The Rise and Fall of the Hooters Restaurant

[@dionwillswatkins7150]

The reality is this; Hooters was created and existed on a simple premise, and if you expected anything else walking in, you should have gone to Denny's. Period.

[@adamb89]

Reminds me of this unhinged activist that walked into the Pizza Hut my friend worked at in the mid 00's and started screaming that they were discriminating against her for not offering vegan gluten-free options. She ended up getting trespassed. Some people just like to cause trouble for others because they have nothing better to do with their life.

[@kendallevans4079]

Everything about that place screamed "HILLBILLY"! The wings weren't that good and served on those crappy paper trays, the Dolphin running shorts? Really? Orange isn't a flattering color on ANYONE..And those flesh tone pantyhose! It was like tacky carnival fun zone

[@famousdex1782]

@@kendallevans4079 im sorry but hooters isn’t a place for gays.

[@kendallevans4079]

@@famousdex1782 Don't cry, there are gay bars for people like you...look for the rainbow flag out front...and wiggle your phat azz when you walk in!

[@babscabs1987]

What the fuck is up Denny's?

[@jlshel42]

There were protests when they opened one near my parents home in Arlington, TX. The concern was that high school girls would work there. Nevermind that 20 minutes away there were a dozen strip clubs also recruiting young girls.

[@juanpablosaenz9037]

Hooters or a buffet in a Strip club? Tough choice. 🤔

[@machirim2805]

always expect people protesting something in texas. that goes for america in general actually

[@rudeawakening3833]

The one on Collins in Arlington was the BEST back in the day . I’m talking like 1990 . Went in this year for nostalgia sake - Food quality horrible , and understaffed , and not that it’s about the $ , but WAY overpriced .

[@theeclectic2919]

I went to UTA back in the day. Arlington has really changed since then.

[@rudeawakening3833]

@Larry Smithart The Hooters staff of waitresses always were “ high class “ IMHO . I never saw anything disrespectful or inappropriate from them ; or the customers from the number of times I’ve entered the establishment . MY comment was more related to poor upper management , and the drop in customer service due to poor judgment in staffing and quality of food and gouging of prices … So I hope MY comments didn’t come across and offend you , young lady …

[@wylanvallotton4462]

My cousin was a hooters girl. She loved it at first, but ended up hating it. Almost entirely because of the managers, rather than the guests. Guests sucked too, but not much more than any other retail/service job.

[@lakrids-pibe]

I believe that.

[@seanholmes8290]

That jives with what Ive heard.

[@dstinnettmusic]

That tracks. You can’t really blame the customer for buying the product and…services (idk…what is the name for this exchange? Services sounds too lewd. It’s ogling, not sex work.) . It’s owners and management that are soulless and make the girls go beyond their comfort level to maximize profits

[@EmeraldEyesEsoteric]

I feel like that's true for most jobs. People don't understand how that everything could be so much better. According to some documentaries most of us shouldn't need to put in more then hours a week. Things are messed up by design. Planned obsolescence, employees ordered to destroy items that don't sell, wasting 40% of all food, all to create scarcity and all for the sake of greed. From health to wealth, it's all about keeping us down and keeping us sick, addicted, and ignorant.

[@surferbri5346]

Are you in Alabama by chance, Hot cousins get the reach around

[@tihzho]

When I lived in Shanghai China a Hooters opened and so me and my Chinese wife went to check it out. I asked my wife what did the Chinese text say in the sign and menus. She said "The American Owl Restaurant" and laughed because she knew what "Hooters" meant. So we asked the Chinese Hooters greeters what "Hooters" meant. They said "The American Owl Restaurant". My wife then explained that is NOT what it means...the look of astonishment of the Chinese Hooters Girls was epic especially when we saw one rush to tell the others - like a domino effect. 😆🤣

[@archerzzy]

Damn; I went to this one years ago, is it the one in Lu jia zui pu dong!

[@GrzegorzDurda]

So why were all the girls A cups?

[@samanthaanne246]

China is also a Communist Tyranny

[@kayk6330]

​@@GrzegorzDurda pardon??

[@GrzegorzDurda]

@@kayk6330 You don;t know what a cups are?

[@Coinz8]

I stopped going to the Hooters in DTLA after my favorite waitress quit. The other waitresses would only cater to well dressed business type men believing they would give them a higher tip. I started to tip this one sweet waitress who was more of a geek and very smart lady (She and I would talk Greek history, Anthropology, and Cultural Anthropology til my food got cold.) She wasn't like the "instagram model" types that would turn their noses up at guys that were casually dressed and didnt look like a stock broker. When the other girls found out that I was giving her $30 tips, all of a sudden, they tried to give me service. In fact, one actually tried to take over the nice girls area for a chance to get the $30 tips by flirting with me, didnt work. When Id ask for the nice waitress shed say "She wasnt in today" even though I could see here clearly on the other side of the dining room! lol! One day I came in for lunch and the manager handed me a note from the nice waitress informing me she had quit her job to work as a Library Technician, her dream job. Havnt been back to hooters since.

[@lakorai2]

Should have got that nunber man. Missed oppurtunity.

[@boogieeweb3]

@@lakorai2 but that’s the beauty of this story! Two strangers that connected when they needed too! She gave great service and conversation and he helped her with those tips that possible really helped her in a special way. God works in the most wonderful ways!

[@rafaelfigfigueiredo2988]

Damn that real sweet, kudos to you my man

[@syguzman5739]

Really thoughtful comment! 💯 One of the best comments I've ever read on KZbin. Hope you two are still friends and in contact.

[@whatsthescore8735]

RESPECT!

[@anabanana9535]

Been working at Hooters for 2 years and love it. They pay for my college and working there has gotten me out of poverty. Love the support from an all female staff too

[@Dragon-Believer]

I went to Hooters once. I don't eat at McDonald's. I don't go to strip clubs. Eating at McDonald's and then going to a strip club would have been much much better.

[@jayluis189]

"Hiii Kevvinn"

[@RTStx1]

lier

[@davidwright873]

let the bitchers bitch and the whiners whine but you gotta do what you gotta do!!

[@RogerLoera]

Support from women. I call that BS. U guys all hate each other.

[@theoriginalkrabbypatty]

I worked at Hooters, it wasn’t that bad! I actually had a lot of fun! The tights or the outfit didn’t bother me at all! The hula hoops were actually fun! We used them all the time when we were bored! If you complain that you don’t like the outfit blah blah blah, don’t go or work there! I had a blast! P.S. I actually cheered in the NFL and was in an NFL calendar after my time at Hooter’s so!

[@orangehoof]

My favorite place once had large butterfly wings at their establishment and all the waitresses wanted to try them on and parade around in them. I saw that and told someone, "That right there is the difference between men and women. A woman can wear butterfly wings and look so feminine and beautiful. A man would just look stupid."

[@t-bo2734]

There is nothing sexier than a girl wearing pantyhose. Andrea Rae is featured at the beginning of this video and she has an entire channel devoted to her modeling pantyhose and tights.

[@jasperandre7399]

Good for you!!!

[@darthmader057mmm6]

Show us the calendar

[@michaelrmurphy2734]

Wish you were my GF!

[@SirTAD]

i always thought one of the bigger contributing factors to the downfall of Hooters was the episode of Undercover Boss. where that one manager makes girls eat beans off a plate without their hands so they can go home

[@strawberrycherrybaby]

That episode is horrific. Basically workplace torture trauma. So fucked up.

[@JohnSmith-wx9wj]

Beans... What a weird fetish. 😕

[@itastepaint]

I’m sorry wat 😶

[@kevinnistor1954]

Wtf😂😂😂😂

[@seatspud]

@@JohnSmith-wx9wj What, no George Wendt? (Not obscure)

[@adamsfusion]

From what I understand, a lot of Hooters girls developed anxiety and depression from management and rarely from customers. They had an incredibly bad habit in the aughts of hiring "men who understood men" at the top and that trickling down into these super toxic guys that treated the waitresses like they were depreciating assets. The waitresses knew that their looks are what got them into the job and made them tips, but management crossed the line into constant threats of them losing their jobs, coercing them into lewd acts, and overall just not treating them like humans. Service workers deal with this sort of stuff commonly, but Hooters waitresses got a special dose of it. As far as I know, there was a big higher up change to fix it, but it's not evenly applied. Also, I'd bet pretty easily that "the problems came from customers"-problem was a Hooters-originated claim.

[@sadek__4952]

I love how people are fine with exploring and talking about girls who worked in such an environment, they even criticize it and say it’s really toxic. Yet no one is ready to talk about how bad is actual prostitution which is way worse than a hooters waitress as a job, and the mental problems it inflicts on the people who work in such jobs.

[@Kaboomboo]

That makes more sense. Most of the Hooters places I've been to, the managers have always been conservatively dressed middle aged women. And more than a couple of times I've seen them go to tables and tell them to keep their hands off to themselves.

[@theresaterry164]

Management is the very worst!

[@bradg1440]

I miss the Hooters Restaurant that used to be near me. Went there with buddies all the time for beer and wings.

[@toddb7154]

Part of their downfall was the competition. I'm from the Clearwater area where they started and have been here for over 40 years. There's a guy named Crawford Kerr who started the Winghouse. The stores were more open and better lit with windows, the girls had slightly better uniforms and they also had games for adults and kids and the biggest of all was he served alcohol where Hooters was beer and wine only. In the 2000's Hooters tried to sue him for copyright infringement because the Hooters franchisee's were not pleased that Winghouses were opening right next to many Hooters and killing their business. Well, long story but Hooters not only lost the lawsuit but Crawford was awarded the 1.2 million.

[@osirusj275]

how was the uniform better means, more cloth? why Crawford was awarded tho? so is hooters now totally out of bussiness?

[@mawlinzebra]

"you get what you fucking deserve!"

[@mirzaahmed6589]

Beer and wine are also alcohol.

[@mrright1068]

Love the dress to impress days. Always a wait to get in.

[@journeyman6752]

sthu "Todd".. Todd Gack I bet...

[@scottnotpilgrim]

My cousin worked at Hooters, she ended up being a nurse and marrying a doctor, so there's that career path

[@doomi4055]

Indeed

[@Woozlewuzzleable]

I'm not saying she's a gold digger.

[@youareawesome5236]

And he knows??? That Man took a bullet.

[@quirkyviper]

My guess is that had more to do with your cousin being a smart and dedicated person than much of anything Hooter's went through or offered.

[@samwill7259]

@@youareawesome5236 What an incredibly sexist thing to say. What? So she was supposed to be lonely and ashamed her whole life because she worked at a wings resturant?

[@skizilla]

Spent ALOT of time in my local Hooters between 2005-2009, and made some lifelong friends in the management and staff over the years. I watched the "downfall" of this chain firsthand and a few things come to mind as to why. 1. Bad management on the local level. I've seen quite a few comments citing some of the creepy and downright abusive conduct of first level managers. This cannot be understated. The fastest way to sink an individual location of any business is poor employee moral due to inept management. I'm not just talking about the moral of the girls either, bad moral in kitchen staff is arguably worse for the customer. 2. The amount of competition and market saturation cannot be understated either, I have a friend who manages "gentlemen's clubs" and the simple formula for success in those is have the best- looking ladies, and to get the best-looking ladies they have to make the best money, but to attract the biggest spending customers you have to have the best-looking ladies. It's a negative feedback loop that some locations can't recover from. When there's a Twin Peaks, a Hooters, and a Tilted Kilt all in the same area you are competing for staff, and that "talent" pool is only so deep, and the girls are going to go where the money is best. 3. The Recession in 2008-2009 is also a huge factor, this should be pretty obvious, but see the above comment. The idea that when the economy goes to crap wait staff gets more attractive only holds so much water, especially in a business model that relies on a gimmick, a gimmick that essentially eliminates 40% of people right off the rip. The negative feedback loop comes into play when the tips go down due to recession, and when tips go down the "talent" level suffers etc, etc... 4. We all grew up. Hooters was a glowing beacon of everything safely risque in the 90's and early 2000's us dudes in our early to mid 40's were coming up and riding that monetary wave in those days. The girls were largely our age, we all had pockets full of money and zero responsibility. The recession hit right as we were all kinda outgrowing that phase. The girls hit ages where priorities changed, and settling down became attractive, other career paths became available, and with the change in attitude amongst the youth further diluting the talent pool everything dated itself. You still see success within the concept, but at a much smaller scale. However, you're starting to see a revival of sorts within the concept. There's been lots of things like car meets, and other kinds of event happening at my local "breasturant" type places since the pandemic restrictions lifted. Tha said, I bet you could make a MINT opening a place that had the girls decked out as Anime characters today.

[@NefashusLP]

Well said

[@melindabrooks8218]

My brother was Bob Brooks. Needless to say, I loved the restaurant. My brother passed away in 2006 and because of the size of his estate, his estate took over 10 years to settle. Hence, all of the sports marketing businesses he built, went away and Hooters was sold. He was a great business man and made Hooters what it was in its heyday. Still has the best wings anywhere, bar none!

[@SolandVideos]

Wow that's really cool!

[@nathanielovaughn2145]

You must not have ever had any wings other than those from hooters. Mediocre at best.

[@alukuhito]

I don't know about that. Best wings? I lived in Toronto for many years. Lots of places with great wings there, and Buffalo, famous for its wings, is not that far away.

[@bearj.4363]

Nah man. The food has always been garbage.

[@scottwalker3818]

I agree Melinda. I had the fortunate pleasure of working for your late husband in sports marketing division. Wonderful man.

[@0AJN0]

I worked for Hooters for a bit in 2011, and while it could be fun to interact with SOME guests and get to know the other girls, management at my location made it a living nightmare. Both of the managers hated women at least a little bit and you could tell that job was a major power trip for them. We'd be lined up at the start of our shift and made to go down the line and critique each other's appearance to determine what we could do to ourselves to "look hotter for the guys." We'd be threatened with having our shifts cut until we lost however much weight our bosses thought we needed to lose at the time. We were supposed to wear our pen pouch over our crotch to hide the shorts riding up but most of the time we were encouraged to ditch the pouch to show off our "camel toe" which is unnecessarily vulgar. Not to mention, then having to keep our change float stuffed in our bras day after day gave most of us rashes since money is filthy.

[@kfk4441]

Uff the last part about the money sounds terrible

[@abiygirma1925]

sounds like you exercised your right to choose and chose to work there. stop whining

[@robertcostello8876]

You should have filed a lawsuit as it's against the law.on that show undercover boss the hooter boss found this pervert manager taking advantage of the girls just like you describe.i don't know what happened but he changed policy and fired that manager and other employees. So file that lawsuit today.

[@jameshayes-barber9340]

@@johnbell1396 People suffering inhumane conditions because they need money isn't ethnical. "Choosing" something isn't much of a choice when you need to pay rent and bills. The "workers chose the job" argument has been used by scummy business owners every time people fight for workers rights. If the attitude of this comment won, we would have no weekends, child labor laws , or safety rules because "the workers chose to work there."

[@johnbell1396]

@James Hayes-Barber lol Whatever dude.

[@jenem1117]

To be honest, I worked in the restaurant business for 11 years ( 5 of them at Hooters) it really wasn't all that different than any other serving/bartender gig other than you got WAY BETTER tips. Also concerning the Hooters girls having anxiety and being depressed...I think that's anyone that works in the restaurant business 🤷‍♀️ Oh and also the food is AMAZING 👏

[@parisite99]

The buffalo shrimp are the best!!

[@badxradxandy]

Idk why something with so many typos gets this many likes

[@nomanshigh3058]

@@badxradxandy because no one fucking cares about typos. We're smart enough to figure it out with context unlike you obviously.

[@nomanshigh3058]

Only been depressed once and it was from working as a barista and putting up with coffee people. You know who you are coffee people, calm the fuck down.

[@TheBronyBraeburn]

I knew someone who was a waitress at Hooters during college. She made a lot of money in tips, but quit after one man sexually assaulted her. The man assumed that the place was offering sexual services on the side.

[@themadhatter227]

I loved Hooter's and I wish they still had a restaurant near me. The San Diego Hooters girls mailed me out their annual calendar to Iraq, which a few of them were in, and sent me personalized well wishes and autographs. I miss them, and hope they're all doing well. Love you girls.

[@walterlucero5757]

The Mission Valley location? That and San Marcos are the last ones left in San Diego.

[@kevinshapiro9525]

thank you for your service my friend, much respect

[@keishaloves1762]

I have hooters by me and I’ve never been and I didn’t know what they sold now that I know what a hooters is…. I’ll probably not being going there any time soon

[@AC-hj9tv]

God bless our troops and DD cups

[@markcollins2666]

While attending school in Boston, I had 45 minutes to kill before catching my train back home. There are more than a dozen bars in the area around North Station, with roughly similar prices, but most could not care less if you died of thirst while waiting for service. At Hooters, though, the service was almost instantaneous on arrival. Snappy service, when minutes count, is what kept me going back.

[@Shadow__133]

Sure, sure... nothing to do with the babes 😉

[@markcollins2666]

@@Shadow__133, there's babes at all of them, especially the Irish bars, with sweet, beautiful, authentic Irish lassies. But of no use to me, if they're always on the phone, or flirting with their regulars.

[@Shadow__133]

@@markcollins2666 Still, better than not. At least the scenery is good to look at.

[@markcollins2666]

@@Shadow__133, yes, of course. But in that area of town, you're always on a time frame, your minutes are numbered, because you may be commuting from work or school, or, you are there for a concert or sporting event, Boston Celtics or Bruins, at the Fleet Center, part of North Station. So, the savvy choose Hooters. These girls hustle, they don't linger anywhere, and you can watch either them, or sports on the many big screens, and still get your drink on.

[@Shadow__133]

@@markcollins2666 Makes sense. I used to prefer wing house when I lived in Florida. Better wings, same type of babes and never noticed a difference on service. I just never liked the food on Hooters, but maybe I need to go back to try.

[@jeffkauffman9563]

Hooter is fantastic. Buffalo wings and shrimp is the best. In your video you brought up tilted kilt, that restaurant and hooter are 2 of the friendliest places I've been in. Great sports bar/restaurant the hooter girls are a bonus, always having a positive attitude and friendly.

[@jaclync4183]

I knew a former Hooter’s waitress, who told me the absolute shopping list of rules they had to follow. There were restrictions and instructions for everything from fingernails and make-up, to hair, accessories, tattoos, piercings, their social media presences, their weight, and topics they could or couldn’t talk about at work or online. It was an every day, literal performance surrounding the illusion of a lifestyle they wanted you to exude. Obviously they also wanted their staff single and you would get fired if you were going to have a baby. She said she quit because of how bad management was. Not surprisingly the pervading story is Hooters managers have egos and attitudes and are every bit as sexist, and obnoxious as you can imagine a restaurant manager who gets to choose the entire waitstaff based upon who he’d want to “sleep with”, would be.

[@rigelb9025]

As mentioned in the video, it does share some eerie similarities with the Playboy mansion (whether for better or worse). And speaking of which.. are you sure those managers only ''wanted'' to sleep with them, if you see what I mean? For the record, I hope so.

[@chrisguardiano6143]

When it comes to the hotel that Hooters opened in Vegas, Hooters sold it to the OYO Hotel & Homes group in 2019 who then renamed it to its current name of OYO Hotel Las Vegas. However the Hooters restaurant inside it is still open & is regarded by many as the only redeemable feature of the hotel which is considered one of the worst if not the worst in Vegas.

[@stevenjosephson8522]

Actually stopped by their casino back in the day. It was tiny and reeked of carpet cleaner and despair. And wings, obviously.

[@pedra12]

The original Hooters in Clearwater was renovated a few years back. The Hooters restaurants in the area are still seeing steady business.

[@randomfools808]

Yep both Hooters and Winghouse do great here.

[@farpointgamingdirect]

The Hooters in Ocean City MD is still open; when my family went in the off season we took our dogs and sat in the outside patio, and the servers always made it a point to bring water and treats to our dachshunds, especially Willie who was in a wheelchair

[@strengthandbulkMadness]

Nice! I went to OC Hooters 20 years ago.

[@davidwright873]

Your Willie was in a wheelchair? that i'd like to see!! lol

[@rightrightrightuhhuhuhhuh6516]

@@davidwright873 i knew there was a joke under this one noiccccceeee

[@peterfmodel]

My first experience of Hooters was in Taipei in 2000 or 2001, it was close to my office and I liked the burgers. However in Taipei hooters was always a family restaurant, filled with locals and their children. The entertainment was mainly focused on a hoola hoop competitions by the waitresses.

[@LollyAkinnuoye]

why would people bring thier kids there😭😭

[@peterfmodel]

@@LollyAkinnuoye Unlike in the US in Taiwan is was marketed as a family restaurant. When i went to the US i was very confused when i entered the hooters in san diego.

[@aneily]

The graphic of the owl darting in front of the screen with the hoots over and over was just hilarious for me, haha That some real editing there Keep it up!!! 👍

[@madurcrazy2990]

Could you do a video on the rise and fall of "The Rainforest Cafe" I know it existed but it feels like a fever dream from my toddler years. No idea what happened to them and so many closed down.

[@musicartguy1]

There is a lunatic on KZbin that goes to every existing Rainforest Cafe. Its insane.

[@skyden24195]

I don't know if it's there anymore, but there was one that I went to a few times in Ontario, CA. It was located inside the Ontario Mills Shopping Center (Mall). A video on that chain would be interesting.

[@cookncrook6902]

I went to one in the mid 90s haven’t seen one since

[@ivanpetro8464]

I went with my kids to Orlando FL ten years ago. I don't know if it's still there.

[@DouglasLippi]

There was one near Pier 39 in San Francisco. Good times for kids. Probably couldn't survive the insane policies of San Francisco.

[@CheeseBae]

When I was a kid in the 90s, for girls in their late teens or early 20s being a Hooter's girl was like being an "it girl." It was basically treated like winning a beauty contest.

[@bridgetb9899]

That’s sad

[@animationtv426]

@@bridgetb9899 u mad?

[@jimwerther]

@@animationtv426 No, she's right.

[@alukuhito]

Are you from the projects?

[@AC-hj9tv]

Anyone without small tits is a winner

[@Elliesbow]

I always had a pleasant experience at hooters. I wish them nothing but success

[@petejames1326]

dont you mean SEXcess?

[@TheNoodlyAppendage]

I always liked having a business lunch there. One day A work friend and I went there. I ordered a rum and coke with my lunch and she (the waitress) politely reminded me that there were kids at the next booth. So I quickly changed my order to just a coke instead. That was the rum and cokiest just coke I ever had :)

[@jackkawf4449]

I always laughed at the typical replies I'd get when I told people i worked at Hooters, as a guy. I'd either be asked "what do you do?" As if I'd be a server and they don't understand the women aren't back there cooking.... I still chuck at my gf's (at the time) grandmother thought they walked around topless. And at least once a week I'd get told by some customer at the bar, (while clocking out, since the computer was at the bar) "you're so lucky to work here." As I'm covered in flour, chicken juice, and the smell of the fryers. I will add that I loved all my coworkers and we would all hangout at the bar across the street after work and supported each other, made some good friends there.

[@carlstanland5333]

Hooters in Florida. I bet the amount of Guy Harvey shirts, GMC Denali pickups with Salt Life stickers in the parking lot is epic.

[@DavidLLambertmobile]

Orlando FL had several Hooters from 2000 to 2015 or so. I'd say around 60% closed down. The brand just did not draw customers the way you'd think. Sports bars & cheap bar food places are all over metro Orlando. Sexy women in tank tops aren't enough in 2022.

[@randomfools808]

Dude, it's a beach city. We have several right in the suburbs in Tampa and they are always busy. Not a low class area and there's one less than 5 minutes from me.

[@randomfools808]

​@@DavidLLambertmobileYou sure? They are all doing fine in Tampa and Clearwater. Orlando has way more variety of places to go.

[@ThisUnderWorldOfDarkness]

Somewhere around 2002 to 2004, the Hooters in Texas, Louisiana and maybe Mississippi had a 3 month contest for the Hooters girls, whereas the customers would rate the service from the girls. At the end of the 3 months, the Hooters' girl with the highest number of votes was supposed to win a free "Toyota", they even mentioned "keys to the Toyota". At the end of the contest, the Hooters' girl that won showed up to the event to win her prize. When she got there she was given a "Toy Yoda" doll. Get it, Toy Yoda vs Toyota? So the Hooters girl laughed because it was funny. Then she was like, OK, the joke is over, where's my car? The Hooters official told her, "Car, what car, we never promised you waitresses a car, we promised a "Toy Yoda" as in a toy Yoda doll, from the Star Wars movies. Needless to say she was pissed off. This caused Hooters a lot of bad press for several months with everyone from radio DJ's and radio talk show hosts, and other media outlets speaking out on behalf of the girls saying Hooters needs to give the girl the car. They still wouldn't give the lady her car. So guess what happened, people stopped eating at Hooters. People started boycotting Hooters on defense of the girls at Hooters. Once Hooters started losing business, they finally gave the woman her car. IMO this was the beginning of Hooters downfall for being seen as owned and managed by a bunch of sexist pigs. It left a sour taste in my mouth too because my experiences at Hooters were always top notch. The waitresses were always the nicest waitresses I ever encountered. I didn't eat there very often because I hated their hamburgers, the most horrible hamburgers I ever had in my life, along with the burgers at Ihops. Usually, when I went to Hooters it was more about the customer service, the girls were always that nice. I mean, you could see women in skimpy outfits at the mall every day of the week. After you eye up the girls a couple of times, it gets old. Really ...my best customer service experiences at restaurants was the Hooters in Metairie, LA. The Walton and Johnson radio show did multiple spots on behalf of the Hooters girls so she could get her car. As racy as those outfits may be perceived, they're still human beings who should be treated with respect, especially when all of them were some of the nicest people I ever met in my life. EDIT: Just to show how nice and sweet a lot of those Hooters waitresses are, the waitress that got screwed out her car went public and called for people to stop boycotting Hooters because the loss of revenue would result in employees losing their jobs. She came out and said for the sake of everyone who needed their incomes to not boycott Hooters anymore, and that she agreed to eat losing the car. What her actions did was further anger the general public against HOOTERS and caused more people to raise their voices demanding that they give the girl her car. This is something that effected the Hooters franchise in 3 States in the gulf coast mid south area. Like I said earlier, IMO the negative press from this was so horrific that I believe that this is what set off all the lawsuits because people no longer saw Hooters as a sympathetic victim, but as an instigator of their own problems. ..

[@bobbyb396]

this is so panted.

[@v5k456jh3]

I love when this happens to greedy companies. If they just gave the girl her car, everybody would be happy and Hooters get some good publicity and boost to the brand which is more valuable than some damn car. But no, better to lose countless millions in the long run because of penny pinching. Never gets old.

[@aldovk6681]

First time I learned something useful from a YT comment, thanks

[@ThisUnderWorldOfDarkness]

@@v5k456jh3 Yes, the Walton and Johnson morning radio show made that exact point. They literally stated almost word for word exactly what you said. That the cost of giving that woman her car would be insignificant compared what the bad publicity from this stunt would cost them. Not only from the lost if revenue from the boycotts over this incident, but it was within a year or so when the feminist groups started suing Hooters citing they were discriminating against obese women in their hiring practices. That stunt they pulled with that "toy Yoda" verse "Toyota" contest probably ended up costing Hooters 10's upon 10's of millions of dollars when you add up the hit they took specifically over that incident combined with what most people could see would be fall out from that. Anyone woman filing a sexual harassment lawsuit against the company, or any other kind of sexist type discrimination lawsuit after this incident could use this incident as evidence against them. It was one of the most bone headed moves I had ever seen any company make. It was one thing for them to even think about pulling that stunt ...but to double down on that shit for over 6 months? I think it was 8 or 9 months later that they finally gave the lady her car. Unbelievable!! ....and this happened in the early 2000's and not 1970.

[@kalle911]

This reminds me of that "100 Grand" radio prank: kzbin.info/www/bejne/qqisd2Z4nNJ8ja8

[@DORITOSTHEGREATANDPOWERFUL]

"Mugs and Jugs" made me laugh.

[@danieldeforest3800]

Love Hooters food! Was so glad they opened one near me in 2016 (Gurnee, IL). The location was doing great, until COVID hit in 2020. They closed from March until September (even though most places opened up that summer in some capacity). They then opened up for 2 months before announcing that they were closing for good. Now the nearest one is about an hour away. Miss their wings!

[@depressed_weighted_B1anket]

Man, your narrations are on point with the tounge and cheek humor [especially 5:35]

[@user-oh9nh6zl2c]

As a male, I worked in the kitchen at Hooters. At the Unit I worked at on Speedway Blvd. near the Charlotte motor Speedway, we were very busy. The girls worked hard, and the Management made sure they were not mistreated. There were even incentives to earn college scholarship money. If any girl had a problem with a customer, that customer was ejected and barred from returning. The entire restaurant (except the restrooms of course) had cameras, even in the coolers. This was for everyone's safety and security. And these cameras were able to be monitored from Corp. HQ around the clock, as well as recorded. The was even a female manager the girls could go to with any issues. (She wore slacks and a Polo shirt for those who might wonder) All of the girls I worked with were treated with dignity and respect, worked hard and made good money. One girl even was chosen to beautifully and correctly sing Our Nation Anthem at a race. I'm sure not all units were run the same but this one was a textbook operation.

[@Hexsyn]

I haven't been to many hooters, and the few I have been to weren't frequent haunts, but honestly my wife and I really liked it! I always felt like the waitresses were happy to serve us too, considering I wasn't being a lecherous jerk. Low bar to jump, sure, but still nice

[@urbanurchin5930]

@Erik Moreno .....yeah ! It's always good when a 10-year-old increases his vocabulary ! .......loser....

[@broeheemed32]

What's a "lecherous jerk"? Is that someone who looks at objects purposely shoved in their face for maximum attention? Do you have a word for people who use their bodies for attention AND profit? I do.

[@Hexsyn]

@@broeheemed32 "exploited"?

[@nowandaround312]

@@broeheemed32 What's your word for someone who uses *someone else's* body for attention and profit?

[@katrinafoster3358]

I remembering listening to a Hooters girl on tiktok talk about their uniform.. And the thing that sticks out to me is the tights. How they have to wear very specific tights and they supposivly tear very easily. But what really got me, was how hooters had vending machines for these tights and sold them for 5 bucks. Just sounded like a bad scam to me

[@Nemo2342]

Uniforms you have to buy from the employer are always a scam, but easily destroyed tights is a new low even for that.

[@someonesomeone25]

And this is why I'll always be a supporter of strong trade unions and worker rights.

[@sarahprince2412]

@@someonesomeone25 The thing with unions though are they corrupt very easily. AND people have to pay members fees which is pathetic. There are good things and bad things with unions so I wouldn’t go around saying you are in favor of unions because they can be just as bad. Many people who were a part of unions have called them out too son it’s not like I’m just saying this just to say it. I’m all for workers rights as well but remember, no one FORCES these girls to work at Hooters. They CHOOSE to work there. If they want change then every server has to walk and say no to the uniform changes. Everyone has to refuse to eat there. Money talks. Just saying.

[@someonesomeone25]

@@sarahprince2412 Everything is corruptible, so checks and balances are required and having unions is better than not having unions (else there's one less check and balance). Paying a union subscription is an obvious necessity when the union provides a service (lawyers, consultations, PR, insurance, and strike funds). Workers rights are necessary to prevent employee mistreatment and exploitation, because moving jobs is often not easy and the worker is often far less powerful than the employer. There is no real alternative to unions for all their faults.

[@azilbean]

Woah!😲

[@btetschner]

A+ video! Fascinating piece of restaurant history, very unique!

[@Williameagleblanket]

Albany, Las Vegas casino, Honolulu, San Diego, Biloxi, only Hooters I visited. Albany was my favorite. ❤ 🦉

[@CoinSlotKitty]

Everytime I went to Hooters the food was good and the girls were 10 times nicer than any other restaurant.

[@lanerocha8180]

they’re nice to you because they want your money dumbass

[@CoinSlotKitty]

@@lanerocha8180 so other restaurants don't want my money? Dumbass

[@kittykittybangbang9367]

Why of course they were, how else did you expect them to get more tips?

[@CoinSlotKitty]

@@kittykittybangbang9367 funny cause alot of restaurants are borderline rude to people and still expect huge tips

[@kittykittybangbang9367]

@@CoinSlotKitty Because with other restaurants people go for the food, and people don't go for the food when they go to Hooters.

[@olli_k]

Back in the late 80's the wings were pretty good there. The last time I went to a Hooters was in the early 2000's and the quality of the food had dropped significantly. Too bad they have had to sacrifice quality.

[@rudeawakening3833]

Totally AGREE !

[@aspen3542]

My experience at Hooters was that the food was marginal and the service sucked. The girls expected big tips just because of all the T&A on display.

[@rudeawakening3833]

@@aspen3542 You should have gone in 1989 … TOTALLY different experience altogether !

[@PasleyAviationPhotography]

I always roll my eyes when your waitress sits down with you, touches your arm and writes her name on a napkin for you. I may have become too cynical or learned too much seeing a behind the scenes look at a similar establishment called "Raisins".

[@michaelhowell2326]

That got a real-deal chuckle from me.

[@killgoretrout877]

My uncle took me and my cousin to hooters once. The waitress did this and my cousin said "it's just like south park!" We also had a good laugh when she came back because "she thought we were cool and interesting" yeah the hot woman thinks two 8th graders and the bald guy are cool and intresting.

[@fiveoctaves]

I forgot they did that. I think the ones around LA stopped doing that several years ago. And I'll never forget Lexus!

[@BatCaveOz]

@@killgoretrout877 Hating on your Uncle because he is bald makes you seem like a bad person.

[@danielbeck9367]

visited a hooters in germany back in 2009 in frankfurt. Never knew about it before, but I very much enjoyed the vibe the girls were giving with their dancing and joking 😊

[@LTNye]

I love Hooters! I miss looking for the Waverly, Iowa reference. But I absolutely loved the experience!

[@eggie1978]

The fact that Hooters is still around speaks volumes. Men want to be served by women in skimpy uniforms. That desire is never going away, so Hooters will probably last for a while.

[@RedRoseSeptember22]

Maybe but why not go to a strip club then if they want scantly clad women? Restaurants are for eating lol, not ogling women :P

[@Toetalwar]

@@RedRoseSeptember22 unless of course some one opened a restaurant for that reason.

[@minimayhem1996]

No s*** sex sells Even chimpanzees trade food for sexual favors Other than Hunting and gathering It's basically the oldest profession

[@SoggyHotDoggy]

The funny thing is that I know a shit ton of people who just straight up like the wings. Never met a person who goes to Hooters for the reasons you’d think somehow.

[@johnnymoon]

But we have the internet now. If you wanna see girls in booty shorts, you don’t even have to leave the house anymore. We’re living in the future and they can’t keep up with the times.

[@jonshonk7058]

Like many restaurant chains that have been around for a while, their food quality went downhill after the 1990's. It actually did taste better the last time I was there which was probably around 7-8 years ago including my favorites: the buffalo shrimp and the buffalo chicken sandwich. One of the celebrities not mentioned as former Hooters wait staff was the WWE's Bella Twins whom I met at the Mission Valley, CA Hooters in the early 2000's.

[@NANA-lq5md]

That's the only Hooters I went to, and it was only because they had a bike night.

[@karenwilliams978]

I love getting the buffalo shrimp to go. It and the patio are what I like about Hooters

[@dev-pj9vi]

An incredible, random, and funny rise and not a bad fall at all. Three hundred locations left is nothing to be sad about. Ultimately I think what keeps them good is a lot of people like them for both the girls and the food equally, and, at the end of the day, what the Hooters Girls where is generally the same outfit many girls and women where out everyday. We'll take a walk through my local mall or old college if you don't believe me.

[@jaimeandrew1238]

They still have one in Disney springs Orlando

[@dev-pj9vi]

@@jaimeandrew1238 LOL! That is what I'm talking about. They have just enough sex appeal to make profit off of it, but they are still clean enough that people feel comfortable bringing their kids into the establishments and for places like Disney to let them in.

[@eventhisidistaken]

I feel like the food quality has gone downhill. The first time I went to one, the food was really good...and now it's worse than frozen food. A lot of chains make this mistake and decline as a result. They switch over to literally frozen manufactured food and just reheat it. the last time I went to a Hooters, the chicken nachos were at the quality level of a lunchable.

[@zebrashark23]

Check out your local gym. The girls there are wearing the same type of revealing clothes and some are actually more revealing than a Hooters uniform.

[@noelv1976]

Considering they closed one near a military town says a lot. I went there before they closed and it was literally a shit hole. There were way too many thin, flat chested girls trying really hard to show their cleavage. The aroma of the restaurant was pretty bad. It shouldn’t smell like a fish market the moment you walk in. Thankfully it was shutdown a year later.

[@incurableromantic4006]

"The good times seemed like they were going to continue forever: which is right about when the good times almost invariably come to an end" This is a good maxim for every kind of business in every kind of field.

[@SBC581]

People complain about the Hooters uniform that might as well be a 1 piece neck to toe body suit but you hear nothing about places like Twin Peaks where the staff is wearing the bare minimum of clothes.

[@MrAce-lm8es]

"Traditional" Hooters 1983 - 2013. It was a hell of a run. The "Traditional" Hooters Waitress looking like a Cheerleader in her Slouch Socks was always a sight to behold for me personally. Friendly Girls, Great Wings, Awesome Service. That's how I view Hooters. Modifying their outfit was a BAD MOVE!

[@rudeawakening3833]

And the fact that they are ( now ) understaffed and the quality is NOTHING like it was in the 80’s …

[@cumminspower]

Not to mention the black book blocks their physique lol

[@rudeawakening3833]

@@cumminspower Not familiar with what you mean - but probably agree … Lol 😂

[@Jermeister12]

Mr ACE You are so right😀😀

[@stephanarizona9094]

I never liked Hooters, back in the day I had a friend who was a manager of one and he told me he liked to recruit girls from strip clubs. The location I went to the waitress were too friendly, they would sit at your table and want to talk with you but it was always awkward, you could tell they were just trying to get a better tip. Just bring me my food and be nice, I don't want you fake flirting with me.

[@thingfish000]

Odd because I met a stripper that used to wait tables at Hooters.

[@mike-sk2li]

The entire point of going to hooters was to see big tit's and take a waitress to the car for a tip! I banged half the hooter girls in one franchise in a week. I love tit's and will pay a premium to look at them

[@GideonMadu]

@Erik Moreno Guess you didn't read the last two lines, huh?

[@claysoggyfries]

I agree. I don’t like the fake flirting

[@BatCaveOz]

Or you could just always eat at McDonalds.

[@lightsone2]

I went to a Hooters 20-some-odd years ago with a group of people that included women. The waitresses were nice and very competent. The food was ok for burgers, ect. I never went to another because I wasn't interested.

[@VistaThaiGuy]

Rite of passage for certain generations and geographical local. My military days starting back in the mid 80's had me in FL and all Hooter's locations worldwide. They treat us veterans well, and I have never had a bad experience in their establishments. We enjoyed a submarine reunion at the LV casino and hotel...I won my trip cost and then some on their keno machine....swell!!!🤩🤩🤑🥳

[@ghekster]

I remember six months before the first Hooters location opened, I read about them in the Wall Street Journal and their plan to open a sports themed restaurant chain...as I was taking an economics class in college at the time, I chose them as subject to follow (who wouldn't)...but it wasn't till 1998 when a trip to Florida actually allowed me to visit any of them....(with my bride in tow)....later they came to my town...they were well positioned during the pandemic as they were allready setup for orders to go, but in some places that wasn't enough...but they are in 26 countries worldwide, so they will be back in some areas with a better setup. The partnerships with girl scouts selling cookies out front certainly doesn't hurt.

[@fiveoctaves]

My friends and I liked Hooters because we could get seated fairly quickly as a large group and the food was decent to good and very reasonably priced. The wings were good back in the day and I even took my mother there for Mother's Day. But the last couple of times I went, the quality of the food had gone down considerably and the waitress agreed. There was no reason to go there any more and now there are no Hooters in the Los Angeles area.

[@TP_Gillz]

Oh stop. You went for the boobs just like the rest of us.

[@fiveoctaves]

@@TP_Gillz Chicken breasts!

[@mwloos1]

My ex girlfriend in college got a job there. Ended up dating (supporting) one the fry guys for like 5 years and tried to come back to me with a huge amount of debt and a drug problem at that point. Things really went downhill after she got a job there.

[@nathanielovaughn2145]

Sounds like you lucked out getting away from that doper skank.

[@alukuhito]

I can imagine. You generally don't work at Hooters because you're going after a peaceful life of wisdom and clarity of thought.

[@syguzman5739]

It's wasn't the job, it was the people she chose to surround herself with. There's a saying: "Tell me who your friends are, and I will tell you who *you* are!"

[@eastside0434]

Good thing you let her go.

[@wilhelmtaylor9863]

Back in the early 90's I frequented the Hooters in Colorado Springs occasionally. I recall one menu item that I should have taken them up on: The "Exclusive Burger" for $105.95. This included their $5.95 burger (quite expensive for the time) and a bottle of Dom Perignon. I should have kept that menu.

[@markvachon3341]

I went to that same one in the early 90's when I was in the Army. We joked about ordering that but we were way too broke and none of us knew enough about champagne to know the difference anyways. Wings and cheap beer all the way.

[@wilhelmtaylor9863]

@@markvachon3341 → Mark, good choice. That was in the Citadel Mall. I've had Dom (on EVA Airlines) and inexpensive sparkling wines and can't taste much difference. As I recall the burgers were pretty good there.

[@TrineDaely]

We had a knock off up this way called Tilted Kilt, and while the women's uniform was as expected, the guys (usually bartenders) did wear kilts. My daughter and I loved going there. I wish she remembered McGuire's in Pensacola, FL, that's a pretty unique place. I have known a number of gals who managed to pay their way through college working at Hooters and places like it in the 90s.

[@SafetySpooon]

That's because it's the same sleazebag who created hooters & managed to get squeezed out.

[@MarkMeadows90]

I remember getting 50 free wings to Hooters playing bingo locally at a sports bar on Thursday nights. Too bad they don't do that anymore. I kinda miss going to Hooters. Our local restaurant still gets good business.

[@joshuataylor3550]

Mark, you're a 12 year old...

[@MarkMeadows90]

Joshua, you need to comment somewhere else. Scooch on along now.

[@funnylittlecactus4672]

I've never been to Hooters, but the food does look good.

[@stephenm8725]

it's actaully really good food indeed

[@abrooke85]

If you love mediocre wings and diarrhea

[@Caderic]

It's not. It's not bad, but it's not good either. It's ok at best.

[@raggedyanarchist]

I worked at a Tex Mex restaurant next to a Hooters for some time, and the Hooters staff used to order food from us pretty much daily because they didn't want to eat Hooters food, despite their staff discounts.

[@jeffreyrigged]

its not terrible but bw3 roosters and quakersteak are a ton better and you dont have the girl in skimpy outfit deal. never had twin peaks though. quakersteak is prob the best of the chain wing places imo.

[@junrosamura645]

Like every other business, after a while, it begins to fail when you fail to take care of your employees. It was a nice play to hang out with the guys and talk to a pretty girl but then it got old. I was more interested in the food than the eye candy. Then I started to dislike how management treated their staff which then resulted in poor customer service. I observed this at many locations in many states.

[@BatCaveOz]

"I observed this at many locations in many states." Thank you, kind sir, for your countless hours of research... thank you. 🙏

[@redclayscholar620]

Went to a Hooters in Kentucky. Beer was warm, women were cold, and the wings weren't fit to be dog food.

[@soldyD]

TBH the worst service I've ever been was in a Hooters, the waitresses didn't attend us and then they complaint with the manager that we were stalking them. He didn't realize it was more women in the table than men. Anyway, that restaurant closed 2 years later and I'm totally glad

[@lllllllllllll343]

I’ve been there 3/4 times never had a problem I went to one in Daytona during 500 weekend and they got us seated pretty fast I went before the xfinty race sat

[@MACMETALFACE]

I was gutted they shut down hooters here in Osaka. The first week the pandemic started they said just threw in the towel and bounced out the city!

[@alabamaal225]

One big problem Hooters has is the high turnover rate for waitresses. From what I've observed in my visits to a number of Hooters restaurants, they expect the waitresses to actually be waitresses, which means they weren't suppose to hang around a table and chat for too long; the managers run a fairly tight establishment. I expect for a significant percentage of the Hooters waitresses this was the first real job (i.e.: receiving a paycheck with taxes taken out) many of them ever had. They quickly learned that being a Hooters waitress wasn't quite as glamorous as they may have imagined, so they fairly soon quit.

[@SeptemberMeadows]

I'd appreciate seeing a video by you about the Sambo's restaurants

[@bocagoodtimes1460]

Hooters was so fun! Great atmosphere…good food…thank you gents for creating such a fun place. RIP.

[@xpatsteve]

Always loved Hooters. Great food, fun atmosphere, and besides the obvious appeal of the outfits, the Hooters Girls were always professional, friendly, and entertaining.

[@jaredbond7908]

I can imagine this going away. People in general are less happy and outgoing than they used to be. There's a dark cloud hanging over our modern society.

[@destined4purgatory643]

That dark cloud is everybody having to be offended and pissed off about something.

[@BbBb-vd2sj]

@@destined4purgatory643 this is all by design. Remember the occupy Wallstreet movement after the crash? Well... nothing happened but... the rich elite got worried so they introduced the identity politics hence the woke ideology began. Who owns the media and the social media? The rich. It's all meant to distract us from the important issues, nowadays everything is so polarizing. "Divide and rule" that's the tactic. They want us busy fighting with each other. Every god damn thing is allegedly racist, sexist, homo phobic etc. It's left vs right, people of colour vs white people, women vs men, etc etc. Critical race theory is taught in schools in the usa, only to fuel racial tension. That white people are oppressors and people of colour are their oppressed victims. Etc. The company that basically owns everything Black Rock plays a big part in this. Social media algorithms are designed for this purpose. Peoples virtue signalling and fake outraged culture is simply unbearable. Cancel culture is cancer. @Jared Bond is right and you as well. I don't know how things can change for the better, the forces are too strong. I don't like how the world has become. Apologies for my rambling rant

[@giantpinkcat]

@@destined4purgatory643 People have always been offended about something. It's just that the Internet has made it more obvious.

[@darrenreid4221]

Love this place..such a fun atmosphere

[@joshuataylor3550]

You're a bad person Darren

[@l.salisbury1253]

I asked a Hooters girl what was the stupidest pick-up line she'd heard: "Can we go to the library when you get off work? 'Cause I really wanna check you out!"

[@FSUSean2112]

Wow that is crazy

[@davidpickens8800]

did it work?

[@l.salisbury1253]

@@davidpickens8800 Doubt it. She was laughing AT this guy- not "with" him...

[@tarynsaweetie8840]

#hootersathome

[@memyself898]

nice wings, wanna fuck....

[@r.thomaslee8417]

Thanks for the research

[@antboogie3550]

2:41 crazy that same building is still there. Renovated of course. And 10-15 mins from one of the best beaches in America. Love my home town

[@pamelamays4186]

Suggestion: Medieval Times Restaurant.

[@DalerMehndiDeekSheik]

Yes! It's such a fun and interesting place. It'd be cool to see a video over the history of it.

[@Diwasho]

This is something I'd like to see more from Company Man than this channel, restaurant chains are a somewhat different ballpark from food history.

[@TrugoyEveryDay]

I wanna know what's up with weather spoons, cause without context it just sounds like someone having a stroke

[@IzzyTheEditor]

Hooters at the Mall of America is the only restaurant there that has survived 20 years from the Mall's opening in 1992 to present, and in the same location, and it's always packed. Interesting how popular it is in spite of how insanely leftist and blue Minneapolis is. Also, Chase Elliot still runs the #9 HOOTERS car, just finished the Vegas race this past sunday.

[@MGAF688]

30 years actually. Never been inside that one or any Hooters. I assume they don't serve vegan entrees.

[@draidiansfather3382]

Just goes to show you the people are more alike than they like to admit.

[@pegcity4eva]

Been there on a layover. It was good

[@Fika_Break]

I didn’t even know there was one at MOA but rarely ever go to MOA. Seems more for visitors.

[@jasonbates2687]

I remember spending many afternoons at the Hooters in Kendall Fl. drinking beer, eating wings and steamers with my buddies. Good times.

[@kaveman_4242]

“Stacking your weight staff” lol. The girls are stacked. Yes.

[@Lordvader330]

The one in our neighborhood was closed due to them serving minors.

[@maddieeffler6362]

I didn't know there was a legal age range for ingredients in cannibalistic dishes. I learned something today!

[@youareawesome5236]

@@maddieeffler6362 Wait? So they allowed chickens to eat their wings. Why are they letting chickens in the restaurant is the real question?

[@missouribackwoodsadventures]

That’s how we keep ours open

[@turnmeondeadman4221]

@@maddieeffler6362 annoying vegan ?

[@maddieeffler6362]

@@turnmeondeadman4221 no, just annoying.

[@MrFurious176]

I have no idea why breaded wings aren't more popular around the country. I love em and it's the only way I make them at home.

[@cnowakwittmann]

The original guys had connections to Buffalo so they HAD to be real Buffalo wings

[@HudsonValleyVHS]

I have lived in upstate NY (well upstate from the city) so I don't understand this, they aren't on menus in other regions?

[@MrFurious176]

@@HudsonValleyVHS Wings in general are everywhere around the country that I've been. However, I can't think of a single place outside of different Hooters that I've seen breaded wings on the menu. I don't know why. Breaded wings are amazing and definitely the superior way of preparing them.

[@paulyiustravelogue]

A friend of mine actually loves going to Hooters, but his wife hates him for it… one time when we all went out for drinks, he asked if I mind saying it was MY idea to go there. 😂

[@eagleeye2300]

Thats what separates a good husband from a "bad" one...His going to Hooter's habit is more important to him than his wife's happiness. So much for the honor and respecting part of the marriage vows.

[@sylviaisgod6947]

@@eagleeye2300 He should quit being such a cuck and tell that bitch wife he's going to Hooters whether she likes it or not.

[@hluv77]

@@eagleeye2300 How about maybe he likes the winga and beer and his wife is controlling??

[@smallies7154]

his wife hates being bothered at work

[@OptimusWombat]

@@eagleeye2300 have you considered that he may be going to Hooters to escape from a bad marriage?

[@michaelbattin3362]

I have always Loved Hooters I even had a Hooters shirt collection Their wings to this day are the bench mark I use for any restaurant I go to this day

[@macxpert3588]

There is only one Hooter across the other side of town where I live and last time I was there the service was good and the girls were friendly. They were happy to customise my wife's order just the way she liked it and the price was reasonable. Nothing to complain about. Bike nights at Hooters are something else again, lots of fun with all the bikes to look at and talk about, the wives and girlfriends all seem to try and outdo the Hooters girls. It's nice to see women dressed up for a change instead of mum jeans, baggy t-shirt and sneakers. The outside servers got into the mood and wore chaps over their regular outfits. The parking lot was a fun place for the night. Not every restaurant has to be serious and the girls working there seemed to be happy enough with the job and it still does carry some status to say you are a Hooters girl, at least that's what my daughters tell me.

[@Aqua_Xenossia]

I’ve been to Hooters at least three times- my first time being with my parents, who most definitely had a good sense of humor and rolled with it when I suggested it as a joke while on a vacation. …it’s the wings, the wings are the real star of the show, and while the servers are incredibly nice, the uniforms have always been tacky and awful.

[@nunyabinness3574]

I worked there over 20 yrs, when i was like 19 or 20yo. Very popular back then, especially on game days...the food wasnt bad, just okay. Ive gone once or twice since and its the same mediocre food, and way overpriced. Idk if it necessarily got worse, i think in my 40s my tastebuds have matured.

[@kandipiatkowski8589]

I have eaten at both Hooters and Twin Peaks. I think the food was equally good.

[@DinoPwn]

Twin Peaks takes the cake for me

[@DavidLLambertmobile]

Florida has Kers Winghouse. 🐔 Named for owner Dennis Ker. A former pro football player, business owner. Winghouse is a lot like Hooters.

[@sgtjarhead99]

Funny story. A long time ago when I was still active duty, me and a buddy were bored so we went into a Hooter's one night. It was actually quite a drive as there were none near where we were stationed. Not gonna lie, we went in for beer and the girls. Funny thing is, by the time we left, all we talked about was how good those chicken wings were. LOL. Did we sound lame.

[@rickalpers8696]

I like hooters. I've been to several restaurants numerous times over the years. These particular spots have good managers. The service is great, the food is good, it has a fun atmosphere and the girls are easy to look at and generally friendly. I have some friends that think the chain is very demeaning to women. But none of them have ever been in a hooters. I've gotten to know a number of waitresses. They were almost invariably working their way throught school, and the generous tips were helpful for this purpose.

[@mikethemechanic7395]

Loved Hooters as a teen. Would drive to Hooters when I was 16 with my friends. Circa 1991. Had money from working at the Grocery store year round in HS. The best Hooters are by the military bases. They get pretty crazy. Became a foodie in my late to early 30s. Had one open up in Beaverton early to mid 00s. Realized how much the food sucked when I asked why my Hot dog was cold. The waitress told me she microwaved it for 45 seconds. Hooters used to grill them. The service sucked when regulars would flirt with the waitresses and delay my food or drinks. My wife and I stopped going after a few more crappy services. Hooters should have reinvented their food. The 2.0 crap really did not stick. Buffalo Wild Wings is another crappy place. Last time I went with my wife and kids. We waited 50 mins to get seated. The whole time the waiters let one guy take a whole booth to watch a game and eat. Other times we went. The waiter or waitresses would be sitting down watching the game while I needed another drink.

[@thestarseeker8196]

Real talk, the food was quite good for what it was, at least here. I’ve got a soft spot for that particular type of bar food, and things like that buffalo shrimp really put it over the top. I genuinely was into the food, but it felt weird because I’m thinking all of the women are looking at me assuming I’m there to stare. I don’t know. We have things like Sneakers now, but that’s steakhouse prices for sub-par food.

[@esseoi]

i agree hooters food is yummy

[@JohnDoe-fx9eb]

Fake talk

[@thestarseeker8196]

@@JohnDoe-fx9eb Name checks out; fake person 👋🏻

[@TheDizzleHawke]

There’s a knockoff chain called Show-Me’s in Missouri. The only difference is the girls wear pink instead of orange.

[@AGhostintheHouse]

We had a couple of Show-Me's in Tampa not far from the original Hooters and they had the best garlic parm wing, unfortunately they didn't last very long.

[@xX_WAKE_Xx]

I’ve been to a Hooters just recently. The waitresses were just like any other waitress in any other restaurant. The food was actually pretty good, and my wings were served piping hot, which was a good sign. If people give Hooters a chance, then maybe we can keep this icon of the past alive. I’ve had my eyes on that brand for over a decade, and I didn’t join the Hooters interest only to lose the brand. With all due respect, we all at least should give Hooters a chance. 😉🦉🍺

[@zenwuu]

I remember Hooters for UFC fights. Think it was only like a 5$ cover. Would get some food and beers and stuff, usually cash out around 40$. Pretty good memories, and the women weren't even a part of it lol

[@Jasonwolf1495]

I dont think there's anything inherently wrong with this set up, its just not something easily massable because its only okay when people are doing it because they're in agreement not because its a paycheck. There are plenty of women and men who are fine with showing off their bodies and being stared at, but I don't think there's enough to keep a major restaurant chain a float, so in the end you get more people who aren't okay with it but need the money.

[@someonesomeone25]

90% of people in every job only do it for the money.

[@ryno4ever433]

I mean that's just capitalism in general isn't it? There are way more people who just need a job so they can survive than people who want to do that work in particular. Maybe you should turn your criticism toward tbat.

[@mikitz]

@@ryno4ever433 I don't think it's about the economic system in particular, since the alternatives to capitalism have exactly the same problem, only it's mostly even worse when it comes to choosing one's preferred career path.

[@MsDudette21]

I mean clearly there's more than enough to keep it afloat as it is _still_ afloat.

[@Jasonwolf1495]

@@MsDudette21 but that can be driven by desperation not fully willingly.

[@christopherdeguilio6375]

You didn't mention Katherine Ryan...a very successful comedian and writer who worked for the chain and has written about it a bit

[@hassamdaudi]

First time I saw pictures of the founders of Hooters, and they look exactly like I would expect them to look. And of course Hooters started in Florida

[@shokid24]

I loved going to hooters every Sunday. Wings. Fries. Cheese sauce, n ladies. Perfect afternoon

[@Edsabre]

I still go to the local Hooters with my Uncle from time to time. Wings, drinks, sports on big TVs and pretty girls... it's a fun place for a couple of guys to hang out and catch up. I'll be sad if it ever goes away, but I do admit that it is starting to feel like a relic of a bygone age.

[@PittsburghGiant11]

I've been to a Tilted Kilt a few times and there were definitely a few waitresses there that looked extremely uncomfortable in their outfits. They were a lot skimpier than Hooters, leaving absolutely nothing to the imagination. They also had male bartenders in kilts and no shirt that were jacked. Sex sells...it always has and always will, as long as people are willing to go along for the ride.

[@latexrope1358]

Is that a male version of hooters?

[@Rudizel]

They are the ones that applied for the job, no one is forcing them to work there.

[@JohnM-sw4sc]

They could be a waitress anywhere they chose tilted kilt of their own free will

[@mwloos1]

Were they court ordered to work there?

[@PittsburghGiant11]

I'm not saying they were forced to work there...I'm saying they looked extremely uncomfortable in their work outfits. I'm sure some of the girls that apply there want to be in an environment where they get noticed, perhaps something that doesn't happen with them often outside in the real world.