Gas Mart & Whoa Nellie Deli

22 Vista Point Drive, Lee Vining, CA
Mono County APN 021-080-028-000

This is the strong cash flow component of the complex. The total site is 3.04 acres. The property includes 180 feet of frontage on Tioga Pass Road (Hwy. 120) and 400 feet on Vista Point Drive.

“The Mobil” is the closest fueling station to the east gate of Yosemite National Park. It also features the most competitive fuel prices in the immediate region. The station features four pump islands under a 1,632 square foot canopy. Pumps were upgraded in 2021. There are two underground double-wall fiberglass tanks of 12,000 gallons each. The gas station operates year-round. The station incudes an RV dump. An electronic vehicle (EV) charging station is slated for construction to the south of the current fueling station.

The Mart and Deli building is 7,085 square feet and includes a large commercial kitchen with both inside and outside service capability. The Deli features a ‘gourmet” menu and pizza menu.

The Mart offers a wide variety of products suitable for visitors to the area; food, snacks and refreshments including alcoholic beverages, popular miscellaneous souvenirs of the Yosemite and Mono Lake regions, camping equipment, and all sorts of other related items.

The Mart/Deli has extensive refrigeration including separate Mart and Deli walk-in refrigerators and freezers. There is extensive dry storage.

The Mart/Deli owns and operates a State of California ABC On-Sale General Eating Place liquor license.

There are multiple offices upstairs.

There is indoor seating and booths and extensive outdoor seating in both grassy and hard surface areas. Outdoor area is flexible to accommodate summer customers and crowds. In the past there have been successful music events in this location. The outdoor areas have excellent solar exposure and incredible views of Mono Lake and the Sierra Nevada.

There is extensive parking all around the Mart site on both paved and gravel lots and on Hwy. 120.

The Mart building solar panel system was installed in 2016.

The fueling station averages 420,000 gallons of sales per year.

A 12-car Electric Vehicle charging station (Revian) is in the final phase of planning and approval. The charging station will be located on Vista Point Dr. south of the existing fueling station. This will provide additional passive lease income to the enterprise as well as additional customer traffic to the Mart and Deli.

EBIDTA

  • 2021:   $730,397
  • 2020:   –$19,461
  • 2019:   $686,226
  • 2018:   $670,838
  • 2017:   $578,567