Beloved Dennis breakfast spot Grumpy's hits the market after 35 years

"After 35 years of serving corned beef hash, grilled cranberry muffins, and stacks of pancakes to loyal Cape Cod crowds, Grumpy's - the iconic breakfast stop on Route 6A in East Dennis - is up for sale. Every summer season, throngs of cars fight for a spot as a line forms outside. Inside, servers fill coffee mugs as they quickly take orders and swing through the kitchen door carrying plates of food. On the walls, guests read colorful handwritten specials of the day."

""Everything was the way it was 50 years ago," said Chuck Carey, the listing agent for Carey Commercial. "It's like a Norman Rockwell village up there." Carey says the restaurant is for sale for $799,000, with the land up for negotiation. Behind the operation is owner James Manning Jr., whose family has owned the property since the 1960s. The land used to have a gas station, and his father later added a laundromat."

"However, in the early '90s, the family decided to convert the building to a restaurant due to environmental concerns about its waste, as it abuts wetlands. "There was a vacant building, with no restaurant, and no interest from anyone opening," Manning said. "So, my mother, sister, and myself decided we had to do something." Manning brought his engineering know-how, his sister, Christine Marrs, contributed her culinary training from Johnson & Wales, and their mother, Lorraine Manning, pulled it together to create Grumpy's."

Grumpy's is an iconic Route 6A breakfast spot in East Dennis serving corned beef hash, grilled cranberry muffins, omelettes, and pancakes for 35 years. The restaurant draws summer crowds with lines of cars and busy servers delivering plates as guests read handwritten daily specials. The property has been owned by the Manning family since the 1960s and previously housed a gas station and a laundromat. The family converted the vacant building into a restaurant in the early 1990s because of environmental waste concerns near wetlands. The business is listed for sale at $799,000, with the land negotiable.

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