Restaurant Realty Company was founded by Steven D. Zimmerman in the San Francisco Bay Area in 1996. Since inception the company has developed into the largest California restaurant brokerage specializing in sales, acquisitions and leasing of restaurants, bars, nightclubs, other types of food service businesses, and related commercial buildings. Restaurant Realty Company is open to clients throughout California that are interested in buying, selling or leasing restaurants, bars and nightclubs. Unlike general business brokerages or commercial real estate companies, Restaurant Realty is able to reach a niche audience of restaurateurs that are highly entrepreneurial and are generally looking for new deals specific to the space. All of their prospects have expressed interest in buying, selling and leasing restaurants, bars and clubs. This has resulted in them creating the largest proprietary database of prospective restaurant, bar and nightclub buyers in California.