Hooters closing locations

[CRM114]

Originally Posted by Demosthene

Not china I know but Koreans have turned fried chicken into almost an art form!


They've implemented the same system in Australia. Self service supermarkets are the norm as well with only one to two people actually being on the checkout.

I refuse to use them personally as the practice while smart for the company is unethical

Huh?

I don't use self-service check-outs either, but because I don't want to fiddle around around finding the little bar code labels hidden on packages to scan them. It never occurred to me that Ethics figured into the equation.

[superstarmar]

I took my wife just before we got married to
Hooters in Florida.... She never forgets to
mention it ... in passing!!!
The food was good and the atmosphere/scenery
from what I can remember was also acceptable...
She'd just come to the US from Europe and was
quite impressed to say the least ...

[Fleetlord]

Nah....This is all fake gloom and doom..

I know of a few NEW HOOTERS going up as we speak.

They are closing older stores in markets where the population has shifted..

Cities are living things...some areas get old and crappy and new, fresh stuff gets built in new areas so people go there and the old parts just rot out...until they get redeveloped down the road and become minty fresh again...

[Swiss Mad!]

Originally Posted by Fleetlord

Nah....This is all fake gloom and doom..

I know of a few NEW HOOTERS going up as we speak.

They are closing older stores in markets where the population has shifted..

Cities are living things...some areas get old and crappy and new, fresh stuff gets built in new areas so people go there and the old parts just rot out...until they get redeveloped down the road and become minty fresh again...

Spot on! Agree 100%

[brandrea]

Always sad to see people lose their jobs. Similar to Sears closing here in Canada.

I hope the workers can find employment elsewhere.

[rr-nyc]

Being married has no bearing on my opinion of Hooters

I always thought the food was far below average and if I wanted to go to a place to have attractive women put on a tease, there are a lot better places for that...

[rph08]

I went when I was single and the food was not very good. Happened to eat there as a married man, and the food was still no good. I won't be going back.

[BristolCavendish]

Having only been there once: Hooters = bush league. Besides, there are a lot of places that make good chicken wings (aka 'pub grub').

Though 'officially' defunct since 1991, the original Playboy Clubs would have been a far more attractive venue for sporting an Oyster and checking out bonafide foxes (aka Playboy Bunnies). They had a better dinner menu and wine list + 'big name' entertainment.

I once had a Playboy Key (a mere $25.00 annual fee back in the day) but was too young to enter the premises at the time.

[nick c]

Originally Posted by BNALION

Hotties!

Sexy

[tritium8]

Originally Posted by BristolCavendish

sporting an Oyster

Google was no help here.....anyone get this?

[BristolCavendish]

Originally Posted by tritium8

Google was no help here.....anyone get this?

'sporting' = wearing. 'Oyster'= Rolex.

A typical pic/selfie depicting 'me and my Rolex' at the Playboy Club would be a lot more interesting than one taken at Hooters alongside a plate of Buffalo Wings and a pint of Budweiser.

[Abdullah71601]

Originally Posted by BristolCavendish

'sporting' = wearing. 'Oyster'= Rolex.

A typical pic/selfie depicting 'me and my Rolex' at the Playboy Club would be a lot more interesting than one taken at Hooters alongside a plate of Buffalo Wings.

Nice recovery. My search for 'sporting an oyster' produced a vulgar reference to female anatomy.

[Ermegerrd]

I've been there a couple of times and like many have implied, I count a lot more cons than pros. The food is your standard bar fare and you can get it anywhere, leaving the girls, who are cute, no question. But I'm very conscious of "the sell" when I'm there though, and there are a lot of similarities you can draw to strip clubs, where the "exhausted" girl will come over and sit backwards on chair to talk about how she "can't wait" for her shift to be over or whatever. They all have a practiced bunch of tricks they use to ingratiate themselves with tables full of guys. Unlike strippers though, they're hustling you not for a private dance, but that tip when your bill comes for the extra special service you got. South Park did a great spoof some years back.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_kYcEcgRWcw

There are hot hostesses and waitresses everywhere, so if I'm going to be a creep and leer at them, I'll do it at a regular place.

[AzPaul]

Guessing it has more to do with expiring 20-30 year leases than a waning male interest in female breasts.

[Wcdhtwn]

Originally Posted by AzPaul

Guessing it has more to do with expiring 20-30 year leases than a waning male interest in female breasts.

Not sure about the waning interest in breasts but I think Hooters has some serious competition. Tilted Kilt, Twin Peaks, Bikini's, and others all have just as attractive, if not more so, women and they are dressed in fewer, far more revealing, clothes. Hooters, in comparison, has become pretty tame with their outfits. And the food at Twin Peaks, while not a fine dining experience, is far superior to Hooters. Yeah, I know too much about this topic.

[Fleetlord]

I have to be honest, I feel that there are some fascinatingly strong opinions on this forum about Hooters. Maybe a bit weird even....

You really never know how a thread about any particular topic will go...

[Star Ferry]

Originally Posted by Fleetlord

I have to be honest, I feel that there are some fascinatingly strong opinions on this forum about Hooters. Maybe a bit weird even....

You really never know how a thread about any particular topic will go...

There was a thread locked about hot dog eating contests.. hard to predict things around here

[GB-man]

Originally Posted by mjclark32

Haven't been in a while, but I'm still a married drunken a hole at plenty of other places

Originally Posted by rr-nyc

Being married has no bearing on my opinion of Hooters

I always thought the food was far below average and if I wanted to go to a place to have attractive women put on a tease, there are a lot better places for that...

Agreed!

If we are being honest the strip clubs in Buffalo have better wings than hooters. Just sayin.

[rr-nyc]

Originally Posted by GB-man

Agreed!

If we are being honest the strip clubs in Buffalo have better wings than hooters. Just sayin.

Or wings in buffalo and then cross the border into Canada for the other stuff

[BNA/LION]

Hotties!

[Muzz]

It isn't my thing. I went to one in the 90s on the start of a bachelor party and it didn't leave a positive impression.

Fast forward to 2017 and I am married with kids. My preference in food now would surely not be on their menu.

Personally wouldn't bring my kids there based on the menu more so than their uniforms which by today's standard isn't that eye raising.

[Swiss Mad!]

Let's be honest no body goes to Hooters for the 'great food' plenty of 'proper' restaurants for that - Hooters is what it is - don't take it too seriously!

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[Headshrinker]

My daughter wanted to stop at Hooters while on the way to Florida when she was about eight years old because she loved owls. Surprisingly, my wife told me to stop. The waitresses could not have been nicer to my children. One waitress even gave my youngest daughter a t-shirt with an owl on it. I have not been back and don't know what the evenings are like, but I did not see a lot of big-chested women trying to get tips with their feminine charms.

[GradyPhilpott]

The fault for all of this lies with us "Boomers," or at least, that's the story, and it's not just Hooters.

'Psychologically scarred' millennials are killing dozens of industries — and it's their parents' fault

[GermanyMatt]

I think their wings and fried pickles aren't too bad. It's a good place to hang with your mates. Just FYI, most of the girls are working their way through college, so I wouldn't lump them in the stripper box.

[Ferdelious]

Hooters started in Clearwater, FL and I've been going to the locations in the Tampa area since the mid 80's. Their wings aren't for everyone but I happen to like them, maybe it's because I have fond memories of eating there when I was a kid. It can be a family restaurant just as much a place for guys to watch football.

Give the original founders credit, it was a great business model that was successful for a very long time. Although they only own the Tampa locations now, I'm sure Hooters of America will figure out how to adapt to the changing environment.

[MonBK]

The best wings I've had in a "non family" setting was at Dollhouse in Pompano Beach outside the old fashion square.

[Kingair]

Originally Posted by MonBK

The best wings I've had in a "non family" setting was at Dollhouse in Pompano Beach outside the old fashion square.

Think that one closed . . .

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[MonBK]

Originally Posted by Kingair

Think that one closed . . .

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Yes, many years ago.

[Knappo 1307]

Originally Posted by MonBK

The best wings I've had in a "non family" setting was at Dollhouse in Pompano Beach outside the old fashion square.

"Dollhouse" as in the Motely Crue song?(Girls, girls, girls)...