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Hooters is a pretty weird compromise between Moralism and Libertarianism - on one hand the whole point of it is "fat titties" and going there is an almost open admission of wanting to go see fat titties but on the socially acceptable side whilst just going to a strip joint fall on the not socially acceptable side.
In other words, Hooters is kinda like the "no man's land" between the one side and the other in the weird war between Moralism and Libertarianism in America.
it's so weird, too, because Hooters was originally founded to make use of a closed down strip club, and they just leaned on that as a gimmick. they hired all the sex workers who had worked at that strip club. but they did all as a joke.
like there's a universe where hooters was founded by a locally owned employee driven co-op to keep the people who depended on that strip club solvent, and did their whole "it's a family joint" as a schtick to maintain their employees' dignities. instead we got buffalo wild wings that degrades their employees' dignities even further than buffalo wild wings by objectifying them entirely and fetishizing the product they sell.
Is Hooters just an American maid cafe?
What is a maid cafe? Is it like a Japanese conversation club?
Yes but without maids
Or the cafe part.
Well, I guess they have dessert so there's technically some overlap of what a cafe would have, but I don't associate hot wings with cafe.
Dude yes it absolutely is
Yeah, I'm an absolute pervert but hooters feels icky to me. Like, I'll gladly mix sluttiness, alcohol, and food. I'd love it if I could get some appetizers at a leather bar. And while strip clubs aren't to my taste, I respect them as honest sex work at least on the part of the strippers and patrons. But hooters is this thin facade. It's a place I associate with people telling themselves they aren't going to a strip club. Whether it's to introduce their son to manhood or to have a night out with the boys. It's not a strip club, but very specifically so.
There was a place near me called Smut N Eggs. Was a bar that catered to graveyard shift, we'd swing there after work at 6 in the morning to kickstart our "evening". Inside where you would expect to see sports games on the TVs around the bar, they had vintage porn playing. The walls were covered with centerfolds.
The waitress, Michelle or Chele for short, was about 50 years old, had a smokers rasp and the look of someone who'd spent most of her younger years riding on a motorcyle, and suffered absolutely no bullshit. The food was amazing, the vast majority of people weren't even looking at the screens, they were just digging into their dinner or breakfast at 6 in the morning with a beer or three on the side.
Place burned down years ago...damned shame.
I'm rather upset your comment was so short because I was completely enthralled in your story.
I went to a Hooters once around 2006 or so. Their hottest wing sauce was called "911" and for fun when the waitress came around I pointed to that on the menu and told her that I was deeply offended that Hooters would dare to use our "sacred tragedy" of 9/11 for the name of some wings. She immediately got all bug-eyed and said "oh no no no no no that's not what it means" and ran to get her manager. Manager dude came over and apologized profusely and insisted it was named after the emergency phone number. He comped the whole table's bill and gave me four $50 gift certificates to boot. At that point I was way too embarrassed to admit I was just kidding.
I never ended up using the gift certificates. It helped that Hooter's food sucks.
I've just spent a solid half an hour in this comment section...
For the wings, of course
Not the thighs and breasts?
I'm more of a pork butt man.
I feel morally obligated to put this into the thread.
Hooters is coming up with a delivery service where the Hooters' girl will come to your house and give you the restaurant experience at home.
They are planning on calling it Knockers.
I just recently read a piece in which it was noted that the hooters waitresses are great allies to closeted gay boys that get taken to hooters by parents or family to encourage 'normal' heterosexual behavior.
I want expecting that but it was a pretty great aspect of a phenomenon that always seemed very one dimensional and flat to me.
I think I read this article too. It makes sense in a way.
What explains the connection between Hooters waitresses and young gay men? Perhaps these women — so often stigmatized as almost sex workers, so accustomed to society’s sidelong glances — see kindred spirits in the boys who aren’t quite “right.” Or maybe it’s simpler: a waitress’s knack for reading a room, turned tender for those who need it most.
That was a great read. Thanks for finding the article!
That's it! Thanks for digging it up.
Oh, don't forget about Hoots, their brand without the outfits and the same food. Not a joke.
Without the outfits? 🫣
Your comment did not mean what I thought it meant
I am deeply disappointed
Oh. OH. Oh my.
