452 N Marion Ave Lake City, FL 32055

This fully operational seafood business, located at 452 N Marion Ave, Lake City, FL, combines fresh product sales with quick-serve functionality, featuring a built-in drive-thru. The 2,249 square foot property allows an owner to operate as both a traditional seafood market and a prepared food concept. A significant portion of sales are generated from freshly prepared fried foods, including fried fish, shrimp, seafood baskets, and other hot menu items. Customers visit specifically for these cooked-to-order fried meals, which are served both at the counter and through the drive-thru. The location is fully equipped with complete cold-chain infrastructure including an interior walk-in freezer, exterior walk-in cooler, multiple commercial display showcases, upright coolers and freezers, ice machine, stainless prep tables, and POS system. The layout supports retail display, back-of-house prep, and efficient QSR-style service flow. The drive-thru component creates a competitive advantage, allowing expansion into fried seafood baskets, grilled platters, family meal bundles, steam pots, catering trays, and online order pickup. Located along Marion Avenue with strong visibility and accessible ingress/egress, the site supports steady neighborhood traffic and repeat local customer patterns. The manageable overhead structure enhances operational scalability for a hands-on owner. This is an ideal opportunity for an experienced seafood operator expanding into a dual retail/QSR model, a family-run business seeking immediate operational continuity, or a regional grocery or seafood distributor vertically integrating into direct-to-consumer sales.