The Toasted Yolk Cafe is scrambling the breakfast-lunch restaurant scene in south Lee County.<\/p>\n
The Houston-based restaurant chain is set to open Dec. 16 on U.S. 41 across from Coconut Point Mall in Estero, a few hundred yards south of First Watch.<\/p>\n
Franchisees Brandon Jones and Drew Sachau received approval Nov. 18 from the Estero Planning, Zoning and Design Board to serve alcohol at outdoor tables during operating hours from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m.<\/p>\n
Jones and Sachau grew up in the restaurant business. Jones began cooking in his parents\u2019 restaurant at 14. The two met a couple of years ago in Indiana, where Sachau still lives. Jones moved to Cape Coral in 2021.<\/p>\n
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The Toasted Yolk Caf\u00e9 will open Dec. 16 at 22941 Lyden Drive in Estero. The restaurant occupies the former Zoe\u2019s Kitchen space just off U.S. 41.<\/p>\n
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The Toasted Yolk isn\u2019t their first restaurant. Jones has owned mostly franchises. They wanted to build a restaurant business in Southwest Florida and found The Toasted Yolk to be one of the fastest-growing breakfast concepts, Jones said. The chain has 54 locations, Sachau said. The Estero opening will mark the eighth in Florida.<\/p>\n
Jones said the casual dining segment is oversaturated. \u201cAlthough there\u2019s several breakfast and brunch opportunities, it\u2019s not a saturated market.\u201d<\/p>\n
The restaurant aims to differentiate itself with a bar-focused approach. It will feature a full bar with cocktails, mimosas and Bloody Marys. The Toasted Yolk specializes in Eggs Benedict and will offer a variety of sweet options in the waffle and pancake category, along with its own doughnuts.<\/p>\n
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The Toasted Yolk Cafe will feature a full bar with cocktails, including Bloody Marys, mimosas and other breakfast-focused drinks. Franchisees said the bar-forward concept helps set the brand apart.<\/p>\n
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The duo considered several sites before choosing the former Zoe\u2019s Kitchen space next to Chipotle.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt just felt good here,\u201d Jones said. \u201cThe size of the space looks good and feels good.\u201d<\/p>\n
Estero\u2019s population growth and nearby development also factored into the decision. Construction has begun at Woodfield Estero, a mixed-use project with nearly 600 apartments and townhomes within walking distance.<\/p>\n
Jones declined to say how much they\u2019ve invested in the project but noted that renovating an existing building costs about one-third of new construction. The restaurant will seat about 85 guests inside and 40 outside.<\/p>\n
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House-made doughnuts are among the signature sweet options at The Toasted Yolk Cafe. The Estero location will offer a full breakfast and brunch menu.<\/p>\n
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They plan to hire 35 to 40 employees. Staff training runs Dec. 9-12, followed by a soft opening on Dec. 13-14 with all proceeds benefiting Interfaith Charities of South Lee and St. Matthew\u2019s House. Employees will have Dec. 15 off before the official opening the next day.<\/p>\n
If the concept succeeds, they expect more growth in the region.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe believe in this concept, and we think we can do up to eight units in the Southwest Florida market between Naples and Cape Coral,\u201d Jones said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Toasted Yolk Cafe is scrambling the breakfast-lunch restaurant scene in south Lee County. The Houston-based restaurant chain…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":53837,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[33750,209,211,210,10124,11761,7586,33749],"class_list":["post-53836","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cape-coral","tag-breakfast-lunch","tag-cape-coral","tag-cape-coral-headlines","tag-cape-coral-news","tag-estero","tag-franchise","tag-restaurant-opening","tag-toasted-yolk-cafe"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53836","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=53836"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53836\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/53837"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=53836"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=53836"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=53836"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}