Walter's Sports Bar

What Walter's Sports Bar does

Walter's Sports Bar is a single-location, independently owned sports bar and restaurant operating at 10 N St SE in the Navy Yard neighborhood of Washington, DC, steps from Nationals Park and Audi Field. Founded in 2019 by operators Jeremy and Brett, who together bring nearly 40 years of combined sports bar experience, the bar is named after Walter Perry Johnson, the Hall-of-Fame Washington Senators pitcher. The venue is purpose-built around game-day traffic, opening two hours before every Nationals and DC United match, and features over 30 TVs configured to show every NFL game each week, NFL Sunday Ticket, and other major sporting events.

The core product is a unified hospitality offering combining a full food menu (starters, entrees, burgers, salads, brunch), a comprehensive beverage program (24 self-serve taps on a self-pour beer wall where customers pay by the ounce, rotating local DC draft beers, cans/bottles, cocktails, wine), and sports entertainment. Supporting revenue streams include weekend bottomless brunch (Saturday and Sunday 11am-2pm with a $20 add-on), weekday happy hour (Monday-Friday 4-7pm with $5 select drinks), weekly Wednesday trivia nights, and private event hosting through a dedicated event space and TripleSeat booking platform. Order flow runs through Toasttab (online ordering and reservations) and the website is powered by BentoBox, with Untappd used for beer-tracking and customer engagement.

The business model is straightforward high-volume, single-unit retail with a hybrid pricing structure of unit-priced a la carte items and subscription-style add-ons (bottomless brunch). Distribution is exclusively on-premise dine-in plus online ordering and private event bookings, all within the Washington DC metro area. The company is privately held with no disclosed funding, no parent entity, and no app presence, serving sports fans, Navy Yard residents and workers, and private event bookers as its three primary customer segments.

Name

Walter's Sports Bar

Website

https://waltersdc.com

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Walter's Sports Bar is an independently owned, single-location sports bar and restaurant in Washington DC's Navy Yard neighborhood, near Nationals Park and Audi Field, offering a full food and beverage program with over 30 TVs, a 24-tap self-pour beer wall, weekend brunch, trivia nights, and private event hosting for sports fans, neighborhood residents, and group bookers.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Sports Bar & Restaurant

NAICS

Drinking Places (Alcoholic Beverages) (7224)

SIC

Retail-Eating & Drinking Places (5810), Services-Amusement & Recreation Services (7900)

akta.pro primary industry

Sports Bars (CRANACAC)

akta.pro secondary industries

Neighborhood & Sports Bars (THAFAEAA), Bars & Pubs (Non-Music) (MPAGAIAC)

Keywords

• Sports bar dining
• Craft beer service
• Live sports viewing
• Private event hosting
• Happy hour specials

Headquarters

HQ city

Washington

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Food and Beverage Sales: Restaurant and bar revenue from food menu items, draft beers, canned/bottled beverages, cocktails, wine, and brunch specials. Bottomless brunch add-on available for $20.
2. Private Event Hosting: Revenue from hosting private events with dedicated event space
3. Reservations and Table Service: Table reservations for dining, with large events often holding back half of reservations for walk-in traffic

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels9 records

Core offering

Walter's Sports Bar is a single-location neighborhood sports bar and restaurant in Washington DC's Navy Yard neighborhood that serves a full food menu (starters, entrees, burgers, brunch items), a comprehensive beverage program (draft beers, cans/bottles, cocktails, wine), and dedicated live sports viewing on over 30 TVs. Distinguishing features include a 24-tap self-pour beer wall with pay-by-the-ounce beer cards, weekend bottomless brunch, weekday happy hour specials, weekly trivia nights, and a dedicated private event space for group bookings.

Product overview

Walter's Sports Bar is a neighborhood sports bar and restaurant located in the Navy Yard neighborhood of Washington, DC. The bar operates as a single physical location offering a unified hospitality experience that combines a full food and beverage service with sports entertainment. The core product portfolio centers on the food menu (starters, entrees, salads, sandwiches, burgers, sides, desserts), comprehensive beverage program (draft beers, cans/bottles, cocktails, wine), and sports viewing capabilities with over 30 TVs. Supporting offerings include the self-pour beer wall (24 taps), bottomless brunch on weekends, happy hour specials, weekly trivia nights, and private event hosting. The bar also provides online ordering and table reservation services through third-party platforms.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Food Menu

Quantifiable outcome

• Over 30 TVs available for sports viewing
• +1 more outcomes

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration2 records

Feature1 record

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• ToasttabcoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorToasttab provides online ordering and reservation platform for Walter's Sports Bar. Customers can order food and drinks online and make table reservations through the Toasttab platform.
• TripleSeatminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorTripleSeat handles private event inquiries and bookings for Walter's Sports Bar, providing the digital platform for customers to request private event reservations.
• WashingtonianminorGTM or Marketing PartnerWashingtonian media outlet has featured Walter's Sports Bar multiple times, including coverage of their opening, World Series viewing, and recommendation as a top place to watch Nationals games.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Direct peers

• The Greene Turtle: Mid-Atlantic sports bar chain with deep roots near DC/Maryland sports venues. Closest regional comparable to Walters on sports-viewing concept, demographic targeting, and proximity to professional sports facilities.
• Yard House: Sports-focused bar chain differentiated by an unusually large draft beer selection and full food menu — directly parallel to Walters' self-pour beer wall + sports viewing model, though national in scope.
• Clyde's Restaurant Group: DC-based independent restaurant group operating multiple neighborhood dining venues (Clyde's, The Hamilton, Old Ebbitt Grill). Comparable as an established DC hospitality operator; sits at a more upscale/casual-dining tier than Walters but shares the DC neighborhood-anchor model.
• Kings Dining & Entertainment: Multi-concept operator combining sports bar with bowling and other entertainment. Comparable to Walters on the sports viewing + private event + multi-format entertainment axis, with locations in larger markets.
• Buffalo Wild Wings: National sports bar chain centered on multi-TV sports viewing, beer, and wings. Most directly comparable peer given identical core proposition of sports viewing + casual food + beer at scale, though at much larger national footprint.
• Mission: DC bar in Dupont Circle known for sports viewing on multiple TVs plus games and events. Closest direct in-market DC comparable for a sports-bar-meets-entertainment concept.
• Bar Louie: Casual sports-bar chain with craft cocktails, beer programs, and TVs for sports viewing. Comparable on multi-revenue-stream model (food + bar + events) at chain scale.
• Glory Days Grill: Mid-Atlantic sports bar chain headquartered near DC, operating a sports-pub concept with multiple TVs, full bar, and casual dining menu — same core offering as Walters at smaller chain scale.
• Sauf Haus Bier Hall: DC beer-focused bar with strong craft beer program and TV sports coverage. Directly comparable to Walters on beer-forward positioning and DC sports-fan demographic, though biergarten-themed rather than sports-themed primary.

Broad incumbents

• Hooters: National sports bar chain with extensive TV coverage, beer-forward menu, and late-night operating model. Broadly comparable on sports bar fundamentals though differentiated by its theme-driven positioning.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/waltersbardc
• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UCjKHXINLGrvGvfVvu9GoSdw
• Facebookfacebook.com/walterssportsbardc
• Instagraminstagram.com/Walters_DC
• TikToktiktok.com/@waltersdc
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/waltersdc

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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