existing second-generation restaurant infrastructure.
Combined current gross monthly rent for the two locations is approximately $9,953.
Location Advantages
The locations serve two distinct customer bases. One benefits from downtown entertainment, tourism, office, and event traffic, while the second benefits from proximity to a major university and its student, faculty, and surrounding community.
Ownership Transition
The current owner is retiring, creating an opportunity for a buyer to acquire an established two-location restaurant operation with staff, operating infrastructure, recognizable branding, and multiple avenues for growth.
Owner training and post-closing mentoring are negotiable, providing flexibility for the parties to structure an appropriate transition.
An experienced restaurant operator may be particularly well positioned to benefit from transitioning the business from its current absentee-management structure to a more actively managed owner-operator model.
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