Yet another sign that the marginal consumer is clearly tapped out and no longer able to spend freely to sustain gimmicky marketing.
Hooters — which has about 300 locations nationwide — has faced increasing financial strain as traffic declines at its kitschy restaurants, leading to the closure of several outposts.
The Atlanta-based company has been working alongside turnaround consultants from Accordion Partners to address its financial difficulties, particularly its debt burden.
USA: People can’t afford to go to Hooters.
Canada: People living in tents in the freezing cold.
Tits up
Resources are stretched to the limit..
Restaurant prices are damn expensive here in Toronto. Was much more affordable before a certain doofus was elected Prime Minister.
I’m not surprised that restaurants are suffering.
The ready availability of virtual-Hooters on the internet may have played a part …
When I eat frozen chicken at home I can skip right over the drag queens
Homemade wings and internet porn! No man ever need leave the home.
True story: was traveling cross country with my daughter and we stopped in to a Hooters in Amarillo TX (of all places) and when the adorable little Hooters waitress sauntered over to us and LITERALLY sat on my knee while taking our order (I’m not kidding) … I asked her what micro brews they served … and she said “you mean those tiny little bottles of beer?” We all laughed … but I’m not sure she actually “got” the joke. Yes … truly … the girl of my dreams! I’ve gotta move to TX! 🙂
It’s just not the same…without the wings.
Apparently, they hire trans- and fat women as waitresses. That may have something to do with their financial woes. Guys go there to see hot women, not DEI mandated hires. https://preview.redd.it/418ysxvamn581.jpg?auto=webp&s=c9c5a5fca6c3724bcb5d57bd0f86bdc17a091eae
Sign at a Downsview restaurant years ago when the Pope visited Toronto.
“Hooters welcomes pilgrims!”
Competition from Twin Peaks, The Tilted Kilt, and the like probably didn’t help.
Also, the food is wretched.
Yes, the food is rather 1980’s bar food.
But you triggered a memory of mine when I was in Denver walking the outdoor “mall streets” and happened upon The Tilted Kilt restaurant. I was intrigued and didn’t think this could possibly be a chain of restaurants! Well, suffice to say I was the guy with the tented kilt. Grrrrrr, yum!!
The stupid boobs could have continued to rack up a fortune, but they became woke puppies.
Once you get rid of Hooters, what’s next, Mothers…..oh! wait!
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2025/02/wisconsin-gov-tony-evers-has-eliminated-mother-replaced/
Single and unhappily married men who want to see the breasts of women who are not their wives have plenty of other options nowadays. Some of us wouldn’t be caught dead at Hooters.
Or dead if caught st Hooters¹
Noticed the “us”. Has your marital strife been going on long? Do you want to talk about those options? 😉
https://x.com/Brick_Suit/status/1892978791364075640
There’s actually a thing called the “stripper index” – the amount of money spent at strip clubs is actually a pretty good leading indicator of economic activity, as it’s a pure luxury expense and is primarily engaged in by the working lower and middle classes.