Spoonbill Watering Hole & Restaurant

What Spoonbill Watering Hole & Restaurant does

Spoonbill Watering Hole & Restaurant is a privately held, single-location full-service restaurant that has operated since November 2018 from a retrofitted 1930s Conoco service station at 900 Jefferson Street in Downtown Lafayette, Louisiana. The restaurant serves Gulf Coast seafood and Southern cuisine to local residents, tourists, and private-event clients, operating Tuesday-Sunday (closed Mondays) with a menu spanning appetizers, entrées, tacos, sandwiches, and desserts priced from $5 to $32, alongside a craft cocktail, beer, and wine program.

The business generates revenue through three channels: on-premises dining at the Jefferson Street location, online pickup and delivery via the Spillover third-party platform (orders.spillover.com/ordering/spoonbillrestaurant), and a catering and private-events program covering weddings, corporate events, birthdays, and graduations. Pricing is unit-based per menu item, supplemented by a Happy Hour (Tue-Fri 3-6pm) offering discounted oysters, margaritas, frozen drinks, draft beer, and Old Fashioneds. The restaurant does not accept reservations and accommodates walk-in parties up to 12.

Spoonbill is independently operated with a team of approximately 11 employees across front-of-house and kitchen roles. Leadership comprises Executive Chef Tyler Langley (Chef John Folse Culinary Institute-trained) and General Manager Tanner Dimmick (promoted from the opening-team role of Beverage Director). The concept has earned brand recognition through a James Beard Foundation event representation and features in Southern Living, Forbes, The Advocate, and other regional outlets, with no venture, private equity, or institutional ownership disclosed.

Name

Spoonbill Watering Hole & Restaurant

Legal name

Spoonbill Watering Hole & Restaurant

Website

https://spoonbillrestaurant.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2018

Operating status

Operating

Short description

Spoonbill Watering Hole & Restaurant is a privately held, single-location full-service restaurant in Downtown Lafayette, Louisiana, serving Gulf Coast seafood and Southern cuisine via dine-in, online ordering, and catering for local diners, tourists, and private-event clients.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Casual Dining Restaurant

NAICS

Full-Service Restaurants (722511), Restaurants and Other Eating Places (72251), Food Services and Drinking Places (722)

SIC

Retail-Eating & Drinking Places (5810), Retail-Eating Places (5812)

akta.pro primary industry

All-Day Dining Restaurants (THAFACAJ)

akta.pro secondary industry

Seafood Fast Casual (THAFABAJ)

Keywords

• Gulf Coast seafood
• Southern cuisine
• Full-service dining
• Catering services
• Craft cocktails

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Supply Chain, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Dine-in Food & Beverage Sales: Traditional restaurant revenue from on-site dining including Gulf Coast seafood, craft cocktails, beer, and wine. Menu features appetizers, entrées, tacos, sandwiches, and desserts with prices ranging from $5-$32.
2. Pickup & Delivery: Online ordering through Spillover platform for to-go orders, generating revenue from prepared food items for off-premise consumption.
3. Catering & Events: Off-site and on-site catering services for private events including weddings, corporate events, birthdays, and graduations. Customized menus tailored to dietary needs.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Spoonbill Watering Hole & Restaurant operates a single-location full-service restaurant housed in a retrofitted vintage Conoco service station in Downtown Lafayette, Louisiana. Its fundamental business is preparing and serving Gulf Coast seafood and Southern-inspired cuisine for on-site lunch, brunch, dinner and drinks service, supplemented by pickup and delivery orders via the Spillover online ordering platform and by on-site/off-site catering and private events.

Product overview

Spoonbill Watering Hole & Restaurant operates as a single-location full-service restaurant offering dine-in, takeout, and delivery services. The restaurant's product portfolio centers on its core dining experience (lunch, brunch, and dinner service), an online ordering system powered by the Spillover platform, and catering/event services for private gatherings. The restaurant is housed in a vintage 1930s Conoco service station and specializes in Gulf Coast seafood and Southern cuisine with locally sourced ingredients.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Dine-In Restaurant Service
• Online Ordering for Pickup and Delivery

Quantifiable outcome

• Featured in Southern Living, Forbes, and multiple regional media outlets

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Café Vermilionville: Full-service historic restaurant in Lafayette, LA offering upscale Southern and Cajun cuisine in a distinctive heritage building. Directly comparable to Spoonbill as a competing destination-dining venue in the same local market with similar full-service, special-occasion positioning.
• Prejean's Restaurant: Iconic Lafayette full-service Cajun restaurant and banquet facility serving regional cuisine with on-site event catering. Comparable to Spoonbill because it competes for the same Acadiana dining and private-event dollars with a similar Southern Louisiana cuisine focus.
• Blue Dog Café: Lafayette-based full-service restaurant and bar featuring Cajun/Southern fare in a casual art-filled atmosphere. Comparable to Spoonbill as a directly competing casual full-service venue targeting the same lunch/dinner/drinks occasion in Downtown Lafayette.
• Social Southern Table & Bar: Southern-focused full-service restaurant and bar in Lafayette with craft cocktails and a wide menu. Competes with Spoonbill for the same casual upscale diner and cocktail-program audience in Lafayette.
• Jolie's Louisiana Bistro: Bistro-style full-service restaurant in Lafayette serving Louisiana cuisine with a cocktail program. Comparable to Spoonbill because it is a directly competing Lafayette full-service destination with parallel Southern cuisine, lunch/dinner service, and craft cocktails.
• The French Press: Lafayette breakfast/brunch and lunch restaurant with a strong local following in a charming historic building. Comparable to Spoonbill because it serves a similar downtown Lafayette daytime occasion, has a distinctive venue, and competes for the same local diner.
• The Wurst Biergarten: Lafayette-based outdoor casual restaurant and bar concept. Comparable to Spoonbill because both emphasize outdoor seating, a relaxed downtown Lafayette atmosphere, and a craft beverage program targeting similar casual occasion diners.

Broad incumbents

• Drago's Seafood Restaurant: Long-running New Orleans-based seafood restaurant chain famous for charbroiled oysters. Comparable to Spoonbill because it anchors the Gulf seafood and oyster category, providing a regional benchmark for menu positioning, pricing, and Gulf seafood sourcing.

Regional players

• Bon Creole New Orleans Seafood Kitchen: Louisiana-based casual Cajun/seafood restaurant chain. Comparable to Spoonbill because it competes in the same Gulf seafood and Louisiana casual full-service category across the broader Louisiana market, providing a regional price/value benchmark.
• Pesce Seafood Restaurant: Independent seafood-focused full-service restaurant outside of Louisiana emphasizing fresh Gulf and coastal seafood in a chef-driven setting. Comparable to Spoonbill as a similarly sized single-location Gulf seafood restaurant outside the Acadiana market.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/spoonbillwhr
• Facebookfacebook.com/spoonbill.lafayette
• Instagraminstagram.com/spoonbill.lafayette

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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