Lively Hanley Bar | Late-Night Kitchen | 200 SQFT

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Hanley, stoke-on-trent · 200 sqft · Hygiene Rating: 4/5

£550/mo all-in — no revenue share, no utility bills

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About This Kitchen

Piccadilly and Stafford Street make up Stoke-on-Trent's primary nightlife strip. The venues here trade heavily from Thursday through Saturday, with a demographic that skews 18-30 and includes Staffordshire University students alongside local residents. Festival Park's cinema and bowling complex is a short walk north, adding early-evening family footfall.

No delivery — this is a pure dine-in play aimed at the late-night crowd. The venue is on Hanley's main nightlife strip and pulls close to six grand in wet sales weekly, which tells you everything you need to know about the footfall. Thursday through Sunday from about 8pm onwards, there are people in this building who want food and currently have no option beyond the kebab shops on the walk home.

The kitchen is functional rather than sophisticated. Two hundred square feet, a griddle, and deep fryers. This is a one-concept operation — smash burgers, loaded fries, or chicken strips. Something you can execute fast at 11pm with one cook. The previous setup was a hot dog bar that ran with a single operator and cleared its costs inside the first month. The economics here are straightforward. Five hundred and fifty pounds a month, utilities included, short commitment. Festival Park is a ten-minute walk north, and on nights when the cinema or waterpark draw early-evening crowds, some of them end up here. Staffordshire University's campus at Leek Road is within walking distance — freshers' week and end-of-term are the busiest periods. The landlord doesn't want a revenue share. They want food available for their customers and a kitchen that's open when the bar is busy. In return, you get access to a captive audience of several hundred people every weekend who are spending money and eating nothing.

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Equipment

Flat-top griddle
Double deep fryer
Undercounter fridge
Food processor
Hand wash basin

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Amenities

Service counter facing bar area
Late licence — venue open until 2am
Sound system throughout

Pricing

From £550/mo

Fixed Rent

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Contract: 6 months initial, rolling monthly thereafter

Availability: Evenings only — 5pm to 1am, Thursday to Sunday

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