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California Restaurant Brokerage
Celebrates 10 Years & Credits Growth
to Restaurants For Sale Online
From a small one room office
opened in Kentfield, California
in February 1996 to a multi
suite multi person staff today,
Restaurant Realty Company has
grown into one of the Nation's
Largest Restaurant Business
Brokerage in 10 short years
completing sales of over 500
restaurants, bars or clubs.
Restaurant Realty Company
founder, Steve Zimmerman,
attributes a large part of the
success and growth to use of the
internet, and in particular the
use of Restaurants For Sale
Online where the majority of the
internet leads are received by.
As founder
and President, Steve Zimmerman
has utilized skills learned from
20 plus years in the restaurant
business and from his 30 plus
years of real estate investing.
At Zim’s Restaurants he was
personally involved in opening
over 10 restaurants as well as
selling a number of units. This
experience has helped him to
understand both the buyer’s and
seller’s side of the transaction
as well as being able to use his
analytical skills when
evaluating financial data. As a
real estate investor Steve has a
broad range of experience with
varied properties. This has
contributed to his expertise in
understanding the various
aspects of putting together
deals.
Steve uses
not only his business experience
but he utilizes his education as
well. After receiving college
degrees from the University of
San Francisco and Cornell
University, Steve earned a
college teaching credential and
has taught several courses
through the years at City of
College of San Francisco Hotel
and Restaurant School and Golden
Gate University’s former School
of Hotel, Restaurant and
Institutional Management. Steve
has been a guest lecturer at the
California Culinary Academy (CCA)
for the last several years
–teaching students all aspects
of purchasing a restaurant from
valuation, putting the business
plan together and doing due
diligence leading to restaurant
acquisition. Steve gives
presentations at the California
Association of Business Brokers
meetings and takes continuing
education courses yearly at the
International Business Brokers
Association.
Steve has
completed over 1,000 restaurant
valuations, has consulted with
hundreds of restaurant owners,
served as an expert witness and
has completed numerous
transactions through the United
States Bankruptcy Court.
Some of
Restaurant Realty Company's
unique completed transactions
include as follows:
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The sale of businesses
including the buildings
and real estate in the
following cities:
Lafayette, St. Helena,
Novato, Alameda, San
Francisco, Vallejo,
Woodacre, Sonoma,
Hayward, Olema, San
Leandro, Oakland,
Sebastopol and San
Rafael.
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The sale of bars,
nightclubs and brewpubs:
San Francisco:
the Great American
Music Hall, Café Du
Nord, Julie Rings Heart
& Soul, Up & Down Club,
POW, Lit Lounge,
Jitney’s (formerly The
Black Cat), Odeon, 26
Mix, Radio Valencia,
Alta Plaza, The Social
Club, Storeyville,
Eleven, CAVA 555, Chat
House, Sacrifice,
Shannon’s, Hotel Utah,
Gin Joint , Passion,
Bobby Ryder’s and
Potrero Brewing Company;
in Marin: New George’s,
B Street Tavern,
Mancuso’s, Café
Amsterdam, Willow Street
Brewery and Ross Valley
Brewing Company;
Peninsula: the
Back Beat (25,000 square
feet), De Marco’s 23
Club, 101 Club, JB’s
Lounge, The Lariat and
Fanny & Alexander’s in
San Jose, Burlingame and
Palo Alto; and in the
East Bay: Kings X,
Sherry’s Lounge, Gordo’s,
Gallagher’s, Norma’s
Living Room and Bison
Brewing Company.
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The sale of waterfront
restaurants in
Redwood City, Sausalito,
Princeton by the Sea,
Burlingame, Point
Richmond, San Rafael,
Pacifica, Alameda, San
Francisco and Rodeo.
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The sale of units from
the following chain
restaurants: Tre
Fratelli/I Fratelli,
Firstwatch, Happi House,
Pollo’s, Rosti, Subway,
Wahaka, Good Earth,
Round Table, Wendy’s,
Mr. Pickles, Nation’s
Hamburgers, Fillipo’s,
Baja Fresh, North Beach
Pizza, High Tech
Burrito, Baskin Robbins,
Togo’s, Extreme Pizza,
Strizzi’s, Johnny
Garlic’s, Yet Wah and
Celia’s.
Restaurant Realty Company is
committed to being the leader in
its field and will continue to
improve and expand its systems
to provide its clients with the
best services available in the
industry for selling and buying
restaurants, bars and clubs.
Visit
www.RestaurantRealty.com if
you are interested in buying or
selling a restaurant with one of
the nation's largest and most
successful restaurant
brokerages.
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