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

Koukos, 62, is referring to a family-operate business which survived the Excellent Melancholy, Planet War II, the flood of 1955 and the coronavirus pandemic by serving quintessential family members fare at fair charges. The menu at JK’s cafe, which has been on South Street for 48 decades, capabilities cheeseburgers, club sandwiches and grinders — all for beneath $12.

“The pandemic did not influence us at all,” explained Koukos soon prior to the lunch hurry on Tuesday, referring to the COVID-19 epidemic that shut down scores of dining establishments throughout Connecticut and the country in the course of its two-12 months scourge. “We just adjusted the way we did enterprise.”

Koukos and his more mature brother George hope the new proprietors decide on up where by the loved ones tradition has still left off — preferring excellent in excess of everything else.

A authentic estate listing for the cafe suggests as much.

“Many businesses, specifically throughout pandemic times, did not make it this unique organization thrived all over the shut down and nevertheless continues to expand and could increase to even extra,” reported a listing by Coldwell Banker Realty. “The several hours, menu, catering, off web site special events, in residence specific activities, takeout, shipping and delivery, food truck, and many far more suggestions could improve this company and even develop into a franchise.”

To consider about the enterprise and the cafe at 126 South St. will value you $2.2 million, according to the listing.

“For practically 100 many years, this location has been a brand and a staple in town, and you could be the just one to capitalize off of its legacy and make it your have,” the listing reads. “The spouse and children who owns this would adore absolutely nothing far more than (to have) able and prepared persons to move off the a long time of commitment … with the exact same aspiration.”

Kouskos claimed he has been telling consumers who have read the information that the household has each and every intention of providing to a new owner with very similar values.

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