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** Seeking Café Operator - Space Leasing Opportunity** (Waltham)
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Seeking a cafe operator to lease a partially furnished cafe space to open up, operate and own their own ventless cafe business.
Seeking an operator to offer one or a combination of the following café menu concepts that can be prepared using a low-cost, hood-free, electric, and ventless cooking system
1) Traditional Full-Service Café: Offering main meal entrées, coffeehouse drinks, baked goods, and frozen desserts.
2) Bakery/Dessert-Focused Café: Specializing primarily in baked goods and frozen desserts.
3) Health and Wellness Café: Offering nutritious main meal entrées, healthy baked goods, and frozen desserts.
(** Other different cuisine concepts may be considered** )
Examples of the menu offerings include:
- Main meal entrées: Sandwiches, wraps, soups, and salads.
- Coffeehouse drinks: Coffee, lattes, espresso drinks, mochas, and teas.
- Baked goods: Pastries, cakes, muffins, cookies, pies, bagels, and breads.
- Frozen desserts: Ice cream cones, sundaes, milkshakes, frozen yogurt, and sherbet desserts.
(Baked goods & frozen desserts may be prepared on-site or purchased from vendors, reducing the need for expensive equipment)
Seeking an operator who can supply their own equipment and utilize only electric, ventless cooking equipment (e.g., panini/contact grills, rapid-cook units, convection and conveyor/impinger ovens, air fryers, and microwaves). This ventless café model has been used at this location in the past and is commonly used by other cafés, does not require a kitchen hood or gas equipment and drastically lowers startup and operating costs for an operator.
The space has the build-out, infrastructure (including electrical and plumbing), and fixtures installed to support a café business, saving thousands in startup costs, and it also includes some equipment and furniture that can be utilized if desired (described below) otherwise, an operator would need to furnish the space with additional furniture and equipment as needed to operate their concept.
Space provides:
- Built in front house preparation counter
- Built in front house serving counter
- Counter stools
- 3 bay (wash - rinse- sanitize) kitchen sink
- Grease trap Interceptor
- Kitchen liquid‑waste disposal dump sink
- Kitchen Mini Handwash / Utility sink
- 3 door refrigerator or freezer unit
- Jumbo freezer chest
- Mini Freezer chest
- Upright refrigerator
- Refrigerator Prep Table unit
- Kitchen air exhaust fan (non hood)
- Basement utility sink
- 2 high table & chairs sets
- 1 high table with 4 chair stools set
- 3 chair stools
- Metal pew bench
Space features:
Charming vintage street-level storefront with large showcase display windows for strong visibility. The space offers 1,050 sq ft of mostly open first-floor area plus an additional 1,050 sq ft storage basement that’s excellent for inventory and supplies. Total usable space is approximately 2,100 sq ft. The space is well maintained, move-in ready with minimal preparations, and includes abundant natural light and freshly painted walls.
To be considered, please provide:
- Name of the perspective tenant & business operator
- Confirm which café menu concept you will offer (full-service entrées + baked/frozen desserts, limited baked/frozen concept, or
wellness concept)
- List any past relevant industry experience (including start-ups)
- Years of experience
If your operator plan aligns with the landlord’s goals, you’ll be contacted for next steps and, if appropriate, a walk-through directly with the landlord.
Make your dreams come true—Inquire today.
Thanks in advance.
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