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Shantell’s Just Until Restaurant
Shantell & Cobbin are getting new equipment for their full service restaurant!
Sanford,
FL
Investment type:
Loan
(60 months 14.0%)
Target raise:
$25,000
- $50,000
Minimum investment:
$100
$100
End date:
Apr 28, 2023
Apr 28, 2023
ended
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Shantells Just Until is a bustling restaurant in Sanford, FL, featuring live jazz and iconic southern staples
Our Story
We are a full-service restaurant featuring healthy Southern, Caribbean, and seafood cuisine. We are delighted to offer vegan and vegetarian dishes as well. Our entertainment consists of live jazz, live reggae, Talk Taboo conversations, spoken word, and varied craft artist offerings. Established in 2013 in Sanford, Shantell's offers amazing and delicious food you wont regret! We offer beer and wine, and live entertainment. We hire within our community, including people who might be overlooked who don't fit the mold of hospitality standards.
Our Ambition
#1 Kitchen Equipment. Our signature menu item is Shantell's award winning Chicken & Waffles, a dish originally made for Jazz musicians in Harlem, NY looking for an early morning meal after a performance. The reason it is award-winning is that the fried chicken has to be prepared at the time of order. There are many times of the day and evening where we have more demand for fried chicken than our current kitchen has the capacity to produce. As a result, sometimes our customers experience a and we are not able to turn-over our tables as fast as we need to for increased profitability. The $25K will enable us to purchase an additional fryer and lay-out the kitchen in a way to have two food preparation stations to meet demand at peak times. Implementing this will give us the ability to generate up to an additional $5K in revenue per month. #2 Staff Training. We pride ourselves on being a community employer. That means that we give people a chance and often hire individuals who are in need of a second chance. We have started to document the Shantells Way that describes all the elements of the customer experience that Shantell provides and we want every staff member to provide. This $15K will enable us to develop an on-going training and development program for our current staff. Implementing this will form the foundation to expand to other locations in the future. #3 Building Expansion. We own the building where our restaurant is located in Sanford Florida. The building is the last of the original Black-owned properties in what was the historically Black business district in Sanford. In addition to our restaurant, we host a series of live music events each week: Art Market Tuesday, Talking Taboo Wednesday, Karaoke Night Thursday, Open Mic Night Friday, R&B Night Saturday, and Reggae Sunday. In the past we have been able to host these events under a tent and bricked patio in the back. The City of Sanford has stated we can no longer have the outdoor events. These funds would enable us to expand our building and add a parking lot behind us so that we can continue to be a hub for live music and community events in Sanford.