CHARMING LICENSED COFFEE SHOP & BISTRO IN ST ALBANS CITY CENTRE

Fitted to superb industry specifications throughout, these extremely well maintained leasehold terraced parade premises provide truly outstanding and “TripAdvisor” Certificate of Excellence (2019) award winning internal business accommodation, which briefly comprises an inviting and glazed, single-fronted public entrance directly off Waddington Road into the main, bright, welcoming and deceptively spacious customer service and dining area with feature suspended lighting system, solid timber flooring throughout for easy cleaning, small waiter service station, part-timber panelled walls and stylish loose timber furnishings for in excess of 30 covers. The main public area also features a prominent and fully fitted food service counter and free-of-tie licensed servery with suspended overhead lighting, bottle and glass display and storage shelving, electronic till/food ordering point, coffee machine with coffee grinder, glass-fronted and refrigerated drinks display and storage units and easy open access to the main, fully fitted and equipped “theatre style” commercial kitchen with extraction system. The main kitchen houses ample stainless-steel work surfaces, storage units, a fully equipped washing-up kitchen area with fitted sink unit and a full range of modern and well maintained, industry standard catering appliances including oven and hob and various microwave, refrigerator and freezer storage units etc., all of which we understand is to be included in the sale price and further details of which will be made available upon request to any genuine interested parties. Further ancillary internal business accommodation consists of a good-sized general dry goods/bottle store, together with all the usual washroom/WC facilities with baby changing area. The premises also enjoy the benefit of electric heating and double glazing, and we are further informed that they meet with all the required fire safety regulations. Externally: To the front the premises are prominently signed and attractively presented and afford extensive and inviting display window space onto a high footfall tourist city centre commercial thoroughfare, with customer parking available in a number of nearby local public car parks. The premises also incorporate a useful enclosed private service yard area to the rear.

The subject premises occupy an outstanding and highly visible trading position among numerous other complementary independent operators in the busy heart of the prosperous and historic year round tourist cathedral city of St Albans, which dates back to the Roman period and is situated with excellent access both to major road and motorway links (A1081, A5183, A1057, A4147, A405, A414, M1 junction 8 and M25 junctions 21A and 22 etc.) and to central London (approximately 20 miles) in the Hertfordshire commuter belt.