CAFE FOR SALE
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LEASE with OPTION TO BUY
$175,000.00

We have a very nice cafe located right on Hwy 287 which is the major Hwy from Dallas to Amarillo. Our Cafe is an all American spot serving real chicken fried steaks, hamburger steaks, hamburgers and the ever popular club sandwich. The building was totally rebuilt from top to bottom in 2006. We freshened up the paint and changed the decor in March of this year.
The dinning area is 30x60 with seating for 50+ the kitchen area is 25x60 with all new appliances, new vent hood with ansel fire system. There is also a 25x25 attachment that is now least out to another business for extra income. A 13x13 office and extra 10x20 storage room located in the back. There is plenty of parking in the front along with 6 lots located on the east side for semis and RV's. The taxes run around 1,100 a year.

Claude is located 30 mile east of Amarillo with a population of 1313 give or take a few. The town is a small country place full of activity. We have a great school system this years graduating class had 22 students there are many locally owned businesses such as Johnny's hometown grocery store, post office, convenience store, Keith's service center, Thomas automotive, Citizens bank, Gem theater, leather shoppe, art gallery, pharmacy, museum, lawyers office and a newspaper office.
20 miles south is the beautiful Palo Duro canyon and 12 miles East is the historical house of Charles Goodnight and the house where the movie HUD with Paul Newman was filmed.

Need more information email me at tag79019@yahoo.com

Small business is risky business these days

Costs are rising, profits are shrinking and the ability of the big guys to keep prices relatively lower is drawing away customers.

Things are so bad that many small enterprises, which account for about 99 percent of the country’s businesses, say they are hanging by a thread that may soon snap.

“We are basically losing money every month, about $1,000 a month. It’s been about two, three months now,” said Tom Weisbecker.

Weisbecker owns Isaly’s in western Pennsylvania where patrons sit on green barstools at a Formica countertop and gobble the legendary Slammer, a sandwich stuffed with a half-pound of chipped ham and smothered in onions and cheese. Prices for many of those ingredients have skyrocketed in the past year.

“We know our customers are already feeling the pinch with the gas prices and when they go to the grocery store. We’re trying to hold out, but we can’t go on much longer,” said Weisbecker.

In barely a year, the cost of pork has jumped by 50 cents a pound, while beef is up 20 percent; a five-gallon jug of canola oil that used to cost $15 is at $40; a 50-pound bag of flour jumped from $7 to between $20 and $25.

And then there are fuel surcharges of between $5 and $9 that have been added to nearly all deliveries during the past six months.

In the meantime, wages haven’t grown and the job market is tepid, at best. On Friday, the Labor Department said the nation’s unemployment rate jumped to 5.5 percent in May — the biggest monthly rise since 1986 — as wary employers cut 49,000 jobs. Average hourly earnings for jobholders rose to $17.94 in May, up 0.3 percent from the previous month.

The feeble employment market may be making consumers less willing to spend. Also, paychecks aren’t going as far as they did before food and fuel costs rose.

Keith Srakocic / AP file “I am three very bad decisions away from bankruptcy at any given time,” said Larry Lagattuta, who has been running Enrico Biscotti Co. on the Pittsburgh Strip for 15 years. Here workers prepare the product.

“In a good economy, you can makes mistakes. But in a bad economy ... you can’t afford to make a mistake,” said Larry Lagattuta.

“I am three very bad decisions away from bankruptcy at any given time,” said Lagattuta, who has been running Enrico Biscotti Co. on the Pittsburgh Strip for 15 years.

Over Christmas, he made hundreds of shipments; 2007 was his best year ever.

The last quarter was his worst.

A National Small Business Association survey of 500 small business owners in February found that sales and profits had dropped and job growth was at the lowest point in 15 years, problems that could have a significant impact on an already shaky U.S. economy.

The survey also found that 71 percent of business owners have a “negative outlook” on the economy compared to 43 percent a year ago; confidence in their business’ success dropped from a high of 81 percent a year ago to 70 percent now.

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or LEASE with OPTION TO BUY
$300,000.00

We have a very nice cafe located right on Hwy 287 which is the major Hwy from Dallas to Amarillo. Our Cafe is an all American spot serving real chicken fried steaks, hamburger steaks, hamburgers and the ever popular club sandwich. The building was totally rebuilt from top to bottom in 2006. We freshened up the paint and changed the decor in March of this year.
The dinning area is 30x60 with seating for 50+ the kitchen area is 25x60 with all new appliances, new vent hood with ansel fire system. There is also a 25x25 attachment that is now least out to another business for extra income. A 13x13 office and extra 10x20 storage room located in the back. There is plenty of parking in the front along with 6 lots located on the east side for semis and RV's. The taxes run around 1,100 a year.

Claude is located 30 mile east of Amarillo with a population of 1313 give or take a few. The town is a small country place full of activity. We have a great school system this years graduating class had 22 students there are many locally owned businesses such as Johnny's hometown grocery store, post office, convenience store, Keith's service center, Thomas automotive, Citizens bank, Gem theater, leather shoppe, art gallery, pharmacy, museum, lawyers office and a newspaper office.
20 miles south is the beautiful Palo Duro canyon and 12 miles East is the historical house of Charles Goodnight and the house where the movie HUD with Paul Newman was filmed.

If your interested please email me at tag79019@gmail.com