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Buy This Restaurant

Season 1 2014

  • 2014-02-04T02:00:00Z on Food Network
  • 25m
  • 1h 24m (4 episodes)
  • United States
Countless people dream of leaving their day jobs behind to follow their passion and open their own food business. But to make that dream a reality, they need the perfect space to launch it. Enter Keith Simpson, a top-level eatery broker with the experience to guide even the greenest of prospective buyers through an intimidating real estate market. Keith will locate three different listings and walk these first-timers through the businesses from space to menu to costs to help them realize their vision. Keith is more than a real estate broker; he's really a dream broker.

8 episodes

Series Premiere

2014-02-04T02:00:00Z

1x01 Fresh Start Cafe

Series Premiere

1x01 Fresh Start Cafe

  • 2014-02-04T02:00:00Z21m

Kelly is looking for a fresh start in life after losing her husband in a drunk driving accident a few years ago. She wants to open a small cafe where people can gather and relax, and her sister Lisa is on board to help her find it. Restaurant broker, Keith Simpson, leads these first time buyers on the restaurant hunt, showing them three very different properties in Minneapolis. (Episode: BK0101H)

2014-02-06T02:00:00Z

1x02 A Juicy New Business

1x02 A Juicy New Business

  • 2014-02-06T02:00:00Z21m

Two years ago, Texas native, Joanie, decided to get healthy and give juicing a try. After getting her husband, Cary, and kids onboard, her passion for juice turned into a food truck family business and now they're on the hunt for a brick and mortar space. Nervous about taking a huge financial risk, Joanie and Cary turn to restaurant broker, Keith Simpson, to help make their restaurant vision a reality.

2014-02-13T02:00:00Z

1x03 Boston Baked Dreams

1x03 Boston Baked Dreams

  • 2014-02-13T02:00:00Z21m

After his divorce, Matt took stock of his life and realized he needed to find the passion that was previously missing. After years honing his skills as a restaurant manager and chef, Matt and his partner, Andrea, are opening up their own Lebanese pie shop — a unique treat that they hope will become a booming Boston trend. Matt is relying on his own savings plus loans from friends and family members, and needs restaurant broker Keith Simpson's help to find the perfect spot for his budget.

2014-02-20T02:00:00Z

1x04 Southern Hospitality

1x04 Southern Hospitality

  • 2014-02-20T02:00:00Z21m

Rhonda and Jody have worked for the same local Charlotte, N.C., grocery chain together for almost twenty years and have been best friends for almost as long. They created a bucket list of their dreams and decided to open a sports-theme restaurant where families and friends can gather to watch games and spend quality time together. Unfortunately, they don't know anything about the restaurant business and are relying on restaurant broker Keith Simpson to help start them off on the right track.

1x05 Music City Meltdown

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Chicago natives and sisters Staci and Kim, along with Staci's husband, Dan, moved to Nashville a couple of years ago and realized their beloved deep-dish style pizza was nowhere to be found. Now they're pouring everything, into what they hope is a recipe for success. Restaurant broker Keith Simpson will have his hands full aligning Staci and Kim's expectations with Dan's focus on the bottom line, but hopefully his sure hand will guide them into making the right choice.

1x06 Heartland Bistro

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Keith has wanted to be a chef since he was a boy and runs a catering business out of his garage in suburban Indianapolis. Married with two children, he has dedicated his life to supporting his wife, Raquel's, career and now she wants to help Keith make his dream of opening his own restaurant a reality. Together the two are risking it all and investing their nest egg into a brick and mortar operation and are relying on restaurant broker Keith Simpson to help them find the perfect location for Keith's American bistro concept.

1x07 Pub in the Sun

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Tim and Jennifer are risking their retirement savings and job security to create a new life and business together in sunny south Florida. Restaurant broker Keith will give them a variety of options to help make Tim's lifelong dream a reality.

1x08 Living Out Lounge

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Best friends Mark and Ramonn first bonded over cocktails at a bar Mark was managing, and now they're looking to open a place of their own. Restaurant broker Keith will help them find the perfect location for their dream restaurant in San Francisco's east bay area.

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