The building at 3945 Tennyson St. was former home to West End Tap House. (Courtesy Unique Properties)
It’s the start of something new for the former West End Tap House building along Tennyson.
The 3,900-square-foot structure at 3945 Tennyson St. was purchased last month by Nepalese restaurateur Khagendra Gurung for $2.26 million, or $579 a square foot, according to public records.
Gurung could not be reached for comment. His broker, Michael DeSantis of Unique Properties, said his client was searching for a building as part of a 1031 exchange, and noted Gurung already owns properties nearby.
Khagendra Gurung
“We were targeting the Highlands, Berkeley and Sunnyside – and then ended up on Tennyson,” said DeSantis, who worked the deal with Unique colleague Brett MacDougall.
Gurung owns Mazevo Mediterranean Eatery at 3961 Tennyson and Himalayan Spice at 4279 Tennyson. His brother and sister-in-law, Yubraj and Anita Gurung, run Beau Thai at 3901 Tennyson.
West End Tap House closed earlier this year after 11 years in business. The property was sold by Von Waldo Holdings LLC, an entity affiliated with Kurt Von Reiter, one of the restaurant’s owners. It bought the building in 2017 for $810,000. The sellers declined to comment through their broker.
The space was formerly an art studio and then a cafe before West End leased, and then bought, the building, DeSantis said. Gurung hasn’t decided what concept he will put in the space, which needs minimal work.
“I call it lipstick,” DeSantis said. “Some aesthetic stuff. It is turnkey from the perspective that it’s a restaurant … he’s going to be cleaning it up and rebranding it and stuff like that.”
The building was on the market for roughly six months. It consists of a main storefront with indoor dining, an outdoor patio and a 850-square-foot garage serving as storage and a walk-in cooler.
The storefront was added sometime in the 1960s, DeSantis said. Prior to that it was a house, which is now the kitchen.
“The demographics are all there,” the broker said of the neighborhood. “The housing market up there is very strong. It’s a happening corridor for anything retail, restaurant-wise.”
The building at 3945 Tennyson St. was former home to West End Tap House. (Courtesy Unique Properties)
It’s the start of something new for the former West End Tap House building along Tennyson.
The 3,900-square-foot structure at 3945 Tennyson St. was purchased last month by Nepalese restaurateur Khagendra Gurung for $2.26 million, or $579 a square foot, according to public records.
Gurung could not be reached for comment. His broker, Michael DeSantis of Unique Properties, said his client was searching for a building as part of a 1031 exchange, and noted Gurung already owns properties nearby.
Khagendra Gurung
“We were targeting the Highlands, Berkeley and Sunnyside – and then ended up on Tennyson,” said DeSantis, who worked the deal with Unique colleague Brett MacDougall.
Gurung owns Mazevo Mediterranean Eatery at 3961 Tennyson and Himalayan Spice at 4279 Tennyson. His brother and sister-in-law, Yubraj and Anita Gurung, run Beau Thai at 3901 Tennyson.
West End Tap House closed earlier this year after 11 years in business. The property was sold by Von Waldo Holdings LLC, an entity affiliated with Kurt Von Reiter, one of the restaurant’s owners. It bought the building in 2017 for $810,000. The sellers declined to comment through their broker.
The space was formerly an art studio and then a cafe before West End leased, and then bought, the building, DeSantis said. Gurung hasn’t decided what concept he will put in the space, which needs minimal work.
“I call it lipstick,” DeSantis said. “Some aesthetic stuff. It is turnkey from the perspective that it’s a restaurant … he’s going to be cleaning it up and rebranding it and stuff like that.”
The building was on the market for roughly six months. It consists of a main storefront with indoor dining, an outdoor patio and a 850-square-foot garage serving as storage and a walk-in cooler.
The storefront was added sometime in the 1960s, DeSantis said. Prior to that it was a house, which is now the kitchen.
“The demographics are all there,” the broker said of the neighborhood. “The housing market up there is very strong. It’s a happening corridor for anything retail, restaurant-wise.”
