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DEL.ICIO.USHo, ho, ho: Hooters is coming to town
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
They’re probably making lists and checking them twice.
Guess we’ll find out who’s naughty or nice.
Hooters is coming to town.
That’s right, the Howard Stern of restaurants is opening in Lawrenceville in early December. Looks like they’ll be hustlin’ hot food on Duluth Highway just before Santa’s sleigh bells start to ring.
All together now: Ho, ho, ho, hot wings.
For this frisky franchise, Lawrenceville is just one more red dot on their worldwide map of continents conquered. Atlanta-based Hooters of America, Inc. counts more than 435 locations worldwide and 25,000 employees including 15,000 Hooters Girls who wear next to nothing.
They also count on you to believe them to be big supporters of women’s rights. They make statements like a woman has a right to any job, be it Supreme Court Justice or Hooters Girl. And a woman has a right to use sex appeal for a job just like a top supermodel would, be it Naomi Campbell or Cindy Crawford.
They also say claiming Hooters exploits attractive women is as ridiculous as saying the NFL exploits men who are big and fast.
Surprisingly, I probably agree with most of these arguments, except for the very last. Who’s to say being scantily clad in an issue of Vogue is morally superior than being scantily clad in a restaurant?
Still, when the Hooters sign first appeared at the construction site near my house, my 11-year-old son asked me what it was all about.
“Huh?”
“What’s a Hooters?�
“What?�
“What’s a Hooters?�
I stalled, trying to think where would I begin this explanation. With a little twist on the children’s tale, The Owl and the Pussycat? Or with a quick story of the birds and the bees selling chicken wings?
But I said nothing. Why bother. In 10 years I’ll let him explain the virtues of this place to me. In the meantime, I don’t think they should bother having a Hooters children’s menu because I think customers should be at least 18.
Luckily for me, my son stopped asking about Hooters. He was more interested in watching the dump trucks clearing the last remaining mounds of dirt from the area than me trying to explain about the short shorts.
Is having women hustle hot food in too-tight T-shirts and shorty-short orange shorts degrading? Or does this even matter since we’re only talking about a restaurant serving seafood, sandwiches and chicken wings?
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By kevmoor
October 4, 2006 7:14 AM | Link to this
I think that people make to big of a deal about Hooters just because they are wearing little shorts and little tee shirts and serving their terrible food is nothing special. The women at Chili’s and Bennigans also wear skin tight pants and shirts but nobody says anything about that. I just think that the idea of a place that men can go to and have sexy women serving food will always create a distraction .But does it exploit women?… Naw!!!.. women allow themselves be exploited
By katie
October 4, 2006 7:31 AM | Link to this
doesn’t bother me. If a woman wants to dress slutty then they’ll be treated as such. They’ll always be women out there who exploit themselves, they just better not complain when they’re treated poorly by men. If you show off your breasts expect men to stare at them. If you wear short shorts expect men to stare at your a*—simple as that. It’s too bad that these women can’t use their brains to earn money though. It’s sad when one is resorted to using their bodies for a bit of cash.
By SGHS
October 4, 2006 7:52 AM | Link to this
I dont think there is anything wrong with it. Their food is good and so are the girls. Hooters is 50 times better on the beach also. Down in Panama City, the girls look a lot better and can actually wear the skin tight shorts and and shirts with that nice tan. The seafood is also amazing there.
By Lacy
October 4, 2006 7:58 AM | Link to this
I would rather have a Hooters in Lawrenceville instead of yet another nail shop, beauty supply store or Mexican restaurant.
By O LEE REED
October 4, 2006 8:00 AM | Link to this
It’s a free country. Leave it that way.
By Brian Curtis
October 4, 2006 8:01 AM | Link to this
Thank goodness. You can never have too many Hooters around.
As for “what to tell the children”… Tell them it’s a restaurant for adults, obviously. What do you tell them about local bars, or R-rated movies, or your trips to the OB-GYN?
By Droppy
October 4, 2006 8:10 AM | Link to this
Hooters can be fun, but by golly … the ones in Georgia have the most god-awful ugly looking waitresses of any Hooters in the country. What do they do, have job fairs in the local trailer park?
By Ed
October 4, 2006 8:12 AM | Link to this
It’s all part of today’s “entertainment ” industry. If you support it, the idea won’t go away. Would you make a decision to buy a CD based on how the artist dresses in her videos. Do you watch a show or go to a movie that has even a hint of sexual content. Do you condone high school girls wearing provacative clothing. This goes far beyond the restaurant industry. It is now engrained in our culture. Since it is not going away, it’s a parents resposibility to teach their children to have a mature perspective in terms of repsect.They need to know the difference between fantacy and reality.
By claude
October 4, 2006 8:55 AM | Link to this
Degrading happens every day. The call of the dollar makes us all feel degraded from time to time. I agree with you on the short shorts, there are some things I do not miss about the 80’s. Maybe the goodlooking girls in Atlanta have figured another way to monopolize on their good looks. Maybe they are gonna get a handful of guys at a time by dating them? LOL ! Rather than hustling over battered wings and beer and not to mention the bogus flirting that ultimately pays off.
By MOT
October 4, 2006 9:10 AM | Link to this
Great points Ed. And all true. It will never go away, sex will always sell, it did in the biblical days and it does now and it always will. And you hit the nail on the head about our children: since it isn’t going away and most likely will get worse, what we tell our children will either help them deal with it all in a healthy, respectful way or will lead/push them right into a most unhealthy disrespectful way of living in a world that uses sex to sell anything.
My first comment was going to be: why would you ignore a child’s question? There was a teaching moment begging to happen! True you might be at a loss for words, but even a, “well, son, I am not sure let me get back with you on that,” and then after formulating a reasonable age appropriate answer, get back to him. Help him understand your values on the issue….which if it were me, I would start with the name Hooters, a disrespectful term for a woman’s anatomy, and letting that lead into the restaurant that was built on that foundation: disrespect. Some people think it is harmless but anytime disrespect is involved there are always consequences, whether on the waitresses, the customers, the children…rarely EVER in the pocket book of the owners, however. What an excellent opportunity to teach a son a lesson on respect for women! Which would add to his respect for you, his mom.
The biggest point I take from this is NOT the Hooters issue, but not answering a son’s innocent question. All parents need to be prepared to not only use teaching moments when they hit us between the eyes like this one did, but also to seek and even create them!
By Thrash
October 4, 2006 9:19 AM | Link to this
Last I heard, the women working at Hooter’s weren’t dragged in there at gunpoint and shackled to their job.
By Producer
October 4, 2006 9:28 AM | Link to this
Three cheers for Hooters! Nothing wrong with it at all. The food is ok and the only ones who complain about the “degredation” are women who couldn’t wear the waitress attire without being first on the receiving end of a liposuction hose the size of a Hoover vaccum cleaner! Lighten up ladies, lose about 50 pounds and maybe men would stare at your backside, too.
By Daytunaguy
October 4, 2006 9:32 AM | Link to this
My first thought is that you have never been inside a Hooter’s if you see the servers as “scantily clad”. They are wearing athletic shoes,white socks,PANTIHOSE for God’s sake,athletic type shorts,bra’s,and tee shirts. You will see far more exposure at Lenox Square or a Brave’s game. You may need to blindfold your child if you go outside your home.
By Eric
October 4, 2006 9:33 AM | Link to this
Perhaps the reason there are so many child molesters in the US is because our nation is so bass-akwards, terrified and repressive about sex? Sex is one of the most natural things on the planet, yet people in this country work so hard to make it vile, wrong and dirty… no wonder we have so many men murdering and abusing women, raping and molesting children and Senators trying to hook up with underage boys.
In the US we’d rather have our kids play a video game that glorified violence, murder and mayhem, than let them see a little nipple… WTF is wrong with you people?
By Rich
October 4, 2006 9:50 AM | Link to this
I thought Katie’s response was cool ” It’s too bad that these women can’t use their brains to earn money though. It’s sad when one is resorted to using their bodies for a bit of cash”.I wonder if her husband/boyfreind has ever gone to a strip club. Seems smart to me - show flesh=get cash…and lots of it.
By kevmoor
October 4, 2006 9:50 AM | Link to this
I agree with Eric, in today’s society so many people are consumed with trying to make sexuality a nasty and dirty thing. In some European counties most women are not considered to be degrading themselves for wearing revealing clothes. In Countries like Brazil, the Caribbean Island and Spain a lot of women go to the Beaches topless or even nude if they choose to do so. Here in these great United States people get offended if a woman wears a thong bikini to the pool or the beach, but yet we are suppose to be the most liberated country in the world…. yeah right!.. Who cares if a lady wants to serve hot wings in shorts and a tee shirt… so be it!
By George
October 4, 2006 9:54 AM | Link to this
Nothing wrong with a hooters inmy backyard. and for the record, i think their food sucks. So I don’t go there. But that’s where the cool part is. It’s my choice. If you don’t like it, don’t go there. And it’s our responsibility as parents to either shelter our kids from it, or be down right honest with them. Nothing that goes on in that place is any different than a commercial on prime time ABC for example. Women waering next to nothing advertising lip gloss in the middle of a family show. What do you tell your kids then? Use the exact same formula with the Hooters when they ask. Remember, don’t lie to children, they are smarter than we give them credit for. and installing lying at a young age, may not be the best first step to a healthy relationship.
By Deborah Lee
October 4, 2006 9:57 AM | Link to this
I have heard that Hooter’s is just a place where gay men meet anyway. The girls in tight clothes are just the cover up. Just like the guys who ride motorcycles.
By katie
October 4, 2006 10:21 AM | Link to this
Hey Rich, I dont’ have a problem with my husband going to Hooters. nothing wrong with looking. Just because we’re married doesn’t mean we’ve gone blind. Besides, I can wear the same outfits as Hooters girls or strippers so I know my man is happy at home. I have a very nice body and I prefer to use my brain to make money. In fact, I’m pretty sure I make more than any stripper or Hooters girl so I’m very content. It’s called COLLEGE EDUCATION AND AN ADVANCED DEGREE.
By Shawny
October 4, 2006 10:21 AM | Link to this
You tell them it is a resturant. Then you take them there and let them eat. I suspect that the kids will not even pay attention to how the waitresses are dressed.
They are not showing anything that the kids aren’t exposed to anywhere else in public life.
I have taken kids there when they were small, around 5-8 years old. They don’t even pay attention to the waitresses at all. Only the adults with hormones pay attention.
The (hetero) males like it.
The (hetero) females think one of two things: Slut - She should put some clothes on, or You go girl - If you got it, flaunt it.
Leave Hooters alone. It is not adult entertainment. If you don’t like it or approve, don’t go there. If you don’t like the attire, don’t work there.
By ScottK
October 4, 2006 10:56 AM | Link to this
Obviously you’ve never been inside an actual Hooters. They are regularly filled with a variety of diners - groups of guys yes, but also couples and families with plenty of kids. The last Hooters I went to had us on a long wait because the room was full of kids celebrating the end of their little league season. I’m talk 50+ kids about 10 years old. So to even remotely label Hooters as any form of “adult” entertainment is absurd.
By JustAskin'
October 4, 2006 11:05 AM | Link to this
Hooters isn’t a bad place. I like the burgers, but I have to draw the line when they leat pregnant women work. I know, I know that you can’t just fire them, but everyone knows that the yound, attractive females entice the men. I was at one a couple of months ago and I saw a pregnant woman. It’s not adult entertainment, it’s a place that sells food. What about the people that wear that stuff and aren’t selling that. Would we call that searching for attention?
By modestd
October 4, 2006 11:22 AM | Link to this
This is ridiculous. I can not believe this lady is making such a big deal out of this. Would you not take your kids to a Football game at any level of play because the cheerleaders are wearing their “uniforms”? This lady is the same kind of person that tries to ruin all the fun for everyone else. Whats Hooters? Its a damn resturant! Tell your kid that. Just like whats Longhorns? Stupid.
By baby girl
October 4, 2006 11:24 AM | Link to this
@deborah lee - typical post, although you left race out of this one. Do you ever say anything nice about anything?
By Sam
October 4, 2006 11:28 AM | Link to this
I live in an SEC university town. I was amused when “some people” made comments about a Hooters coming to town. At a Saturday afternoon university baseball game, there are more girls wearing less clothes than a full shift of waitresses at Hooters.
By Vick Bartkowski
October 4, 2006 11:38 AM | Link to this
Hooters is filled with heinous white trash. It’s just like Longhorns except for the future stripper coke head waitresses with two kids and two different dads. I go to hooters to laugh at the waitresses. it’s awesome. Comedy like that writes itself. If my kid asked me whats hooters. I would say thats where hussies who didn’t get enough attention from their dad work. If you date a hooters waitress there is about an 80 percent chance you are a meth head. Also, Hooters managers, the black eye on Brittney did not come from a bike accident. Why didn’t she hurt her hands. Take the 80’s gold hose off and show you cottage cheese. My 8 year old doesn’t just love it He likes it. Hooters, White and Black trash serving White and Black trash. Letting the pregnant woman work is hilarious. Larry the Cable Guy is awesome except for his 80’ routine when he had a Polish Chicago accent. Hooters and Jesus fish forever.
By jm
October 4, 2006 11:43 AM | Link to this
Have you taken your kids to the beach or pool lately??? The girls at Hooters are wearing more clothes than the girls in their bathing suits! We take our kids to Hooters all the time. The are super nice to our kids and we all enjoy the food. It’s a resturant-get over it.
On a side note-some of the teenage hostess at other resturants are wearing sexier clothes than the adult waitresses at Hooters!
By Vick Bartkowski
October 4, 2006 11:44 AM | Link to this
Also, women who go o Hooters with your man and say. “Me and Rick just like the food” Have a little self respect and pull your head out of your a*. There’s an applebees just down the road where you can get the same crappy chicken fingers.
By Skip Wall
October 4, 2006 11:47 AM | Link to this
When is the last time you have been to a beach or a shool? You much more scantily clad stuff there. Besides these women are wearing a push up bra under the tank top and all you see is clevage. Do you not see clevage on TV all the time. Tell whats wrong with that? I have no problem taking my child into a Hooters. The folks are always friendly. I also think if your child asks you about stuff like this, then tell them the truth. They already know more than you think they do. We live in a free society that has free enterprise. If you dont like the pretty women, good food and cold beer, then go somewhere else.
By Liz
October 4, 2006 12:01 PM | Link to this
Hooters: Where trashy waitresses attract trashy customers.
By robert
October 4, 2006 12:02 PM | Link to this
If you think explaining Hooters to your ten year old is difficult, what may I ask, will you tell him about Hip-Hop, or Rap music, or cheerleaders or women in, oh my, bathing suits????
By Michelle
October 4, 2006 12:12 PM | Link to this
You could have just said that Hooters is slang for Owl, which I believe is painted right on their exterior. People forget that Hooters is just a play on words, that people read their own meaning into.
By Eric
October 4, 2006 12:19 PM | Link to this
Looks like Vick Bartkowski and Liz haven’t had sex with anyone (even themselves) in a long time.
By Shooter
October 4, 2006 12:29 PM | Link to this
Not a big deal I think Applebys, Chilis, Bennigans, Hooters are pretty much the same. Hooters customers seem to be a little cruder,I think the training is, the more hooters they show the bigger the tips.I prefer Waffle House And Longhorns.
By Darlie
October 4, 2006 12:37 PM | Link to this
What is soo wrong with Hooters we used to go all the time when we lived in Florida on Fort Myers beach man you don’t know what your missing either haha My family and I have gone here and trust me they don’t have nothing on Hooters in Florida ;-) I would much rather go to the ones here in GA if were an insecure women! grow up !! THEY GOT SOME AWESOME WNGS ..and my boys (7,2,6 months) love going also hahaha
By Vick Bartkowski
October 4, 2006 12:51 PM | Link to this
No Eric, I have sex with my beautiful girlfriend at least once a day. I am sorry your fat wife stopped caring about what she looks like after you got married. I know she wears sweat pants out in public, but chances are her nails are done weekly. I don’t care if a hooters opens up, or a strip club or a brothel. I think you missed the point Dr. Ruth. I just wanted to point out the trash that works there and the trash that eat there are. I am pretty sure you cant dispute that. Sex IS dirty when a family goes into Hooters the husband oogles over the an 18 year old w*******’s t** while his wife and kid are there. Just go to the Pink Pony with all the Mexicans and leave the family at home. Please, save the political commentary on your theories of whats wrong with sexual culture in America. Hooters=comedy. It’s fun to watch middle aged fat a* married men try to flirt with Candy and Beth.
By Vick Bartkowski
October 4, 2006 12:54 PM | Link to this
Also Eric, Bass-Ackwards is almost as clever a play on words as Hooters. Get-R-Done. Hilarious.
By CBF
October 4, 2006 1:44 PM | Link to this
Hooters is FUN! Which means the prudes and puritans will have a field day quacking and clucking about it. My only problem with the outfits (acording to friends who work there) is they are tight enough to hurt. Hey Hooters Corporation - if you’re reading this we need one in Loganville!!!!
By George
October 4, 2006 1:48 PM | Link to this
wow Vick, with commentary, we should just shut down this forum. you hit it on the head. way to stick to the topic. friggin internet tough guy. why don’t you go rub one out, and relax?
By phyl
October 4, 2006 1:57 PM | Link to this
Obviously this neanderthal named Vick Bartkowski needs a lesson in respect. Look stupid, Hooters is a restaurant. I take offense to your comments about the waitresses being stupid, slutty and/or uneducated. My daughter worked there while attending college full time. She has since graduated and has earned a law degree. Also, idiot, my husband owns a “bike.” And he does not go there oogling the 18 year old waitresses. You obviously need to learn to respect women and other walks of life. Also for your information, the group of bike riders that go to these establishments are usually there for “charity rides” or meetings within their local bike chapters. The bike riders are from all walks of the professional field. Maybe if you weren’t such an ignorant bigot you would comprehend these things. Oh and by the way, I go to these restaurants and I happen to enjoy the commaraderie of the patrons. Maybe you should stay out these restaurants and fine one that caters to your neanderthal mentality!
By kevmoor
October 4, 2006 2:11 PM | Link to this
Obviously this dude Vick is a moron, He’s probably mad because no 18 year old waitress named Candy or Beth would flirt with is dumb @ss.
By Vick Bartkowski
October 4, 2006 2:56 PM | Link to this
You must be proud of your daughter working at Hooters while she went to law school. Maybe you should have taken some of the money you gave to charity and given it to your daughter so she didn’t have to work at Hooters. Don’t worry the only reason I go to Hooters is for comedy material. Also, bikers exist for the sole pupose to advertise for Harley Davidson. Eveyone knows charity is something you do good for others while other people are watching. If you really wanted to do good for society then donate some money to a hospital or Habitat for Humanity and then don’t tell anyone you did it. Have to advertise don’t you. Try to work that out in your “homoerectus” mind. Wait, I don’t believe in Evolution. I’m a good Christian who loves white trash orange shorts. Loud pipes save lives. Or maybe they just annoy people. Good luck with Tennessee this weekend. I’m just assuming your a Georgia fan.
By Eric
October 4, 2006 3:15 PM | Link to this
“Methinks thou doest protest too much”
That’s Shakespeare Vick. He wrote plays and poems. Reading might do you good. It could open up your horribly closed mind, get you some perspective aside from what you got in the trailer park or local Four Square Gospel Church… and YOU seem to think you’re take on society is pretty correct… looks like most of the non-mouth breathers on here disagree with you.
By DrH
October 4, 2006 3:22 PM | Link to this
Hooters is just like any other restaurant, only more successfully marketed by very smart people. Anyone who thinks there’s anything risque’ about a Hooters has very obviously never been inside one…as many above have said, you see more scantily clad women walking around all over the place than in any Hooters.
I’m sure they appreciate the free advertising this column & blog are providing, however… ;)
By Vick Bartkowski
October 4, 2006 3:36 PM | Link to this
Eric please, I attend Snellville Baptist Church. We wear jeans to church and then go to Hooters. Nice quote Eric. Which play is that from? I am being a bit of an a*. How about a truce. I’ll be at the jack shack on Chesire Bridge later. Eric I actually think your opinion is relevant from your first post. I’m glad i could get everyone fired up. Have a lovely day everyone. “Seriously, dude. Their wings are awesome.”
By Vick Bartkowski
October 4, 2006 3:41 PM | Link to this
Also, If anyone thinks I am serious. You need help. I go on here just to make myself laugh. We are debating about a restaurant where girls with short shorts wait tables. Who Cares? I love it. Some of the stuff I said is true though. Well maybe most.
By WTF
October 4, 2006 3:56 PM | Link to this
Hooters is coming to town???
There are already 20 Hooters restaurants in the Atlanta area, including two very near Lawrenceville. Hooters has been in town, and for quite awhile.
By Play that funky music whiteboy
October 4, 2006 3:58 PM | Link to this
Any woman who feels intimidated/offended by Hooter’s Restaurant has obviously never been inside one. Hey Jacqueline - get a sitter and go there for dinner with your husband or a girlfriend one night. After the first 5 minutes you will look across the table and go - “Is this what all the fuss is about?” For crying out loud, the outfits on Dancing With the Stars are more revealing.
By Jo
October 4, 2006 4:00 PM | Link to this
I agree with Thrash, Katie, Rich, Vick & Liz & if anyone thinks that by agreeing with Vic & Liz I never have sex-WRONG. My guy & I have a very active, loving relationship, both physically & otherwise. He’d never have been interested in me if I worked at Hooters; he wants a girlfriend who doesn’t use her body to make money. Hey, I have large breasts too, but, newsflash! I also have brains & skills. Those will be there long after my breasts have gone south. Just Askin: Any establishment who refuses an applicant employment because they’re pregnant, et al, is just looking to be slapped with a lawsuit. Phyl: Oh you must be REAL proud of your daughter (cough gag). And Vick DOES respect women but only if they are LADIES & therefore WORTHY of respect.
By Vick Bartkowski
October 4, 2006 4:13 PM | Link to this
Thanks Jo, Somebody finally got it. Good job Atlanta. I’m really not all that bad. Funky Music, I thought you were a Notre Dame Grad. C’mon your better than that. Hooters!!!! Even Adam Sandler makes fun of it in Big Daddy.To phyl, I was going to read the new Harry potter book but but everyone in Loganville was looking out for my best interest and decided to ban the book. I guess i’ll just have to read the book with the talking snake in a tree.
By Jo
October 4, 2006 4:23 PM | Link to this
Vick, you might also like the sequel. There’s a chapter about a virgin who gives birth & the boy grows up to multiply loaves & fishes, among other things. Seriously, yes, I believe in God, I just think religion can get rather silly.
By JustAskin'
October 4, 2006 4:41 PM | Link to this
I am not dumb, but it sure is really ugly to see an 8 month old pregnant chick in shorts serving at Hooters. This is just a debateable a strip clubs. Face it, sex sells.
By Taz
October 4, 2006 4:59 PM | Link to this
I have never understood why Atlantans view Hooters as the equivalent of a strip club. The original Hooters in Clearwater, Florida, was a family restaurant where everyone stopped on their way home from the beach. The girls that work at Hooters aren’t showing us anything we can’t see at basically any mall. And as far as being degrading to women…how so? No one forced these women to work there. When Heidi Klum or Naomi Campbell walk the runway because they are beautiful…is that degrading to them? When People Magazine releases it’s 50 most beautiful people issue…are those people degraded? Get over it people.
By Michael
October 4, 2006 5:34 PM | Link to this
Phew! It was getting way too dangerous to go to the one on Jimmy Carter in Norcross.
By Brett "the hitman" Hart
October 4, 2006 6:57 PM | Link to this
They have a nice 5.99 steak at the Pink Pony. Mmmmm.
By Deborah Lee
October 4, 2006 9:40 PM | Link to this
Admit it, you gay guys go there to wait for the straight guy to get all excited watching the waitresses, that they will never get it on with, and then you make your move in the parking lot. ADMIT IT!! HA HA
By Carol
October 4, 2006 10:20 PM | Link to this
Um, how is Hooters such a big deal? They couldn’t even make it in Snellville - what’s up with that?
By DwayneL
October 4, 2006 11:44 PM | Link to this
I wish they would open a Hooters in Alpharetta first! My whole family (key word here is family) loves the food there and I personally like the orange shorts if worn by the right person. The bottom line here is if you don’t like, you have the right not to go there. I also have the right to go and enjoy my food and eye candy.
By Anthony
October 5, 2006 12:44 AM | Link to this
Alot of people put down Hooters as a resturant. First, the women wear black shorts now instead of orange. Second, Every time I go to a Hooters I see more couples and families there then just single men. On various occasions, I have seen groups of women there as well. All women that work there do not wear skippy tops or too short shorts……..Haressment of employees is not accepted there at all. I have never encountered one bad visit there in all of my years as a patron of the establishment. I think alot of women think Hooters is a “guys only resturant”. Actually it is not. It’s just another sports bar with a theme to it and if see it as just being that. That is all that it really is. I would rather go to a Hooters any day than to visit a stip club.
By pharaoh
October 5, 2006 6:01 AM | Link to this
Carol,Hooters did very good in Snellville I went there the whole time it was there the Hooter girls told me they didnt like to stay in one place to long,dont know if its true or not, the Hooter girls always come by to see if every thing is allright something many places fail to do these days Doh! try the fried pickels yum yum
By SGHS
October 5, 2006 8:00 AM | Link to this
Hey Deborah…. how old are you? Seriously…
By Proud to be Kid-Free
October 5, 2006 8:37 AM | Link to this
Hooters has the best hot wings in town and I’ve seen more scantily-clad cocktail waitresses in Las Vegas. Besides, if you’ll notice the employee photos on the walls and actually TALK with the waitresses, you’ll see that a few of them are waitressing there to pay for college (at least three waitresses in the location I frequent are) because they will get better tips than waitressing at Denny’s. Why? Because Hooters is a BAR! Alcohol sales = higher tips.
That part being said, one thing I ask is PLEASE do not bring your kids there! Hooters does not have high chairs (at least, fortunately not in the location my friends and I frequent and I hope it stays that way) for a reason because HOOTERS IS A BAR!! KIDS DO NOT BELONG IN BARS!! My friends and I DO NOT WANT TO HEAR YOUR BRATS SCREAMING at the table next to mine while we are enjoying a pitcher of beer and a platter of hot wings after a hard day’s work! Not to mention the fact that many of my friends who waitressed their way through nursing school found that the WORST tippers (at any restaurant) and the ones who left the biggest messes for them to clean up were families with small kids. The best tippers were actually the bikers!
By JustAskin'
October 5, 2006 9:10 AM | Link to this
I remember during the Happy Hours days living in New Mexico that children were not allowed in bars. If you arrived at a restaurant and wanted to sit in the bar area with a child, the would politely tell you that you would have to sit in the dining area.
By Mark
October 5, 2006 9:18 AM | Link to this
“Ladies”, Just because your @ss is as big as your jealousy streak, doesn’t make HOOters a bad place. Put down the bon bons and maybe men will not gag when walk by.
By WHO CARES
October 5, 2006 9:30 AM | Link to this
Vick Bartkowski You sure know alot about being a waitress and stripper and being a meth head. How long were you in the industry? You talk about white trash and then quote Larry the Cable Guy? I wonder what 90% of his fan base is. Your obivous obsession with going to Hooters and watching “other men hit on women”, why don’t you go back home to your beautiful wife and have sex with her instead of getting “comedy material.” Then to say you are on here just to have fun? Don’t you have anything better to do? Friends, family, beautiful wife, or going to diddle yourself at Hooters while you watch other men hit on women.
By phyl
October 5, 2006 9:34 AM | Link to this
You know what Vick, I am proud that my daughter decided to work her way through college instead thinking everything in her life will be handed to her on a silver platter. And the comment about Loganvilel banning the Harry Potter books — sorry you are lumping me in with the rest of the narrow minded people that think Harry Potter books promote withcraft. I am all for kids reading books. There is nothing wrong with Harry Potter books. Oh by the way, I do contribute to charity quite frequently. So have you ever been on a charity ride with the Harley Davidson crowd? You should, you could learn a thing or two about giving and promoting charitable events instead of giving lip service to it.
By Rod
October 5, 2006 9:56 AM | Link to this
This is pathetic. All of you who are against the Hooters because the women wear skimpy outfits need to get a clue. Have any of you actually been in a Hooters? Obviously not - you can see alot more skin at your neighborhood pool. Do you ban your kids and families from going to the pool? The Hooters’ waitresses are fully clothed - including pantyhose.
If someone has a great brain and uses it to become a Doctor - people say great. If someone has incredible athletic ability and uses it to become a pro athlete - people say great. However, if someone has a nice body and uses it to make tips - you condemn her. How hypocritical.
Trust me, we don’t want jerks like you going to our restaurants anyway - so just keep your little narrow minds away.
By American Mother
October 5, 2006 11:29 AM | Link to this
When there was a hooters in Snellville, I took my boys, they were very uncomfortable and asked to leave, I just wanted some wings. NOW they are 18 and almost 17 and I am sure they would go now, but still not with their Mother!!!!! (What was I thinking????!!!!)
By Bonedaddy
October 5, 2006 12:55 PM | Link to this
I love trashy women.
By Richard
October 5, 2006 2:44 PM | Link to this
The women who are against Hooters are just a bunch of jealous ugly women. Don’t hate the Hooters girls just because they’re sexy - hate yourself for being a dog!!
By Michael
October 5, 2006 3:16 PM | Link to this
Last time I was at HOOters I ended up going to the Pony for that $5.99 steak. And the big screen behind the stage — priceless.
By Woodie
October 5, 2006 4:04 PM | Link to this
I love the waitresses at Hooters. I hate the food. My stomach is more important so I don’t patronize Hooters. The waitresses are just a pleasant distraction. But I’d never take my wife or significant other to this place. I wouldn’t want to offend the one I choose to go home with.
By J.C.Mac
October 5, 2006 4:50 PM | Link to this
Come on Ms.Bullard last I checked you had a right not to go into this place to eat.
By Kathleen
October 5, 2006 6:20 PM | Link to this
ALthough I would hate for one of my daughters to work there, I’d say the men are the ones being exploited! These girls make money off of the men’s stupidity! If a man has to go to Hooters to get some attention…
By Kat
October 5, 2006 8:28 PM | Link to this
My Dad used to take me and my 2 siblings to Hooters when we were young, saying it was a family restaurant. I am an adult now, and agree with him. I see kids at Hooters all the time, and wouldn’t think twice about taking my own kids. With all the violence and sex on TV I hardly think short shorts and a tank top is going to ruin a child. Hooters has a fun environment, and I personally like their food.
By Sunshine
October 6, 2006 2:57 PM | Link to this
What is the big deal with Hooters? We have gone to Hooters to eat because of their delicious food and once they had games for kids such as hoola hoop contest, etc. Their waitresses look more presentable than their own moms who haul them around town. They have on shorts and tank tops for crying our loud. The girls at school wear worst than this at ballgames, etc. You must have run out of things to write about this week. This is a “no brainer”. The ones complainin probably don’t even blink an eye when their child is in the room as they watch Jerry Springer, Nip/Tuck, etc.. Get real people. It beats another dollar store with Mexican crap in it and another Mexican hole…