Deal Alert: Kabul Express Kabob – Turnkey Afghan Restaurant in Mall Food Court

📍 Location: Asset Sale (All Cash)
💰 Asking Price: Asset Sale (All Cash)
💸 Employees: 2 Full-Time

🌟 Why This Business is Great:

✔ Food Court Goldmine with Built-In Foot Traffic

This isn’t a side-street café hoping for footfall. This is prime positioning in a busy mall’s food court—where hundreds (if not thousands) pass by daily. Especially on weekends, this kind of visibility and volume is hard to replicate without massive ad spend. You’re not paying for customer acquisition—you’re plugging into it.

✔ Fully Equipped Kitchen, Prime Corner Unit

With two Type-1 hoods already installed, this place is a rare plug-and-play setup. Most new food concepts would kill for a location like this with the infrastructure ready to go. Whether you want to keep the Afghan menu or introduce your own concept (burgers, Korean BBQ, vegan bowls?), the space is highly adaptable.

✔ Low Rent for a Mall Setting

Rent is just $1,716.67/month with reasonable CAM and taxes. For a 936 sq ft corner unit in a Bay Area mall, that’s well below market. The lease runs through May 2028—with renewal options.

✔ No Employees? No Problem

This is a lean operation with just two full-time employees. You’re not inheriting a bloated payroll, and the simple menu and structure make this ideal for owner-operators, first-timers, or even ghost kitchen concepts.

🚧 Challenges & Considerations:

❌ No Financials Provided

This is an asset sale—there’s no profit & loss statement, no SDE, and no revenue track record to lean on. You’re buying the location, lease, equipment, and foot traffic potential. If you're looking for cashflow from day one, this may not be the one. If you're looking for a clean slate with upside, it might be.

❌ Food Court Limitations

Shared seating, fixed hours, and potential restrictions from the mall operator mean you're playing by their rules. But if you’re flexible and work well within structure, this is a small trade-off for the volume.

❌ Owner Exiting Due to Time Constraints

The reason for sale is “time management and personal matters,” which is common—but do your diligence to ensure the restaurant doesn't rely on their hands-on operation or any undocumented "special sauce."

🚀 Growth Opportunities:

🔹 Revamp the Brand, Ride the Trend

Afghan food is still relatively untapped in the mainstream. With the right brand design, a few social videos, and modern packaging—this could become a cult hit in the Bay Area food scene.

🔹 Introduce Delivery & Online Orders

UberEats, DoorDash, Grubhub—it’s shocking how many mall food court businesses skip this. Plug into the ecosystem and capture off-site volume with minimal cost.

🔹 Leverage Events & Catering

This type of cuisine does well in community settings—think school events, office lunches, or ethnic festivals. A catering arm could bring in thousands in extra revenue monthly without extra rent.

🔹 Run a Ghost Kitchen or Evening Concept

The infrastructure is there. After mall hours, use the kitchen for a second brand—like late-night delivery. Many ghost kitchens dream of this kind of setup.

🔍 My Analysis:

This deal is a solid opportunity for someone who wants to get into the food business without starting from scratch. You’re getting a fully equipped kitchen in a busy mall with steady foot traffic, low rent, and a flexible layout that can support different food concepts. It’s not about buying an existing profitable business—it’s about buying the tools, location, and setup to build one. If you have a concept you’re excited about or know how to market a brand, this could be a low-risk, high-upside way to test it. It’s especially appealing if you want to avoid the heavy upfront costs of building a restaurant from the ground up.

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