Exceptional opportunity to acquire a fully equipped, turnkey Mexican restaurant in Eastern North Carolina featuring a built-in commercial tortilla manufacturing setup. The business enjoys a strong, loyal customer base drawn to its daily-made fresh flour and corn tortillas, authentic tacos, and rotisserie offerings. Beyond its robust fast-casual, dine-in, and catering revenue, the real upside lies in its proprietary tortilla production. An incoming owner can immediately scale operations by launching commercial wholesale distribution to regional grocery chains, taquerias, and food distributors. The sale includes modern digital assets, including a dedicated online ordering platform and mobile app with an active loyalty program.
A rare gem in the Eastern NC food scene, this popular fast-casual Mexican restaurant combines high daily volume with an integrated tortilla manufacturing line. Known for handcrafted, fresh-daily tortillas, the business boasts a streamlined menu built for speed, high profit margins, and heavy repeat business. Fully modernised with a direct web ordering system, native mobile reward app, and active social media presence, this operation minimizes reliance on expensive third-party delivery services. A hands-on operator can take over a fully equipped kitchen and manufacturing setup on day one while capturing untapped B2B wholesale demand across the region.
Financial Information
$800,000
Asking Price
$197,030
Cash Flow
$974,610
Gross Revenue
N/A
Down Payment
N/A
Adjusted EBITDA
Business Location
City:
Confidential
State:North Carolina
Reason for Sale
Founder passed away in 2024, and the family is looking to transition the business to a new owner
Detailed information
Year Established:
Home Based:No
Franchise:No
Relocatable:No
Lender Prequalified:No
SBA Prequalified:No
Part-Time Employees:N/A
Contractors:N/A
Owner Worked Hours/w:N/A
Inventory Included: Yes
Inventory Value:
N/A
Monthly Rent:
$8,550
Real Estate Available: Yes
Real Estate Included: No
Real Estate Value:
N/A
Building Size: 12000
FF&E Included?: Yes
FF&E Value: $150,000
Training/Support
Owner will offer 1 month of transitional training as part of the sale
Facilities
Large Footprint (~6,500+ Sq. Ft. Restaurant Facility and ~5,500+ Sq. Ft. for Tortilla Plant): Exceptional facility size compared to standard fast-casual restaurants. Offers ample room to comfortably operate a full-scale restaurant, commercial kitchen, and dedicated industrial tortilla production line without space constraints.
Dedicated Production Infrastructure: The layout is compartmentalized for dual functionality—combining a customer-facing dining area/ordering counter with an separate industrial back-of-house setup designed for manufacturing, packaging, and loading.
Ample Parking & Easy Ingress/Egress: Standalone or high-visibility commercial plot with spacious, dedicated customer and delivery truck parking, vital for accommodating heavy lunch/dinner rushes and loading wholesale deliveries.
Move-in Ready/Fully Equipped: Comes outfitted with commercial-grade hood systems, walk-in coolers/freezers, grease traps, and specialized manufacturing utility connections (high-capacity gas/electric lines), saving a buyer hundreds of thousands of dollars in build-out expenses.
Market Outlook/Competition
Vertical Integration & Freshness Differentiation: Most fast-casual Mexican restaurants in Eastern NC rely on mass-produced, shelf-stable flour and corn tortillas from commercial distributors like Sysco or US Foods. Manufacturing fresh corn and flour tortillas daily on-site gives the business a distinct culinary edge in taste and texture, driving organic customer loyalty.
Eastern NC Demographics & Market Fit: The county and surrounding Eastern NC corridors feature significant Hispanic and Latino populations (~22–24% locally). Offering authentic products, house-made salsas, and bulk meats/tortillas by the pound positions the business as both an everyday dining destination and a staple community provider.
Fast-Casual Speed & High Turnover: The counter-service setup paired with online pickup creates quick table turnover and high volume throughput during peak lunch and dinner hours.
Real Estate Description
Large Footprint (~6,500+ Sq. Ft. Restaurant and ~5,500+ Sq. Ft. for tortilla plant.)
Dedicated Production Infrastructure and restaurant: Ideal for dual functionality— a customer-facing dining area/ordering counter and an industrial back-of-house setup designed for manufacturing, packaging and loading.
Ample Parking & Easy Ingress/Egress: Standalone or high-visibility commercial lot
Move-in Ready/Fully Equipped: Comes outfitted with commercial-grade systems
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