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Joanne Ridout

Cardiff's Peppermint Bar & Kitchen building is for sale

Located at the end of St Mary Street, on the corner with Mill Lane, the building containing Peppermint Bar & Kitchen is a well-known landmark on Cardiff's social scene, in the heart of the capital's eating, drinking and party area.

For many decades the ground floor venue has been a popular place for socialising and has had numerous names and designs. It has been known over the years as the The Terminus Hotel, Sam's Bar and Zinc before being christened Peppermint Bar & Kitchen.

The landlord is selling the building. It is thought the Peppermint Bar & Kitchen business remains unaffected.

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How the property looked when it was called Zinc (Google maps)
How the property looks in 2022 (Google maps)

Peppermint's website states that the establishment can offer customers cosmopolitan luxury with the warmest of welcomes.

The bar can provide sophisticated cocktails, delicious, award-winning wines and spirits and a food menu that includes stone fired pizzas, tapas and Sunday lunch, with vegetarian and vegan choices too. One of the selling points of Peppermint is its location on Mill Lane that offers a large outdoor, fully heated terrace that has always been a popular area enjoyed by customers throughout the seasons.

The first floor, which was once an extra bar and seating area that could be accessed via a spiral staircase in the corner of the dancefloor when the property was Sam's Bar, can now be hired for an intimate, VIP event including hen parties, engagement celebrations and office Christmas parties.

The building is a landmark property in Cardiff city centre's street-scene, and was awarded a Grade II listing from Cadw in 1999 for being "a mid 19th century public house on an important corner". Now the establishment is for sale for offers in excess of £1,950,000 with agents Knight Frank, Cardiff commercial team.

The agent states the property has four floors. The basement is a utilised as a store, and the ground floor comprises a bar, dancefloor and seating on the ground floor.

The first floor has a layout of a bar and kitchen and male and female toilets. A further bar and seating area is on the second floor along with a staff and security room. The popular outside terrace can seat up to 150 covers and has a retractable canopy.

Indoor seating and eating area (Knight Frank Cardiff, Commercial / rightmove)
Bar and dancefloor area (Knight Frank Cardiff, Commercial / rightmove)
Outside terrace with heating and a retractable canopy that can provide up to 150 covers (Knight Frank Cardiff, Commercial / rightmove)

For further details about the sale of the building containing Peppermint Bar & Kitchen, call Knight Frank Cardiff, commercial team on 029 2049 2492.

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