Monkey Face, LLC: May 2010

Tuesday, May 25, 2010

Roof Top Restaurant for Lease

The unit is a roof top unit 2500SF including covered porch. It is currently
equipped with hood and grease trap. Seats 175-200. It is located in the
Fountain Square 196 Miracle Strip Parkway SE in Downtown
Fort Walton Beach, FL.

Visible from 98 and Brooks Street.

The rent is $2100 + Sales Tax so rent total is roughly $2200. I am
currently forgoing CAM fees for 2 years with a 1-2 year lease.
It is a great time to open a business in Downtown Fort Walton Beach.
The rents are reasonable and the area is growing. The Downtown
Merchants currently host a Downtown Art Walk every Friday and are
working to add more to their great list events and festivals. This
unit has a perfect view of Fireworks displays at the landing.

Current Tenants in The Fountain Square include: Fokker's Sports Pub,
Salty Duck Bar, Tattoo Zoo, Artesano Jewelry and Gallery, Thrifty
Tropical Shirts, Out N About Novelties, Carolina Cigars, Precious Furs
Pet Salon, A New Real Estate office (name to be determined,
specializing in vacation rentals) & Harry Headys.

I am available anytime via email : pipergaffrey@gmail.com
or Call: 850-259-4183

Thanks Much &
Have a Wonderful Day,

Piper Gaffrey-Eley

THE FOUNTAIN SQUARE

Tuesday, May 18, 2010

FWB deemed best place to open new restaurant

FWB deemed best place to open new restaurant
April 08, 2010 4:53 AM
Dusty Ricketts
Daily News

A national trade magazine for the restaurant industry has named Fort Walton Beach and its surrounding communities as the best area in the country to open a new restaurant in.

Restaurant Business magazine compiles a list each year of the top 150 cities in the country to open a restaurant. For the past several years, Fort Walton Beach has ranked second to Myrtle Beach, S.C.

Fort Walton claimed the top spot for the first time in the magazine’s April edition.

“We as a community have to be monumentally proud of that that fact,” said Ted Corcoran, president and CEO of the Greater Fort Walton Beach Chamber of Commerce. “That is a great, great reflection on the perception of Fort Walton Beach, as we’re now getting up there with the big boys. Fort Walton Beach is on the map again in a category of fun and quality of life.”

Corcoran said he believed the diversity of customers available to Fort Walton Beach restaurants is the reason the city scored so well in Restaurant Business’ list.

“Certainly military, local residents and tourists is a nice variety to choose from,” Corcoran said. “I think the quality of life in our area lends itself to people dining out and relaxing, having a good time.

“There is a very relaxed environment in our area for a lot of folks who enjoy dining out as part of that relaxation,” he added. “Many, many people go out for lunch for their job or part of their social scene.”

Nielsen Claritas, the company that also tracks television ratings, compiles a list of the top U.S. markets for restaurants each year. Nielsen uses a formula that looks at restaurant sales per capita in a given market versus per capita sales nationwide, along with other figures, to determine a city’s restaurant growth index.