Restaurant Realty was founded in 1996 and has developed into the largest California restaurant brokerage specializing in sales, acquisitions and leasing of restaurants, bars, breweries and clubs.

The majority of our agents have either owned and or managed restaurants. Our deep experience as operators means we understand your business from the inside out.

Why Choose Kevin and the Restaurant Realty team?

  • Largest Restaurant Brokerage in California

  • Completed transactions with over 3,200 Clients

  • Sold/Leased over 1,600+ Restaurant, Bar and/or Nightclub Businesses

  • Sold over 70+ Related Commercial Buildings

  • Completed transactions totaling 3+ million square feet of Commercial Space leased.

  • Completed over 5,000 Valuations

  • Transactions completed with a higher success rate

  • An experienced professional manages the transaction

  • Confidential listings are handled with care

  • Over 75,000+ industry contacts in our database

  • Nearly 35,000+ active subscribers to our eNewsletter

  • Over 15,000+ FaceBook Fans and rising!

  • Over 13,000+ Linkedin Connections & growing!

  • Over $1,000,000,000 (billion) of Business and Real Estate Transactions Completed  since 1996

Our approach

Restaurant Realty Company is open to clients throughout California that are interested in buying, selling or leasing restaurants, bars and nightclubs. Unlike general business brokerages or commercial real estate companies, Restaurant Realty is able to reach a niche audience of restaurateurs that are highly entrepreneurial and are generally looking for new deals specific to the space. All of our prospects have expressed interest in buying, selling and leasing restaurants, bars, breweries and clubs. This has resulted in us creating the largest proprietary database of prospective restaurant, bar and nightclub buyers in California.

Meet your Southern California Broker’s Agent

Born and raised in Chicago, Kevin Mathews is a results-oriented hospitality and service professional with over 20 years of experience managing daily operations of successful high-volume restaurants, bars and hotel operations. Kevin has deep experience overseeing all areas of operations including talent acquisition and management, vendor coordination, food and beverage procurement, sales and marketing, menu engineering, generating and optimizing profitability, controlling labor, maintaining employee morale and ensuring that the guest experience is unique and memorable.

After bartending and managing the floor, Kevin was promoted to General Manager of a high volume Bar & Grill in Chicago at the age of 23 where he eventually oversaw a seven figure renovation and expansion. Kevin's experience includes high profile properties managed by Kimpton Hotels & Restaurants where he served as Assistant Director of Food and Beverage at the largest property in the portfolio and eventually relocated to California after being promoted to Director of Food and Beverage with a Kimpton property in Santa Barbara. Additionally, Kevin worked for Hyatt Hotels as the Area Senior Food & Beverage Manager overseeing the launch of 5 unique restaurant concepts within 2 new luxury hotels. Most recently, he has managed full cycle recruiting for a commercial real estate investment firm in Orange County. Kevin has experience owning and operating several investment properties giving further insight to further strengthen his ability to assist sellers.

Kevin currently resides in the San Diego area with his wife Kelly and their three dogs.

Kevin Mathews

Southern California Broker’s Agent

kevin@restaurantrealty.com

CalBRE#02158274

Get started with Kevin and the Restaurant Realty team today.