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Established North Carolina Culinary Brand For Sale

Not Disclosed, North Carolina, US
Asking Price:
$595,000 Furniture / Fixtures and Inventory / Stock included
Sales Revenue:
$1,484,363
Cash Flow:
$146,980

This is a rare opportunity to acquire a turnkey, legendary, highly profitable culinary landmark in Northeastern North Carolina. Operating continuously for over four decades, this iconic brand has cultivated an extraordinarily loyal customer base built on authentic Eastern North Carolina cuisine, barbecue, and Southern home cooking.

Having strategically evolved into a streamlined, high-efficiency takeout, deli, and catering model, the business delivers consistent revenues driven entirely by an organic word-of-mouth reputation. Supported by substantial non-fixed operational assets, zero active marketing expenditure, and immediate uncaptured market demand, this turnkey operation offers exceptional operational upside and scalable growth potential.

Property Information

Real Estate:

Lease

Premises Details:

The operation offers up a modern storefront situated in a high-visibility shopping center, optimized for customer ordering, deli display, grab-and-go retail, and rapid takeout fulfillment. A dedicated production kitchen equipped with specialized barbecue pit machinery and an attached commercial walk-in cooler/freezer combination unit, including additional units containing ingredient staging, beverage storage, and sensitive inventory.

Main restaurant area is 1,200 sq ft & the BBQ Pitt and Catering Prep Area is an additional 960 sq ft. Totaling 2,160 sq ft included in the lease.

Business Operation

Management type:
This business is owner operated.
Expansion Potential:

Formally introduced event catering in response to surging regional commercial and private demand.
Transitioned second-generation leadership focused on high-margin takeout, deli offerings, and scalable catering while preserving 100% of the original proprietary recipes.
High-volume classic Eastern NC barbecue, fried chicken, and home-cooked Southern entrees.
Bulk-order meal packages tailored for family dinners, holiday gatherings, and private events.
Full-service deli counter featuring premium sliced meats, artisanal cheeses, and cold sides.
Scratch-made Southern sides (macaroni and cheese, collards, coleslaw, baked beans) and proprietary desserts packaged for fast retail pickup.

Reasons for selling:

Retirement.

Trading hours:

Tuesday-Saturday 11am-7pm

Employees:
6 FT/8 PT
Years established:
44

Other Information

Support & training:

Will train for 2 weeks @ $0 cost.

Financing available:

Lender pre-screened with $100K down.

Furniture / Fixtures value:
$190,380 - included in the asking price
Inventory / Stock value:
$8,000 - included in the asking price