Cooper’s seafood restaurant in Pittston is for sale for $1.5 million, but business is great and it is not closing, owner Jack Cooper said.

Cooper, 61, said he and his 60-year-old brother Paul have been in the restaurant business since they were 9 years old and they want more time off to spend with their families and take a vacation. 

While the landmark Pittston restaurant is listed for sale for $1.5 million on the Greater Wilkes-Barre Association of Realtors’ website, Cooper said if he does not get that amount, he won’t sell. So far, he did not get an offer.

The Coopers also operate a seafood restaurant in Scranton that he said is not for sale. Their father, John Cooper, started the Scranton restaurant in 1948. 

Cooper’s seafood restaurant at 304 Kennedy Blvd. in Pittston has been owned and operated by the Cooper family since 1992. 

“The restaurant business is seven days a week. Anyone who works in the restaurant business could tell you that,” Cooper said Tuesday. “It’s a lot of work having two major businesses that do millions of dollars each in business. I want to go on a vacation like a normal person, but we’re going to continue to run that (Scranton) restaurant.”