Welcoming Markeaton Pub | Kitchen Residency | 240 SQFT

The venue is a well-maintained community pub on a residential street between Kedleston Road and the park. The beer garden seats thirty and has been the venue's strongest asset in summer — families visiting Markeaton Park use the pub as their lunch stop, and the garden is visible from the road. The kitchen ran a daily specials menu for two years under the previous landlord. Average food sales were around £3,500 per month, which comfortably cleared the minimum guarantee threshold. The combi oven handles batch cooking efficiently — the previous operation was prepping soups, pies, and roast dinners in the morning and serving through the day. The University of Derby's Kedleston Road campus adds student delivery demand in the evenings, particularly during term time. Between the hospital workers, the park visitors, and the students, this kitchen has three distinct customer groups spread across the day. The minimum guarantee model means you only start sharing revenue above £3,000 per month — below that, the base rent of £400 is all you pay.