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Turnkey Santa Monica European Café - Fully Equipped For Sale

Santa Monica, California - South, US
Asking Price:
$90,000 Furniture / Fixtures and Inventory / Stock included
Sales Revenue:
$140,700
Cash Flow:
$14,415

Turnkey Santa Monica European Café - Fully Equipped

A charming European-style café located on a prime location in Santa Monica. The business features a fully built-out coffee bar, granite service counter, espresso preparation area, commercial refrigeration, refrigerated display case, prep and wash area, dedicated storage room, customer seating, custom communal seating table, HVAC, and attractive café décor. The business operates from a leased retail location with one reserved parking space and lease term extending through October 15, 2028. The café is being offered as a turnkey opportunity with FF&E, leasehold improvements, and existing infrastructure in place.
FF&E includes commercial coffee equipment, refrigeration, display cases, prep equipment, seating, furniture, service counters, storage fixtures, and related café assets. Tax records show approximately $72,000 of investment in equipment and leasehold improvements over time.
The current owner operates the business personally, providing an opportunity for an owner-operator to continue the existing concept or adapt the location to a new café, coffee, tea, dessert, or similar food-service concept, subject to landlord approval and lease requirements. The space benefits from a relatively low occupancy cost for Santa Monica and a complete operating setup that would be costly and time-consuming to recreate from the ground up.

Property Information

Real Estate:

Lease

Premises Details:

Operations commenced in October 2021. The current owner operates the business as a sole proprietorship and has developed a distinctive European café atmosphere with coffee, beverages, and light food offerings. The business includes an established café layout, customer seating area, commercial prep facilities, and customer-facing service counter.

Business Operation

Expansion Potential:

Expanded operating hours, enhanced marketing and social media presence, catering and office delivery programs, specialty beverage offerings, online ordering, and increased community engagement. An owner-operator may further improve profitability through sales growth initiatives and cost controls. Existing infrastructure and seating capacity can support additional revenue with minimal capital investment.

Competition / Market:

The immediate market surrounding the Café includes a mix of independent coffee shops, neighborhood cafés, and specialty coffee operators serving local residents, office workers, and visitors. Key nearby competitors include:

10 Speed Coffee
An established specialty coffee operator known for premium coffee offerings and a strong neighborhood following.

Café Zella
Operates as a neighborhood café serving coffee, breakfast, and light meals, competing for similar local residential and office clientele.

Café Lovi
Offers a modern café concept with coffee, breakfast, and lunch offerings and serves many of the same Santa Monica customer demographics.

La La Land Kind Café
Rapidly growing branded café concept appeals to specialty coffee customers through strong branding, social media presence, and a modern café environment.

Starbucks
Multiple Starbucks locations operate within the surrounding Santa Monica market, competing through convenience, brand recognition, mobile ordering, and loyalty programs.

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Café Berlina's Position
Café Berlina competes as a neighborhood-oriented independent café emphasizing atmosphere, personal service, and a European-style customer experience. Unlike many competitors, the business is offered as a fully built-out turnkey operation with coffee bar infrastructure, refrigeration, customer seating, storage, and leasehold improvements already in place.

Key competitive advantages include:

Established Wilshire Boulevard location.
Turnkey café buildout and operating infrastructure.
Distinctive European-style atmosphere and branding.
Existing seating, service counter, prep area, and storage facilities.
Lower acquisition cost than developing a comparable Santa Monica café from a vacant retail space.

This positioning makes Café Berlina particularly attractive for an owner-operator seeking an established Santa Monica café location with existing infrastructure and growth potential.

Reasons for selling:

Relocation

Employees:
1
Years established:
2021

Other Information

Support & training:

2 weeks

Furniture / Fixtures value:
$30,000 - included in the asking price
Inventory / Stock value:
$3,000 - included in the asking price