re: I heard a rumor that Walk Ons is headed to New Orleans

Maybe they will just open a sports bar and not call it walkons and completely overhaul their menu? Or is that too much to ask?

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it's about margins with them as opposed to quality

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It's a shame. Instead of getting a new Range Rover every year, maybe the guy could hire a GM or executive chef to overhaul the amazingly bad menu.

There are two edible things on that menu for me: the bleu cheese burger (because all you taste is the bleu cheese), and the grilled cheese (because even they can't frick up a grilled cheese).

If they can pull off the "sports bar" aspect in that location, they get 10 Saints games (preseason included), 41 Hornets games, 6 Tulane football games, 2 bowl games, 8 Voodoo games, the Bayou Classic, and 2 days of the high school football playoffs. That's 60 weekend days out of 104 during a year for them to sell themselves as a sports bar.

That doesn't count any playoff games that may occur and other events such as Super Bowls, men's and women's NCAA basketball tournament games, the boat show, the home & garden show, etc.

If they can actually improve their food and make themselves an option for a drink and a bite on weeknights, it could work. But that's a big If.

Would rather see Walk Ons in Covington where they are putting the Coyote Blues place... This area is starving for something like that...

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This Walk Ons thing sounds like a real disappointment for that location.

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I agree from a food perspective. I am going to take a little better attitude on the situation and try to look at it from a positive.
It is going to provide a much needed place to get drinks before the game near the dome. I also think we should be thanful that someone finally stepped up and is willing to put up the money to do something with that location. It has been vacant for 5 years and it will be good to have anything operating there again.

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It has been vacant for 5 years and it will be good to have anything operating there again.

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There really can be no argument to this statement.

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How are they going to afford the rent in that location?

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you have NO idea how deep brandon's dad's pockets are ..

considering that the building is on the national register of historic places, they should have lots of fun with doing any renovations

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what does his dad do? I thought it was real estate, but i'm not sure

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he comes from old sugar cane and rice farming money .. he also owned harvest sugarland motors in plaquemine and eventually sold it to brian harris for muchos dineros ..

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If they can pull off the "sports bar" aspect in that location, they get 10 Saints games (preseason included), 41 Hornets games, 6 Tulane football games, 2 bowl games, 8 Voodoo games, the Bayou Classic, and 2 days of the high school football playoffs. That's 60 weekend days out of 104 during a year for them to sell themselves as a sports bar. That doesn't count any playoff games that may occur and other events such as Super Bowls, men's and women's NCAA basketball tournament games, the boat show, the home & garden show, etc. If they can actually improve their food and make themselves an option for a drink and a bite on weeknights, it could work. But that's a big If.

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Couldn't have put it better. There is also a bunch of concerts, boat shows etc. People will always be around but who knows if that's the type of spot that people will be looking for.