Above, the License IV auction lasted a few minutes.
Starting price: €5000. Purchased for €6,600. This is the result of the auction of the licence IV of restaurant A la Bonne Idée. After its liquidation, the Michelin-starred restaurant in Saint-Jean-aux-Bois, whose owner Sébastien Tantot was the tenant, is the subject of a public sale. This is the Campioli families de Senlis which bought the liquor license.
This family of traders already owns, in Senlis, the Carré rue Rougemaille, and the Saint Louis pub and the Trattoria rue Bellon. “We have a new project, which we are thinking about,” said Jean-Pierre Campioli, the patriarch. It will not necessarily be in Senlis. We do not yet have premises. But an IV license at that price, we didn’t let it pass us by.” Jean-Pierre Campioli has three sons: Daniel, Romain and Boris. “Fortunately we are with family,” comments Jean-Pierre Campioli. Otherwise, it would be complicated to get by with three establishments.”
There were only three people interested, one of whom was on the phone. The auction lasted only three minutes. Generally, during a public sale after liquidation, the starting price starts around €4,000. However, the price of an IV license in France varies considerably depending on location and demand. In general, prices are between €7,500 and €25,000, with an average often between €12,000 and €24,000. In certain areas where demand is particularly high, prices can reach up to €50,000.
The mayor sees this IV license leaving with regret
The town of Saint-Jean-aux-Bois, which already has an IV license, with the Fontaine Saint-Jean bar-restaurant, would have liked that of the Auberge A la Bonne Idée to remain on its land. “We would have preferred that this IV license remained at La Bonne Idée and especially in the village,” indicates the mayor. Jean-Pierre Leboeuf explains that there are candidates for opening a restaurant and a hotel. “I think the owner wants to sell,” confides the mayor.
The municipality of origin does not have the power to oppose the departure of an IV license. She can, however, assert her economic arguments with the prefecture. And it is the prefect who ultimately decides.
After the sale, the mayor approached Daniel Campioli who bid successfully. He told him about his family project, without saying more.
Maître Caroline Brunel-Dejean de la Bâtie (photo above), justice commissioner, hosts these auctions. Started Wednesday December 18, they continue Thursday December 19, until 6 p.m. Everything that belongs to the liquidated company must disappear. Crockery, glasses, tables, chairs, decoration for the restaurant part, TVs, beds, bedroom furniture for the hotel part.
The immense cooking range retails for €1000
Regarding the kitchens, everything must disappear too. Including the huge cooking range. According to those who have seen it, its weight varies between 800 kilos, and two tonnes, for the most enthusiastic. On the first day of the auction, he found no buyer. “Due to the difficulties in carrying it away,” explains Maître Brunel-Dejean de la Bâtie. When I told the buyer that he had two days to take it, he gave up.”
Auctioneers (or buyers) have until Friday, December 20 at 6 p.m. to collect them. If this is not the case, the object is considered abandoned. And the withdrawal costs are the responsibility of the purchaser.
The restaurant must be vacated quickly, to allow the owner to dispose of it. On the second day, put back on sale, the piano went for €1000.
