Walk-On's sports bar to open in Houma

Published: Friday, December 26, 2014 at 4:15 a.m. Last Modified: Tuesday, December 23, 2014 at 9:58 p.m.

Walk-On's Bistreaux & Bar is coming to Houma next summer.

The Baton Rouge-based chain will begin construction on its newest sports bar in the 1800 block of Martin Luther King Boulevard in the first or second week of January, said Brandon Landry, founder and CEO of Walk-On's Enterprises.

Landry said he's been looking to expand to Houma for a couple of years now.

We like the market. It's definitely growing. The demographics and type of culture there fits us. We're in Baton Rouge, New Orleans and Lafayette. Houma really reminds us of Lafayette, Landry said.

The restaurant, which will cost about $3.5 million, will seat 250-270 people, he said.

We'd like to get it up in July, before school and football and everything else starts, but that'll be cutting it close, he said.

Landry said he wants this location to be the prototype moving forward.

It's going to be a really nice place with beautiful interior and exterior. It's going to have more than enough parking and a beautiful view, he said.

The exterior will combine both rustic and stadium-like aesthetics. There will be exposed draft beer lines throughout the building, and the draft cooler will have glass paneling for a more behind-the-scenes experience. There will be more than 70 televisions throughout the main dining and bar areas and on the patio. The draft beer system will supply 65-75 types of beer.

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