Wahoo Willie’s to open early for shrimp fest brunch, announces new prime rib

Mar 7, 2025 By Nathan Mayberg 2 min read

Wahoo Willie's will have a special buffet this Saturday. File photo

Wahoo Willie’s, which is currently offering shrimp specials as part of the Fort Myers Beach Lions Club Shrimp Festival through Sunday, will also be opening up an hour early on Saturday for a special brunch ahead of the shrimp festival parade.

“We will open an hour early and will serve brunch from 8-11 on that day (Saturday, March 8),” Wahoo Willie’s General Manager Bill Ignatti said. “We have an amazing zesty shrimp bloody Mary and bottomless mimosas. Sunday morning when available we will have a steak and eggs meal (with home fries) while it lasts,” he said.

Down Old San Carlos Boulevard, Wahoo Willies Tiki Bar & Grill continues to expand their menu. On Saturdays and Sundays, the restaurant offers a regular brunch from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. featuring pancakes, Belgium waffles, bagels, eggs and bacon, omelettes and salads.

Ignatti said the restaurant is also bringing back an old school beach favorite to their menu. “We are bringing back the legendary prime rib we served at Charley Browns and Charley’s Boat House for 30 plus years,” Ignatti said. “We are serving it Wednesday through Saturday. It will be ready by 5 p.m, and will be available until sold out.”

Other updated and expanded options at Wahoo Willies includes the New York strip steak, which Ignatti said comes with homemade redskin mashed, green beans and mushroom marsala sauce and topped with crispy onion straws.

The seafood pizza is comprised of a garlic butter base with a four-cheese blend, shrimp and scallops with tomato, red onion, jalapeños and cilantro. There is also an option for remoulade drizzle.

Ignatti also highlighted the whitefish reuben. The catch of the day will rotate between grouper, hogfish, triggerfish and tripletail. Another new highlight is the stuffed shrimp featuring seven large shrimp, baked with crabmeat stuffing and garlic butter and served with rice and green beans.

The menu at Wahoo Willies also includes locally caught fresh shrimp appetizers, fish sandwiches, southern fried chicken sandwiches, chicken kabobs and fish and chips.

Wahoo Willies has live music on hand “day and night every day,” Ignatti said.

The normal hours for Wahoo Willies is from 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. on Saturdays (8 a.m. this Saturday), 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. on Sundays, 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. Wednesdays through Fridays and 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. on Fridays.