Sale Proposal
Evergreen
Inn ~ Restaurant ~ Bar ~ Live Music Space
Priced to sell at $199,000
Theodore Finkle & Pamela West-Finkle
455 Bailey Road
Stamford, NY 12167
607-652-9191
Evergreen, a historic turn-of-the-century Victorian Inn, is located in the heart of the Catskills 1 mile West of Belleayre Mountain Ski Resort & Summer Music Festival. It is visible from Route 28 in the village of Fleischmanns, New York, just 2 ˝ hours from the GW Bridge in New York City.
It offers the perfect location for the following business opportunities:
· Full Service Restaurant, Dining Room & Bar with wine/beer liquor license and State Board Health approved food service facility. Public bathrooms, handicap accessible.
· Bed & Breakfast - five guestrooms with two baths on the 2nd floor, and 2 bedroom suite with large bath or owner/manager’s quarters on third floor.
· Night Club – Intimate candlelit performance space and lounge area near the wood stove with an antique dark wood L-shaped bar
· Front office space with DSL line and two 2nd floor rooms equipped with multiple phone jacks and electric outlets that could be used or leased as additional office space.
· Meetings/Events – The entire facility or just the first floor can be rented by organizations or individuals for workshops, weddings, private parties, and meetings.
· Artist Residency, Spiritual Retreat, or International Youth Hostel Compound. Outbuilding offers large open studio or rehearsal space.
Property Features:
· First floor
· Well designed New York State Health Board of Approved commercial kitchen w/walk-in cooler (7’x 8’), Hobart dishwasher, 10 burner Garland stove with two ovens, Garland broiler, stainless steel tables & three bay sink, service refrigerator and one year old Ansul system.
· Food and beer/wine liquor license in place
· 65 seat dining room (tables & chairs included)
· Antique L-shaped bar with stools & beer cooler.
· 100’ (1800 square feet) outdoor deck with picnic tables, providing additional seating for approximately 75.
· Live music performance space with optional stage lighting (extensive list of return musical performers available.) Handicap accessible men & women’s public restrooms with two stalls each
· Front office with glass display case.
· Cash register & credit card machine
· Laundry room/common room (12x21)
· Anderson Windows throughout (7 years old)
· Air conditioning & wood burning stove.
· Hardwood floors
· Second floor
· Five guest rooms
· Two baths
· Expansion possibility into existing unfinished addition.
· Third floor has a 2 bedroom, 1 bath suite for family rental or owner’s/manager’s living quarters.
· Property includes garage/workshop & large, vaulted artist studio space above.
· A second 3-story gutted house adjacent to the performance space awaits personal renovations for owner’s house or six to eight additional rooms.
· One-acre property with municipal parking across the street.
· Natural Spring in rear courtyard
· Seven-year-old roofs on all buildings.
· Guaranteed bookings through Belleayre Lodging Association.
· NY Trailways Bus – convenient front door service (no walk to bus stop)
Proximity to Belleayre & Lodging Association
From the Belleayre website, the Lodging Association website receives over one million hits per year in which visitors fill out a lodging request form which is then emailed to all Lodging Association members. The cost of this membership for both lodging and restaurant is $500 per season, offering potential bookings year-round. In 2004, there were 168,177 skiers who visited Belleayre, and 171,524 in 2005. The Bellayre Summer Music Festival draws 12-15,000 per summer.
Planning and negotiations are in process for a large golf/ski resort area with a condominium community on Belleayre Mountain. Fleischmanns is also in the middle of installing a multi-million dollar water-sewer project that will enable future development and revitalization.
History of the Property:
The Evergreen, formerly the Emory Brook, was built at turn of the century and included a full service restaurant, nightclub, hotel, pool, and other amenities. In the first half of the 1900’s, Fleischmanns was a popular resort town for New Yorkers who wished to escape the heat of the city in the hot summer months before air conditioning.
Prior to Theodore Finkle’s purchase and renovation of the property in 2002-2003, it was an antique store with office space. The previous owners had gutted the house next door to the main building during that time.
Since 2003, the facility has been run primarily as a bed & breakfast and live original music performance space, with an organic cafe during the summer of 2004.
Current Evergreen Operations:
Theodore Finkle is a stonemason and professional musician who was looking for a performance space and a secondary income during the winter months to support his family. Evergreen operations have been selective and limited—nowhere near to its potential as a primary business and full service restaurant/bar. The bed & breakfast has been run to supplement income ($100/room/night dbl. occ.- organic breakfast included). Over 150 weekly original music shows have been held in the performance space with the beer-wine bar only open on the night of live shows. During the summer of 2004, an organic cafe operated on weekend days. The original music and organic food were personal philosophical choices of Mr. Finkle and were not a serious attempt at establishing a marketable business; therefore, the gross receipts over the last few years reflect this.
Premier Performance Venue & Arts Center
Evergreen was rated by the Woodstock Times as one of the top three music venues in the Hudson Valley, and hosted the widely publicized Evergreen Energy Festival four years running. Musicians have repeatedly said that this is one of the best intimate original music venues in the country. Here are a list of artists and bands who have performed at Evergreen, and who would be willing to return for future performances:
· The Ethereal World Orchestra
· Water Witch
· John Holt & Generous Thief (www.jholtthief.com)
· Ian Charles (www.iancharles.com)
· Pamela West (www.pamelawest.com)
· Joel Cage (www.joelcage.com)
· The Waz (www.thewaz.com)
· Aurora North (www.auroranorthblue.com)
· Dom Minasi (www.domminasi.com)
· Sonic Soul Orchestra
· The Sawtelles (www.sawtelles.com)
· Anna Cheek (www.annacheek.com)
· Jukebox Hillbillies
· Deanna Kirk
· Charity Valk
· Fode Sissoko & Fakoli
· Paul McMahon
· Johnny Asia (johnnyasia.info)
· Baketeo
· Tom Petris Jazz Ensemble
· John Berenzy
. . . and many more
Tour of Property
Side view showing unfinished addition on back
Front Entrance Hall
Parlor into public restrooms adjacent to bar
Large front deck
Opposite view of front entrance hall & library
View of Dining room from stage
Evening candlelit dining room & performance space
Day view Dining Room & Stage
Henry “the Hawk” Herman of Aurora North – Catskill Mountain Bluegrass
Children’s Concert @ Evergreen
Commercial Kitchen/Garland Stove
Guest room #2
Guest room #3
Guest Room #4
Guest Room #5
Side view of empty house
Inside studio space & loft
Outside studio space & garage
Front corner of empty house
Side yard
Evergreen Arts Center Home
