JK’s restaurant in Danbury is for sale after 98 years

Koukos, 62, is referring to a loved ones-operate business enterprise which survived the Fantastic Depression, Entire world War II, the flood of 1955 and the coronavirus pandemic by serving quintessential spouse and children fare at reasonable price ranges. The menu at JK’s cafe, which has been on South Avenue for 48 decades, characteristics cheeseburgers, club sandwiches and grinders — all for less than $12.

“The pandemic didn’t have an effect on us at all,” explained Koukos shortly right before the lunch rush on Tuesday, referring to the COVID-19 epidemic that shut down scores of dining places throughout Connecticut and the country all through its two-12 months scourge. “We just altered the way we did business enterprise.”

Koukos and his more mature brother George hope the new house owners decide up where by the relatives custom has still left off — preferring quality about everything else.

A genuine estate listing for the restaurant states as a great deal.

“Many enterprises, primarily throughout pandemic instances, did not make it this unique business enterprise thrived all through the shut down and nonetheless continues to mature and could develop to even extra,” stated a listing by Coldwell Banker Realty. “The hours, menu, catering, off website particular functions, in household special events, takeout, shipping and delivery, foods truck, and a lot of extra concepts could increase this business enterprise and even come to be a franchise.”

To choose over the business and the restaurant at 126 South St. will price you $2.2 million, in accordance to the listing.

“For practically 100 yrs, this place has been a brand and a staple in city, and you could be the 1 to capitalize off of its legacy and make it your own,” the listing reads. “The family who owns this would appreciate almost nothing more than (to have) able and keen individuals to pass off the decades of dedication … with the very same desire.”

Kouskos explained he has been telling consumers who have listened to the information that the family has each individual intention of providing to a new proprietor with identical values.

“They say, ‘Oh no, you just can’t do that,’ and I say ‘JK’s will be the same,’” Koukos said. “That is our intention. The new house owners will do that if they’re sensible. There is no rationale to reinvent the wheel.”

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