Cape Coral Walk On’s Sport Bistreaux set to open

Walk On’s Sport Bistreaux, a chain of Louisiana themed sports bars, is opening its first Southwest Florida location in Cape Coral April 14.

The restaurant will be at 1127 S.W. Pine Island Road in the Shoppes at Cape Crossing shopping center, between Chiquita Boulevard and Nicholas Parkway.

The 8,900-square-foot restaurant will have indoor and outdoor seating for 200, a patio and 54 big-screen televisions the chain says in a statement. It will employ about 120.

Walk On’s was founded by Louisiana State University walk-on basketball players Brandon Landry and Jack Warner and first opened in Baton Rouge in 2003.

Today, it has about 80 locations in 14 states and includes several big name big-name National Football League players among its owners and franchisees. That list includes former Tampa Bay Buccaneer linebacker Derrick Brooks and former New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees, an early financial backer.

Its menu includes a mix of standard bar food — chicken wings, burgers and wraps — along with Cajun classics — crawfish étouffée, gumbo and po’ boys. And, of course, there are cocktails and beers.

The Cape Coral location is owned by franchisee Len Lemmer who also owns Nervous Nellies and Cantina Laredo in Lee County.

The Cape Coral Walk On’s will be the chain’s seventh restaurant in Florida and fourth along the west coast. The other three are in Tampa, Lakeland and Pasco County’s Lutz.