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[blueamy66]

1. I will not spend my money at a Hooter's.

The food is average.

I don't like the message the chain sends to young adult females.

Just my opinion...

[seabeyond]

2. when there is a cocks, guys in g strings, we as a family, sit around talking about the mens package

is when i will give my money to hooters.

[blueamy66]

3. +10000

eloquent words.....

[quinnox]

4. lol

They do have places like that, you know. I heard about them before. I forget the name of it.

[seabeyond]

6. dicks? no. they make a paper dick and stick it on the customers head to ridicule the customer, not

demean men.

that would be the difference of using male body and female body.

[Helen Reddy]

11. Sure is.

They particular place serves "Penis Coladas". A Chippendale's wannabe.

[backscatter712]

113. Chippendales? n/t

[Gidney N Cloyd]

9. So why aren't there any of those places?

[Helen Reddy]

15. eeeegads

Now THAT would curtail my appetite.

[Agschmid]

77. Oh... That doesn't exist yet?

Damn!

[Warren DeMontague]

104. Sounds to me like an incredible Franchising opportunity.

You should go for it.

[backscatter712]

112. The closest thing I could think of is Chippendales.

So there's a market for that, I imagine.

[Xyzse]

151. My friend was trying to start a business called

"Sticks and Berries", I would have invested in the cause, but she lost interest...

[Marr]

5. Overpriced fast food.

I live in southern California, so the outfits are actually a little more modest than what's being worn outside the restaurant. I don't see the appeal of Hooters at all.

[RiffRandell]

7. I used to go with my husband for their buffalo shrimp.

With some pitchers of beer, of course. Then the food went really down hill so we stopped going.

I had a friend that worked there...she was hot.

Never had a problem with it; one time we went there when I was 8 months pregnant....no insecurites.

No objections from me.

[bluedigger]

8. Better food than a strip club.

Cheaper, too. You get what you pay for.

[Egalitarian Thug]

144. Depends on where you live. I know strip clubs in Portland and Vegas where the

food is not only much better, but cheaper as well. Add a full bar and, hey, they're strip clubs and it isn't even close.

[bluedigger]

148. I'll defer to your experience, then.

It's probably been at least a decade since I actually went to a Hooters, and to be honest, you couldn't pay me to eat at a strip club. I should have known better than to comment in this thread.

[JPZenger]

149. Chris Rock - How hungry do you have to be to eat at a strip club?

In response to an above post, here's Chris Rock's comments on strip club buffets:

"You know those guys that eat at the strip club? Eat the buffet? How the f** could you eat on a nasty-ass strip club? What? Are you THAT hungry?

Not even Rwandan refugees won't eat that shit! At a damn strip club! Titties and Tater Tots don't mix!"

[Gidney N Cloyd]

10. They're a legit business. Every restaurant chain has a hook. Scantily clad waitresses is theirs.

I've been a couple times. I think Tilted Kilt is a better version of the same niche.

[blueamy66]

17. At least the Kilt has decent food

And the girls that work there are much nicer, in my opinion again.

[MattBaggins]

19. Nicer as in prettier or more pleasant in demeanor?

[blueamy66]

30. more pleasant in demeanor

I did go to a Hooter's once, with the guys, after a baseball game. The waitress was a snot. The bartender was a snot too.

I've been to Tilted Kilt a few times after golfing. The waitress was very nice to me. We even talked about the guys that I had golfed with....she didn't ignore me, the way the Hooter chick did.

But, those are just my experiences.

[backscatter712]

116. Tilted Kilt also has far better beer.

All you'll get at a Hooters is Budweiser & Coors.

Tilted Kilt has a decent selection of real beer, though that's not the chief attraction...

[Lisa0825]

12. I've been a few times with a group of guys, and also by myself several times.

When Hurricane Ike hit, I was without electricity for over 3 weeks. Hooters was one of the first places to reopen near me with free wifi. So I would pack up my laptop, get a table by the electric outlet, and "camp" there for a few hours at a time. I'd have lunch and a few beers, but they surely could have made more money on a larger table, so I always tipped with a $20. The staff loved me because I was a low maintenance table that tipped well and they didn't have to pretend to hit on me or put up with being hit on by me.

The food is marginal, the beer is cold. I don't have a problem with scantily clad wait staff. I see more skin on the beach anyway.

[Ruby the Liberal]

13. Haven't been to one in years

But their hot wings were fabulous. I'm glad they bottle it now and sell it in the grocery stores.

[Whisp]

14. No

[quinnox]

18. lol

I get a feeling you aren't a fan of Hooters.

[rrneck]

16. The atmosphere's not worth having to eat the food. nt

[quinnox]

20. damn

That sucks, I would think the food would be halfway good.

[hobbit709]

24. When you got guys only interested in looking at T&A, you could serve boiled shoes and they wouldn't

notice. I knew a couple of women that had worked at one-they were there for the money but they both said the food sucked.

[TheCowsCameHome]

41. Note to self: Don't order fillet of sole.

Thanks.

[rrneck]

25. It's been several years since I was there, so maybe it's improved.

I've never been one for the whole "organic sprouts" cuisine thing so you would think I'd dig Hooter's "sports bar" menu, but that joint is like a meat cartoon. No style, just piles and piles of meat that looks like the entire menu came out of the same pot.

[TlalocW]

21. Used to go all the time

At my first "real job" in the "real world" in the late 90s, I was in a group and made friends with two or three guys who went to "celebrate holidays." They would use it as an excuse to out the Friday before whatever holiday was coming up. I'm sure it was about the scantily clad girls - especially at first - I won't deny that's an attraction, but we all got addicted to their buffalo chicken sandwiches, and we all enjoyed the company of this one waitress, who was very intelligent - she was in her late twenties and going back to college (already had one degree). She worked at Hooters because it fit her schedule, and she realized she had the assets to make it pay well for her - not just physically, but she could do the party girl routine and schmooze. She was personable, told great jokes, and once sang, "Me and Bobby McGee," acapela and sounded just like Janis Joplin.

Plus, she totally insulted our boss one time when he insisted on coming with us (though we didn't want him along). After one of her jokes, he told one that involved ripping up a napkin and rearranging the pieces into a cross, where the punchline was more of an attempt at proselytization. She just looked straight at him and said, "Boy... that sucked."

TlalocW

[MattBaggins]

22. I don't support discrimination or sexism

Discrimination and objectification is always wrong.

[smirkymonkey]

26. +1000

[DemocraticProse]

23. I've been to IHOP...

And was pleasantly surprised the staff had both their legs.

[rrneck]

28. Gah!

[Ptah]

44. Was her name Eileen?

[cherokeeprogressive]

121. Not if she had both legs. n/t

[Warren DeMontague]

140. A gent named Matt welcomed me at the front door.

[Helen Reddy]

155. Curt n Rod

showed me a few samples hangin' from the winda.

[Helen Reddy]

169. No n/t

[Warren DeMontague]

170. Oh, ok.

Honest mistake then.

[slackmaster]

27. The food is meh, the selection of beverages is bleh, the servers are young and skinny,

and a lot of jerks go there.

[quinnox]

32. I was wondering

Do all the waitresses, um, have "generous" natural figures? Or is it like normal, a wide range.

[slackmaster]

34. They're all young. They're all on the thin side. Not enough curvature for my taste. Breasts...

...range from B to about DD. A woman doesn't have to be a Victoria's Secret model to work there. Of course if a woman could get a top tier modeling job, she probably wouldn't be working at a Hooters.

[BainsBane]

72. Women, actually they are girls, who get a top tier modeling jobs

must have very small breasts. The fashion industry seems to think breasts detract from the clothing, as do curves of any kind. The idea is to be a walking hanger.

[A HERETIC I AM]

84. The highest paid model in the world, 2012......

32 year old Giselle Bundchen;




Yup, flat as a board and most certainly a "girl", not a woman.


What a complete load of bollocks.

[BainsBane]

91. actually many are literally girls, ages 12 or so

Few work into their thirties like Giselle.

[A HERETIC I AM]

97. Then I think you should better define "Top Tier"

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I am by no means intimate with the fashion industry, but it strikes me as rather curious that you would use that term and then expect your readers to believe they are all young teenagers.

I think the industry is too broad and the requirements too varied to make such a blanket statement.

Are a certain percentage of the girls that model for the catalog segment younger? Yes, sure. Are they ALL 12? Not by a long shot.

And FWIW, with a short amount of Googling time, I could bring up scores of women (and Men, for that matter) who continue to do modeling gigs well into their 40's and 50's and beyond, faces I have been seeing since I was a child, and that's been 40 years.

Methinks you labor under a misapprehension.

[BainsBane]

111. I'm talking about high fashion runway models

For top designers and those who do appear in Vogue, Marie Claire, W, etc. . Catalog is far from top tier. In fact, to be told one is best suited for catalog modeling is a major diss. Many high fashion models are very young. Most start in the early teens. You probably don't realize how young they are because they are very tall and have lots of make up on. I'm not saying they are all that young, but anyone over 30 is very rare. They are considered old at 27.

This one is 10


Gemma Ward began modeling at 14. I don't think that is atypical. What's unusual is the success of her career.




15 years old


This one is 15


They don't give the age of this one, other than to say she is a top model wearing Dior to her prom. She looks much older than the others, doesn't she?


When women start to develop hips suitable for child rearing, they cease being useful for high fashion designers. They want them incredibly thin without full hips or breasts. That's why so many are young.

[Liberal Jesus Freak]

114. Hi!

You're a good guy

[A HERETIC I AM]

129. And you're a doll. n/t

[BainsBane]

118. besides, I never said all

I said many top tier, and I believe that is true.

[JI7]

136. That pic of Gisele is shortly after she had given birth and she is more of a Business person now

which is how she makes a lot of money. like Heidi Klum and Tyra Banks they are very much involved in a lot of other things besides modeling on the runway .

[edbermac]

29. A few times, food isn't all that. But one funny thing.

Got some takeout one time and was sitting at the bar waiting, the guys there were more interested in watching the football game than ogling the girls.

[bluedigger]

120. Last time I went was to watch a college hockey game on espn2.

I was traveling and my hotel didn't carry it. The Hooters was convenient.

[Vinnie From Indy]

31. I was disappointed and let down.

There was not a single frickin' owl figurine or piece of owl memorabilia or owl artwork anywhere to be found in the one I went to.

Cheers!

[MadrasT]

33. Years ago

I went a couple times with friends I guess to prove I was too cool and "with it" to object

Grinned and beared it but would not go today

I think it is fucking stupid

Long ago they did have good wings if I recall correctly

[jambo101]

35. They seem to prefer good looking waitresses

I have no problem with the one i go to (New Port Richey Fla.)The waitresses while rather good looking are attired in shorts and tank tops and theres no sexual connotation to the place,i dont have a problem bringing the family there.

Nice view..



and the girls are just waitresses


The food on the other hand is rather mediocre ,i usu

ally go for a mountain of wings,

[trackfan]

36. It's much more of a run-of-the-mill family joint than its reputation would suggest.

I think the name, and very mildly emphasized "theme", is a publicity hook. it's not much different from any other restaurant with sports bar style food. If you went to one, you would probably wonder what all the controversy is all about. The food is mediocre.

[quinnox]

38. huh, interesting

Sounds like it may not even be worth a visit then.

[FreakinDJ]

37. sexual tension and fast food don't mix well

[A HERETIC I AM]

88. You can't possibly be serious.

Look at the picture in post 35, just above.


Seriously? Waitresses dressed as if they are out for a jog creates "Sexual Tension" in your mind? Or is it just your opinion?

Jesus H. Christ by the fryer cooking pickles.

[FreakinDJ]

130. Honestly - you sound like a troll

Did I say they were dressed in jogging attire or any reference to any other post in this thread


Pay attention to detail and try to follow along please

[Fla_Democrat]

39. Burger was ok, didn't care for the fries.

Work in a 3 college town... wait staff was dressed up compared to a lot of pedestrians walking down W. Tennessee street or Pensacola.

Business model is more hype than anything else. If it wasn't for people complaining about them, they wouldn't do near the business they are doing now.


If you have one around, stop by and see. You may even like the fries. It's not like it's Cafe Risque'.

[A HERETIC I AM]

90. They recently began a system-wide remodel program.....

precisely because their business is NOT where it used to be, as they have lost market share to the other upstarts as well as realizing their menu has become stale and out of date (according to some recent articles on the industry I have read). But the fact remains, cold beer, burgers and pretty girls won't go out of style.

I get out your way on a regular basis and I agree re: what is walking around, particularly further East toward Ft. Walton Beach and Destin, along Rte 98.

[Inkfreak]

40. I just felt foolish.

I went a few times with buddies while in the Army. I guess I just felt like I was being perceived as a guy ogling young women. I mean, I get the idea about the place. And frankly I don't care if the place exists or not. Everyone's free to do what they want & stuff. I prolly care to much what others think, so I just feel silly being there. The food wasn't all that great anyways. Least not at the one near Bragg. The one up here near my home closed down. Lack of business I'd guess. Lots of great sports bars around.

[Pointy_n_sharp]

42. Average food... Quality of waitress staff varies greatly...

Ok for a quick lunch or a beer...

They are a legit business filling a demand.

If the food was higher caliber, I'd go more regularly but the bosomy waitresses don't make up for lackluster cuisine.

[Drahthaardogs]

43. Disgusting hot wings.

Breaded (very heavily) and their sauce does not hit you with heat and spice, but rather, the vinegar flavor is overwhelming. The whole "Hooter Girl" thing is way overdone and overhyped. They wear t-shirts and short orange shorts with flesh colored nylons. More skin is exposed in a ballet.

But that is just me.

[Atman]

89. That's so wrong...

Not only are all the wings available "naked," as in no breading, there is also a pretty good variety of flavors. The only thing I order at Hooters are the naked Three Mile Island wings, with some fries and an icy cold Sam Adams draft. The wings and fries are always fresh and hot, not premade sitting under a heat lamp. That said, the food in general is just average-to-good pub food.

The servers outfits can only be called "tantalizing" if you're a prude. It's a sports bar, basically. Your comments don't accurately reflect the place, because you don't have to get heavily breaded wings with vinegary hot sauce.

[Drahthaardogs]

93. I would feel guilty feeding their crappy wings to barn mice...

Their "standard" wing is a crappy, heavily breaded, vinegar-soaked piece of disgusting goo. For a place that supposedly has "famous" chicken wings, they suck ass. It is good to know that you can ask them to fuck them up a little less though with some special ordering. If I ever have the misfortune of eating there again I will remember that.

[Atman]

109. It's not a "special order." it's on the menu.

I agree that the breaded wings are too much. Not exactly a "piece of disgusting goo," but not good. Part of the problem is that Hooters doesn't use big, meaty wings. They're on the scrawny side, and can't hold up to the thick breading. It's more like deep fried breading with a little bit of chicken inside. I like the Three Mile Island flavor, so I decided to try 'em naked. Again, they're on the menu.

BTW, the basic hot sauce is essentially Frank's or Tobasco, which are both vinegar based. It's pretty common for wing joints to take the easy route and use one of these. If you actually follow Frank's "original Buffalo wings" recipe, it cuts the vinegary hot sauce with a ton of butter. That's usually how the milder wings are made.

Anyway, we all like what we like. My real point was that the op asked about the food, and your implication was that the wings only come one way. Peace! Enjoy your wings!

[FrodosPet]

135. Why are people dissing Frank's?

I put that ish on almost everything! As far as I am concerned, vinegar and cayenne are two of the healthiest things in the world to eat. It has always been an instant mood elevator. It's not stupid hot like the macho meathead habanero sauces, but it will still leave your mouth tingling.

Lentils and Frank's really rocks!

[Atman]

145. LOL! I love Frank's, too.

Always make there's at least one bottle in the house. I love it fried eggs. I was just pointing out that traditional Buffalo wings use vinegar-based cayenne pepper sauce -- like Frank's. I doubt Hooters is just adding more vinegar.

[LittleBlue]

45. The food is bad, but the views are nice

I don't go there unless someone insists due to the mediocre food. If I want that sort of thing, I'll pay up and go to a strip club.

[cherokeeprogressive]

46. Been there dozens of times. One near me has a ton of huge, flat screen TVs.

The wings are OK. The hamburgers were comparable to most other places. The beer is cold. What more could one ask of a sports bar is what I'm wondering...

I'll say this though: Anyone who's obsessed with what their servers wear must be totally and completely horrified by how people at an ocean beach or public pool present themselves. Can we please be honest here? It's NOT about their food, it's about what their servers wear and how it makes people who refuse to go there FEEL and why in the FUCK would anyone care? Don't like it? Don't fucking go there. God damn can it be more simple than that?

They're a legit business, their business model works, and if shorts and t-shirts or tank tops are evil, they're all going to hell. The servers will go to hell as well as the managers/franchise owners who kidnap them and force them to work there.

[Recursion]

47. A strip club for people afraid to go to strip clubs

Frankly most strip clubs will have better food, for that matter.

[cherokeeprogressive]

64. Equating Hooters to a strip club is like equating Taco Bell to Mexican food.

It's like equating Djiorno to pizza or Big Macs to hamburgers.

College volleyball exposes more skin and beach volleyball even more than that.

I've never been to a strip club that served food?

[lunasun]

67. some have quite good buffets !

[arely staircase]

48. same opinion i have of decaf coffee and non-alcoholic beer,

I wonder what the point is.

[Cleita]

49. Once. When my husband and I were on the road. We had to stop

for car repairs. There was a Hooters on the block, so we went there to wait. I didn't think it was so bad. Of course, back in the day I had to go to The Playboy Club with one of my employers to entertain clients. I found the outfits much more revealing and the tone was sexist. The food was so so. The girls were wearing shorts and T's so they weren't revealing anymore than they would at the gym. There wasn't the overt sexism like in the Playboy Club. I live in a beach area so you see a lot of shorts and T-shirts by both boy and girl servers in just ordinary coffee shops and donut shops whatever. I really don't get the outrage.

If they pay permits, licenses and taxes and the waitresses pay taxes, yes it's a legit business. I think the problem with Hooters is the name. If they changed the name to Herb's and nothing else, there would be no outrage.

[geomon666]

50. Pretty mediocre chicken.

Wingstop is a million times better without the exploitation.

[Buzz Clik]

51. Never been.

My opinion is there's probably better food elsewhere, and I know where the strip clubs are.

[treestar]

52. No.

But then I know what their schtick is, and it does not appeal to me.

[AndyA]

53. The food is mediocre at best

The women servers seem to be the marketing focus. The name of the restaurant, the way the servers dress, it all seems unnecessary to me. I'm glad the folks who work there have jobs, but the focus doesn't seem to be on great food, it's on something else which I feel is a silly concept.

[ZombieHorde]

54. I have never been to one, but there is one in my town.

I have never heard anyone say that the food was great. One person did tell me that they liked their wings, but I'm not going to go out to eat just for wings.

If I want some food that is just OK, I'll get some bean burritos at Taco Bell. Cheap, filling, fast, and they're not half bad.

[Deep13]

55. I went once.

I vaguely remember liking whatever it was I ate. I seem to recall the menu was typical bar food. I was practicing law then and I went there with two other male attorneys.

The seating arrangement was unusually high, presumably to be able to look at the waitress's cleavage. She laid it on a bit thick with statements about how glad she was to see us and how cool we were. She may have been partly sincere since the place was deserted and she was paid in tips.

That was about 15 years ago. I haven't had any reason to go again. Apart from their rather awkward "look at boobs!" marketing, it was no different than any other chain tavern.

[Go Vols]

57. I used to go alot

in the late '80's when I lived in Atl.

15 bucks would get you a ticket to a Braves game,a ride to and from the game on a "Hooters" bus with cold beer.

Food was good back then,oysters were decent size too.

[tammywammy]

58. I've been quite a few times.

At a previous job we'd go there after work (place closed at 9pm) and I've been with friends who wanted to go. The food is okay, I mean I don't go out of my way to go there but it's not bad. The beer is cold. I find the waitresses to be no different than any other restaurant.

There are other places that have joined the "breasturant" theme that are more provacative. I went to a sports bar with a friend to watch a baseball game and the waitress wore a bikini top and barely there shorts. And she was a crappy waitress, we had to wait forever for refills and the check, and they weren't that busy (a Friday afternoon).

There's a chain called Twin Peaks and Bone Daddy's. I've never been to either.

[madinmaryland]

59. Ive been a couple of times, the last being about ten years ago.

Food is average at best and beer was just the usual american budweiser type stuff. I'd much rather go to a restuarant with local brews and their own menu.

[sufrommich]

60. My brother in laws best friend was a massive Hooters

fan,so much so that he flew to a Hooters opening in Australia on a Hooters plane. The guy was such a loudmouth blowhard and nasty drunk that every party I ever went to where he was,people would end up avoiding him like the plague.The last girlfriend he had went broke "helping him out in between jobs",he went to jail for punching his sister while they were both drunk and fighting (he was living with her). When I think of Hooters,I think of guys like him and the unfortunate women who work at Hooters and have to pretend these guys aren't blowhard assholes.

[Major Nikon]

61. I thought the food sucked and the beer selections weren't all that great

I never quite understood why so many go ape shit (men and women) over a uniform that consists of gym shorts and a tank top. You can go to the gym, or the beach, or even Wal-Mart and see more revealing clothes without having to pay inflated prices for lousy food and watered down beer.

[Egalitarian Thug]

62. Bad, overpriced food for those that don't have a beach to go for free. n/t

[Incitatus]

63. It's not exactly the kind of place you go for good food.

It's been years since I've been to one. The grouper sandwich was ok, but the wings sucked. There are so many better places around here to go for good food and a few drinks.

If you want to overpay for barely edible food just to have a good looking sever pretend to be into you, then that's the place you want.

[madokie]

65. No Hooters close by so no I haven't

Probably wouldn't go if there was as I'm not into being a part of what I consider exploitation of the girls.
Having said that I do have a Hooters coolie cup although I've never used it. Given to me by one of our girl friends when she returned from Las Vegas.

[kimbutgar]

66. My son wanted to go for his birthday.

He is autistic and didn't get that it was a hot girl bar. The food was terrible. I kept telling my husband to push back his eyeballs. My son said he never wanted to go again. I finally got out of my son the reason he wanted to go he liked the music! I almost fell off my chair. He likes girls but it was because of the music and atmosphere of being in a tropic kind of restaurant.

Hooters is a sad place for women to be pinched, ogled and objectified. I can only hope the tips are worth it for the young girls to justify working there and being treated like a piece of meat.

[bike man]

68. I've been in several in my quest (some years back) to have a grouper sandwich in every

place the served them in north west Florida (made a lot more motorcycle rides back then.) I found their grouper sandwiches to be neither better nor worse than most places - it's hard to mess up grilling a piece of fish and putting it on a bun - but their servers seemed to be more attentive to us, a group of middle age to old motorcyclists, and I attribute that to an effort to increase tips, and I don't have a problem with that either.

[DirkGently]

69. Just as stupid as you would think?

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Greasy, over-priced fast-food, an abundance of chubby polo-clad office doods, and tightly-clothed waitresses. And, sports tv of course.

Last time I went I was dragged by a co-worker and, oddly, his wife, who was actually the more insistent. There had been some drinking earlier.

Strange moment when the server leaned across me to examine her cleavage in the reflection of a window and used both hands to "level things out."

Years ago. Haven't been back. A family member did later similarly drag me to a knockoff version (purple shorts instead of orange). I had campaigned for regular fast food, but my companion curled her lip (second time dragged there by a woman) and derided the idea of a cheeseburger. She then ordered a cheeseburger from the Faux-Hooters, which took 20 minutes to arrive and was not particularly good.

[DreamGypsy]

70. Never been...but talk of voyeurism and tilted kilts reminds of... something ladies may appreciate...

It must have been 30 years ago when I first heard Brian Bowers do this one live. Still laugh every time I hear it:

[jambo101]

71. The menu

http://www.hooters.com/Menu/FullMenu.aspx

Anyone thinking Hooters is something akin to a strip club where sex runs rampant has obviously never been to a Hooters.

[shanti]

73. never

and never will, even though there's one down the street that's relatively new. i just don't like the idea of a restaurant based on breasts.

[geek tragedy]

74. Hooters --> Strip clubs as Maxim --> porn. nt

[Throd]

75. I was disappointed with the chicken wings. I assumed they would be better.

Too much breading.

Their business model of hiring skinny, attractive females doesn't bother me. I won't go there again though, because at 46 years old, ogling 22 year old hotties would just make me a sad old pervo.

[cherokeeprogressive]

80. Hooters offers unbreaded wings. n/t

[zappaman]

76. The food is horrible. n/t

[KG]

78. meh.

[Dragonbreathp9d]

79. I worked for Bikinis

For the most part an enjoyable experience- the girls were super nice and everyone looked out for each other. Not the type of place I would frequent in my off time but that just not my thang

[MineralMan]

81. My wife and I went to one in Sioux Falls, SD.

It was near the motel where we were staying. Neither of us was impressed with the food, the service, or anything else. I've not been in another one. I can't imagine why I would go to another Hooters.

[A HERETIC I AM]

82. "If it's Tuesday, This Must be Belgium"

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0064471/


DU is, in many ways, as predictable as one of those old package tours. It is Springtime, and obviously it has been a while since there has been a Hooters thread.

Lets dig this lame ass subject/argument up once again.

Next up, if its Sunday, it must be Pitbulls!



Oh....yeah...we did that last week.


OK...BREASTFEEDING!

And then, Circumcision.

We NEVER have a "Who is the biggest dumbass on DU?" thread. Ever.

I am hoping I'll win the popular vote, for fucks sake.

[edbermac]

83. Hey, at least it's not an Olive Garden thread!

[A HERETIC I AM]

85. Give it a few weeks! n/t

[BainsBane]

92. Do a poll

It would be interesting to see the results.

[Warren DeMontague]

106. You want the Calendar, don't you.

Just replace 2011 with 2013.

[A HERETIC I AM]

124. Love it!

Fucking perfect

[Tien1985]

126. But

I was just going to make a post all about how I was breast feeding my pit bull at Olive Garden to celebrate his bris!

[customerserviceguy]

86. Been there, but only to watch sports

On the other side of the Hooters in Hackensack, NJ, there is a really good beer bar called Firewaters, and I go in there once in awhile. Since they share a kitchen, my food orders are sometimes delivered to my spot at the bar by a Hooters-uniformed waitress, who I always smile at and thank graciously.

Many of the bartenders (and even a manager or two that I've known) in the Firewaters establishment started out in Hooters, and many of them went to work at more upscale places in the NYC area. I guess it's a possible step on a career ladder, if you chose to make it one. I can't say I've spoken with a lot of the Hooters servers, but I invariably find the Firewaters ones either have a degree, or are actively working on one.

I've always treated them with the respect they deserved from the get-go, and with further admiration as they've shared their stories with me when the bar gets slow. I remember one in particular who shared that she was nearing the end of her studies in radiology, then I blurted out, "No wonder you can always see right through me!"

[In_The_Wind]

87. Yes, I've been to Hooters. It's a gimmick like any restaurant.

Food is overpriced, not worth the money.

[bigwillq]

94. I think it's a fun place.

I'm always had fun there. The food isn't as good as I thought it would be before I went there, though.
As far as the girls' uniforms, I have no problem with them. Big deal. A lot of servers, male and female, in places similar to Hooters often dress or act in a way that might get them more tips.

[Rex]

95. I've seen them downtown.

Never been into one, I hear the food is bland. Walked by and looked in. It is women selling food with their bodies. Ever look through a car mag? What are they selling? The car? The sexual attractiveness of the model? The projection that you can have a model and a car?

Sexual attraction sells. Even food.

[Go Vols]

131. Makes me want to go t a Hardees/Carl Jrs.

[Fearless]

96. Lousy food.

[CANDO]

98. I like me some Hooters!

I also like the restaurant. It is what it is. The girls wear form fitting top and shorts with pantyhose under the shorts. Pretty decent food. Very nice girls who spend time at your table just talking to get everyone comfortable. For those who don't like the form fitting uniform, don't patronize the place.

[PasadenaTrudy]

99. Hell no...

Boring mainstream idiots in baseball caps are all I see there, eating gross unhealthy food and watchin' da game.

[cherokeeprogressive]

119. "Hell no..." you've never been there, but all you see there are mainstream idiots in baseball caps.

You have most of it right, as in it's requisite here at DU to hate certain places (Hooters, Olive Garden, McDonalds, Texas, etc.), certain things (television for one), certain people (too f'kn many to even list a single example here), certain religions (Christianity tops that category), and certain movies (Forrest Gump started more than a few flamefests here, as did Avatar). DU is funny that way. Sometimes it's all about "cred". "Fuck Bush!" as a thread title was once capable of getting you a couple hundred recs.

What I don't get about your post though is the question was "Have you ever been to Hooters" and your answer was "Hell no..." yet you go on to describe the people you see when you're there in as much a denigrating way as you can muster ("idiots... eating gross unhealthy food&quot .

I love these threads though. Being that it's all about credibility, you're likely to see any number of meaningless statements about everything from the quality of the food to the shitty American beer (last time I was there I saw probably 40 different micro-brewed and imported beers) to the stripper nature of clothing their servers wear (it's as much a strip joint as Djiorno is pizza). It's not a fine dining establishment for chrissakes. It doesn't claim to be and in fact their motto is "Delightfully tacky, yet unrefined".

DUers are connoisseurs of fine dining, beer, and other things. They are also mockers of anything the slightest bit kitschy. Gotta love this place; it's the best entertainment day in and day out I've ever found on the intertubes.

[Atman]

125. +100

Well stated.

[nomorenomore08]

133. Which is why I tried not to be self-righteous in my response on this thread.

But I honestly find the "Hooters girls" gimmick lame - not even particularly offensive, just boring. Nor will I condemn anyone else for their dining/entertainment choices, worst thing I might do is roll my eyes at them.

So yeah, enjoy your beer and hot wings. Nobody's stopping you.

[Nye Bevan]

100. I don't go to places where the food sucks.

Horrifying as it may be to some that the waitstaff wear shorts and T-shirts, to me that is beside the point.

[KaryninMiami]

101. In the same way that I would not support Walmar or Sam's Club

I do not support Hooters. Much rather spend my dollars at places that are in alignment with my political views and Hooters which is all about objectifying women's bodies - most especially does not.

[MrSlayer]

102. I've been there. Decent food, nice sights, no big deal.

It's not like the girls run around naked or anything. There is nothing inappropriate. You can take kids there and it wouldn't be a problem.

[Hayabusa]

103. Good fries

and I loved that my local one used to show the WWE payperviews. They quit, though, after WWE raised the fees to broadcast them...

[Warren DeMontague]

105. No.

I don't object but frankly it doesn't sound like the sort of food I eat. I don't do burgers, fries and pitchers of shitty beer anymore, not for a long time.

[Neoma]

107. Well, the waitresses aren't actually really showing their legs for one.

They're like tight skin-toned sweat pants from what I can tell. After figuring that out, it was a rather "what ever" deal. Then we just enjoyed the food and got out of there.

The Tilted Kilt is much worse...

[greytdemocrat]

108. They have good burgers...

Yeah...burgers.

[Botany]

110. bad food and overpriced ..... I almost laughed when the waitress wrote her name down ..

... on a napkin like she wanted to hook up w/me. She pretty much left us alone when
she saw she was not going to be able to work us for a "big tip." The chix wings and salad
were average @ best.

I did my one time visit 2 years ago on New Years eve w/my son in Traverse City, Michigan.
Less then 2 hours before we were on Sleeping Bear Dunes and had the place to ourselves ...
the difference between the utter solicitude of the dunes and some wilderness and the
noise and lights of a Hooters was stunning. I laughed when I noticed that all the waitresses
had on wedding bands or engagement rings. Oh well it struck me as really degrading for the
woman but it was "a job."

BTW we drove back to the cabin we were staying in a really thick fog and we saw a big foot
and a UFO too.

[Gidney N Cloyd]

122. The one time I saw Big Foot it was wearing a wedding band, too.

I think it's just to keep the other Big Feet from hitting on them.

[pintobean]

115. What's Hooters?

[UtahLib]

138. Now, that's my kind of hooter. n/t

[prole_for_peace]

117. I went for the first time last year.

I didn't think that the attire was that skimpy. Their tops are a little low cut but I see more than that when shopping for groceries. And since they have to wear such thick tights it's there short shorts don't reveal any more skin than a pair of leggings.

I did entertain myself by watching the few delusional men who actually thought these women were interested in them but most of the men had all their attention on the football games being shown and barely paid any attention to the waitresses.

[Iggo]

123. Never been.

And the fact that I live within an hour of hundreds and hundreds of restaurants, and that no one's ever accused Hooters of having better than average food, I can't imagine why I'd ever go there. Pretty girls in tight clothes? Like another poster upthread said, this is SoCal. If I want to see a pretty girl in tight clothes, I just gotta open my eyes.

[Ter]

127. I'm cool with it, as long as they keep their employees 18-24 and under 130 pounds

[nomorenomore08]

128. Never been, not interested - (reportedly) lousy food, dumb gimmick.

Anyone who goes there for a form of gratification is either easily amused or really freaking desperate.

[just1voice]

132. No, but I hear your mother and daughter work there, LMFAO!

How proud you must be, LOL!

[nomorenomore08]

137. Now see, this is the reactionary kind of stuff I don't understand.

Seems to come dangerously close to "slut-shaming" oftentimes. And I don't see how that helps anyone.

P.S. I clearly said, in my earlier comments, that I find the whole idea of Hooters boring and lame. So this should not be construed as a defense of said establishment.

[Knightraven]

134. Personaly, I enjoy it.

I like the Lots-a-tots and I have never met a wing I did not like.

And I will admit, the views are enjoyable to me.

[jambo101]

139. Go pay a visit

Then give us your take on the place

[Kablooie]

141. I'd say its a hoot except that all the online groans would drown out the TV.

[Apophis]

142. I prefer to eat sushi off naked women.

[quinnox]

147. lol

I have heard about that practice. I'll try anything once!

[Contrary1]

143. I hosted a weekend get-to-gether for breast cancer survivors some years back...

Several of us decided to dine at Hooters in downtown Indy late on a Saturday night. We asked to be seated in the "breast-handicapped" area.

The young lady that greeted us was either very tired, or a bit dense. "Uh, I don't think we have one of those."

The food was average, but the waitresses were very nice. We learned that most of them were college kids with schedules so full, they had little choice but to work late nights.

They were law, medical and business students. None that we talked to were proud to be working there, but the hours (and of course the money) were good.

We spent a couple hours there. They learned from us the importance of self-vigilance regarding breast health. We learned that the ladies employed there viewed it as a temporary way to get where they were going.

[Dorian Gray]

146. Harmless

place with mediocre food. I've been to the restaurant twice and the casino in Vegas (is that still there?) once.

[deutsey]

150. I went to one once 10 years ago on a business trip to Orlando

A co-worker on the trip convinced me to go to one with him for lunch. I wasn't interested in going to one before and haven't been interested in going to one since.

Definitely not my kind of place. I thought the food wasn't very good and I felt as if the waitress we had was overly friendly, deliberately touching my arm and shoulder at various times during our time there. Not that I'm a prude, I just remember thinking at the time that these gestures on her part were phony and manipulative.

[AngryAmish]

152. I've been.

It has been many years but the wings were meh, very meh.

This is my feelings about strip clubs and Hooters, as a guy. You are not going home with any of them so why bother? (Except that one time, and my buddy was already dating another dancer but that was a long time ago.)

[Atman]

157. It's ridiculous to equate Hooters with a strip club.

As many others have pointed out, the servers at Hooters are far from naked. On a warm summer day, you'll see people on the street wearing the same outfits. And less...they always lots of heavy underthings underneath those white tops. Maybe they should call the place "Cleavage" instead of Hooters. If you go to the place to see boobies, you'll be sorely disappointed.

As for "not going home with any of them," I've frequently gone home with a tray of left-over wings. That's what I go to Hooters for. I don't go to strip clubs at all.

[panader0]

153. Never been to one.

I grab a beer and follow Jeannie into the shower.

[redqueen]

154. One amusing thing about this thread is all the 'I see women wearing less in other places' comments.

Apparently to some, there is no difference between a woman being paid to be a decoration and women out going about their business dressed however they like.

And treating women in public as if they are decorations is also fucked up. It's idiotic to assume women who are dressed in any socially commonplace way are doing so to get attention. Bikinis at the beach are not out of the ordinary.

[seabeyond]

165. point. not a single person gets that it is not about what they were, but the point of the restaurant

that is the issues. girls are expected to sell themselves whether they want to or not, to a certain point, in a sexual manner. as opposed to other jobs, even those that high because of attractiveness.

these restaurants allow a sexually harrassing environment for the workers, because that is the whole point of drawing the boys in.

come on in and hit on, degrade adn talk about our gals boobs. that is what they are here for.

now.... at this point, have i once mentioned what they wear. BUT.... that will be all the pro hooter people will focus on.

[krawhitham]

156. Been once, the food was horrible

[HappyMe]

158. I have been there a couple of times.

The burgers were pretty good. Both times my sons were with us. There were families, couples and a table or 2 of guys. The boys were about 7, I think. The waitress was very nice and brought them crayons to color on the placemats. We were coming home from being on a vacation, and wanted more choices than the usual fast food. I did send the ex in first to see if it was okay for the kids. The waitresses were more entranced by the boys than they were with them.

[Xyzse]

159. My father was big in to that and made it in to a Family Restaurant for us

He loved the wings. Prices were reasonable at certain times, so he made us order and sit at a table during happy hour so that we can get a ton of wings for cheap.

Their food has gone a bit downhill since the 90s though. I haven't been there for a long while. I might go there if I want to watch a boxing or UFC fight that is big(there is no cover charge, and I can go for their curly fries which are awesome!). Since I don't know any other sports bars, nor have I bothered to look for them. I rarely go.

We don't see it as bad. I see women dressed up in less in the summer.

My sister sometimes does request me to pick up wings now and then. Although, since we found this Korean wings place, I haven't been doing that either.

[Historic NY]

160. Not a big fan but we stop at one in NJ only because the traffic routinely comes to a dead stop....

in front of it heading to the stadiums....some stuff is too greasey. The girls make money like any other waitress', although they try to appeal to customers on looks.

[es466]

161. Good bar food

But the scantily clad waitress/eye candy gets old pretty quickly.

It's actually entertaining to see the middle-aged guys light up because they think these waitresses are actually flirting with them, though .

[Ganja Ninja]

162. It's typical bar food.

Food is better than a Beef O'Brady's but it's the same wings, burgers, barbeque & deep fried everything. I go from time to time.

[sadbear]

163. Overpriced.

Mediocre food. Not worth it.

The waitresses don't hurt or help IMO. I eat out for the food.

[cbdo2007]

164. Ever been to a beach? What is your opinion

They wear WAAAAAAY less at the beach than they do at hooters.

[Odin2005]

166. Overpriced food sold to emotionally immature men.

[Blue_In_AK]

168. My daughter worked there for a year

between real jobs when she had to decompress a little bit. She had a good time.

[quinnox]

171. I'm self deleting this - reason below -

I feel this thread has run its course, and it is inappropriate to keep being kicked by replies, at this time. Thanks for everyone who gave their opinions!

The original text:

Ever been to Hooters? What is your opinion [View all]

Speaking of Hooters, I never been to one. I would definitely go though, if an opportunity presented itself, like a friend asked me to go or something. What do you think, are they a legit business, or do you object to their business model?