40-year-old central Ohio pizzeria listed for sale

AMANDA, Ohio (WCMH) -- A pizzeria that has been serving a central Ohio community for more than 40 years is ready to pass the business to new ownership after listing the building for sale.

Tommy Wayne's Pizza at 5805 Chillicothe Lancaster Road SW in Amanda is now on the market for $445,000, according to a listing posted online by real estate agent Megan Bell with Re/Max Apex. The family-owned business has been operating for upward of 40 years at the 1,626-square-foot building, which sits on a more than one-acre corner lot.

"Amazing opportunity to own this turn-key pizza business," the listing states. "Establish one owner family who has made a staple in Amanda for many years."

Built in 1977, the pizzeria features an oversized parking lot with space for outdoor seating, a drive-through window, indoor seating, two-guest bathrooms, a full commercial kitchen and an attic for storage. Bell's listing notes that, since the COVID-19 pandemic, Tommy Wayne's has only been operating through the drive-through but that "there is room for potential and additional revenue opportunities."

Tommy Wayne's is one of several central Ohio eateries whose owners are looking to pass their business onto new hands. An Old Bag of Nails pub in Delaware was listed on the market more than six months ago with an asking price of $1.9 million. While Old Bag of Nails is likely to continue renting from whoever purchases the property, the new landlord could decide to fill the space with a different tenant.

Rockmill Brewery was also on the market earlier this year for more than $6 million then for sale in a foreclosure auction. A husband and wife who held their wedding at the brewery cast the winning bid of $2,400,600 to purchase Rockmill. The bid came just above the minimum asking price of $2.4 million, but far from the Fairfield County Common Pleas Court’s appraisal of $3.6 million.