Prime Broad Street Pub | Kitchen Residency | 350 SQFT

The kitchen is substantial at 350 square feet, with a charcoal grill that was installed in 2024 and a walk-in fridge and freezer that give you serious cold storage capacity. The previous operator ran a traditional pub food menu, and the landlord estimates the previous operator turned over around £11,000 per month in food sales. They moved to a standalone restaurant in Caversham, and the kitchen has been dark for four months. The minimum guarantee model reflects the landlord's confidence in the location. The £7,000 monthly food sales target is achievable — the landlord reports the previous operator exceeded it in nine of their last twelve months. Above that, the 13% share is competitive for a site of this quality. The 24-month lease with a 12-month break gives you time to build. Lunchtime is the underexploited window. Reading's tech workers — Microsoft UK is headquartered at Thames Valley Park, ten minutes by bus — are a premium lunch market. A £9-£12 lunch menu targeting the office crowd from 11:30am to 2pm, followed by a more substantial evening offer, is the proven playbook for this stretch of Broad Street.