Baton Rouge-based Walk On’s Bistreaux & Bar has inked a deal with a south Texas restaurant owner who plans to open five restaurant locations in the area.
Moussa Haidar, who owns and operates 22 IHOP restaurants as well as an On The Border franchise, plans to open two Walk-On’s in San Antonio and three more across the Rio Grande Valley. Haidar has already begun scouting sites in San Antonio and expects to break ground on his first Walk-On’s location before the end of the year.
“We’ve made Texas a priority expansion market ever since we started franchising, and we feel very fortunate that a successful restaurateur like Moussa has become a fan of our brand,” says Walk-On’s Enterprises co-founder and owner Brandon Landry.
Since launching a franchising program in October 2014, Walk-On’s has grown to eight locations in Louisiana: three in Baton Rouge, and one each in New Orleans, Lafayette, Houma, Shreveport and Lake Charles. Other locations are planned in Zachary, Covington, Alexandria, Bossier City and Metairie, as well as Dallas/Fort Worth, Houston, Lubbock and Tyler, Texas.
