Columbia-based Coil Construction has built numerous shopping areas, restaurants, medical facilities and entertainment facilities that you and your family members have visited for the past 49 years. They include Columbia’s Missouri Heart Center, Level Up at Columbia Mall, Shakespeare’s South and the Broadway Bluffs shopping center. Randy Coil founded Coil Construction in 1975. His son David is now Coil’s president. David is only the second employee to be company president. Coil Construction owners Randy and David Coil joined host Fred Parry in-studio Saturday morning on 939 the Eagle’s “CEO Roundtable” program. They addressed the promotion in-detail. Randy Coil tells listeners that 70 percent of second-generation businesses fail nationally. He describes his son as a “relentless partner”, saying David Coil is frequently the first to arrive at the office and the last one to leave. Randy says that work ethic earned him the respect of fellow staff members. They also discussed the importance of culture in a construction company. David Coil tells listeners that Coil Construction has invested money to make sure they have the best people they can possibly afford. They also took a trip down memory lane and discussed Columbia in the 1970s: Dennis Harper of Harpo’s and Enos Stanley Kroenke both were mentioned on the show. Some of you might remember a clothing shop in downtown Columbia called Ladido of London:
Restaurant known for its Louisiana shrimp and Cajun ribeye heading to Columbia
Columbia’s city council has given the green light to a popular new Cajun restaurant that’s co-owned by former New Orleans star quarterback Drew Brees.
The city council has approved a plan for Walk-On’s Bistreaux and Bar to build in the Broadway Bluffs, near Highway 63. It will be located in the former Houlihan’s restaurant location, and will include a patio. Walk-On’s is known for its Louisiana shrimp and catfish, along with Cajun ribeye. It’s also known for its other seafood and burgers so large that you need two hands to eat them.
Walk-On’s is popular across the Southeast, including in college towns like Baton Rouge, Tuscaloosa, Fayetteville, Oxford and Tallahassee.
The Walk-On’s website describes itself as a place where “over-the-top enthusiasm and culture is the daily norm.”
The new restaurant is currently hiring employees.
Walk-on’s to open restaurant in Columbia’s former Houlihan’s location
A restaurant chain co-owned by former NFL star quarterback Drew Brees is coming to Columbia. Walk-On’s Bistreaux and Bar is remodeling the former Houlihan’s restaurant in the Broadway Bluffs, near Highway 63.
Columbia’s city council first-read a bill Monday night that would allow the new facility to expand by 500 square feet. The city council’s packet says the new restaurant will have an outdoor patio.
Walk-On’s is known for its Louisiana cuisine, including Louisiana shrimp and catfish. It’s also known for other seafood and for its large burgers. Its website says its burgers require you to use two hands to eat them.
Walk-On’s describes itself as “a place where over-the-top enthusiasm and culture is the daily norm.”