Yeah, it's located on the next street *east* of the strip (Paradise I believe), so that probably helps the price. Hope you don't regurgitate those God awful wings. Maybe go to the adjacent McDonald's and get some McNuggets
Employees shocked as Hooters shutters Galveston location It was one of 40 'underperforming' locations, including at least eight in Texas, recently closed by the trend-setting 'breastaurant' chain. By Chris Gray,Gulf coast reporterJune 24, 2024 Hooters' Galveston Island location opened in 2017 in a building that had previously housed several other restaurants. Chris Gray Social media was less than kind upon learning that Galveston Island’s only Hooters, the anachronistic chain restaurant that decades ago ignited the so-called “breastaurant” trend, had abruptly shut down Sunday. “The ‘80s called and wanted their ‘Hooters’ back,” crowed a commenter on the Galveston Talk public Facebook group, adding two “joy” emojis as punctuation. “Waste of space,” said another. “Service wasn’t good there anyways.” Despite the company’s assertions it would continue opening restaurants in the U.S. and internationally, Galveston was one of around 40 “underperforming” Hooters locations nationwide included in this latest round of closures, Nation’s Restaurant News reported Monday morning. At least eight of those reportedly are in Texas: in addition to Galveston, CultureMap Houston reported the location on Kirby closed, while the Austin American-Statesman cited Seabrook, Bryan, McAllen, San Angelo, Wichita Falls and Lubbock. The news seems to have caught employees off guard as well. On the same post, one noted that staff had been asked to attend a meeting Sunday at 7:30 a.m.; there, she said, they were informed of the closure and that, if they were interested in transferring to another location, they were expected to help clean and close the restaurant over the next three days. “It was a slap in the face,” she added. In the discussion, a few of the 180-plus commenters stuck up for the grilled chicken sandwiches but were less enamored of the long wait times and indifferent service. Overall, the closure came as little surprise. “Just ate there on Friday and it took an hour for our food and there was like 3 other families in there,” another commenter said. “I said I don’t know how they stay open.” Dennis Byrd, owner of island favorite The Spot (also now open in League City), extended an offer on its Facebook page for any now-former Hooters employees to apply with his company, noting on Facebook the interview hours and contacts for both front-of-house and heart-of-house positions. “We’re growing our team and will grow more locations,” he said. “We’d love an opportunity to interview you.” Hooters Galveston was one of around 40 locations shut down recently, with little warning to either customers or employees. Other commenters suggested the restaurant’s awkward location, which opened in 2017 on 61st Street a few blocks from I-45, did little to work in its favor. Suggestions for a better use of the building, site of many restaurants over the years, included a skating rink, jazz bar, or something with a boat dock that could take advantage of the adjacent Offatts Bayou. Founded in 1983 in Clearwater, Fla., Hooters began as “six businessmen with no restaurant experience whatsoever [who] got together to open a place they couldn’t get kicked out of,” according to the company’s website, which now boasts of more than 400 restaurants in 29 countries. As the chain expanded, its servers’ signature uniform of orange short-shorts with low-cut white T-shirts became, if nothing else, a wildly successful example of branding while simultaneously drawing constant criticism as sexist and tacky. According to a 2012 Texas Monthly article, Hooters hit its sales peak with $960 million in 2007, and by then had inspired myriad copycat chains such as Dallas-based Twin Peaks, Bikinis, Bombshells, Ojos Locos, and Tilted Kilt. But reminiscent of the recent troubles at Red Lobster, lately Hooters has struggled.
TBH you're not wrong. Hooters feels like something out of a boomer time capsule. Millennials and definitely Gen Z don't have the same comfort level with overtly sexual things. If you wanna eat wings you go to a sports bar. If you wanna eat wings and see t***/ass you go to a strip club with a buffet. Hooters falls into this weird grey area that's just not viable anymore. I think places like Bombshells and Twin Peaks are good examples of how toning it down a bit and modernizing has worked. Meanwhile Hooters' entire aesthetic feels like something out of a 1980s cardio VHS tape turned porno. The only places where they feel appropriate are like Las Vegas, Florida, and Cancun.
Women who are scantily dressed will always be viable, especially if they're age 18-25. The problem with Hooters is too many other similar restaurants have taken what they've done and done it better. There's a reason most Twin Peaks are within "a rock's throw" from a Hooters -- the customer base/mind-frame has already been established in that particular square block. Bombshells really set it off by adding a DJ and staying open until 2am every night. I know many waitresses who have gone from Hooters directly to Twin Peaks. People have also said Hooters' food has fallen off over the years. So the Hooters premise is still the same, and every generation still likes T & A -- it's just the fact other businesses have done it better, and Hooters didn't do enough upgrades.
Just like Blockbuster, they didn't change with the times. I haven't been to one in probably 15 years, hell I didn't know they were still open. I do like Twin Peaks, the food is actually pretty decent
Guilty as charged, never been and don't care to. It sounds like renting p*rn on directv and watching it in the family room. Awkward and overpriced.
Despite it's location in Southern Oklahoma, this place reigned supreme along "Breastaurant Row" (Redneck Heaven and Twin Peaks next door to each other on the west side of I-35, Tilted Kilt and Hooters directly across on the east side) in Lewisville. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Redneck_Heaven
Yep not sure exactly when it closed and was surprised it lasted that long. I remember there was a lawsuit against the owners of that franchise several years ago. I actually never went to the Hooters in Mall of America or any other ones in the US but did go to the Hooters in Singapore. I went with a mixed group of male and female Singaporeans and they wanted to see what it was like. I don't know whether it was an Asian Hooters but it seemed pretty odd as they made the wait staff do cheers and hula hoop tricks. One funny thing was when one of the Singaporeans asked our waitress how hot the hot wings actually were she told us they are American so not very hot.
Vinegar flavored breading certainly isn’t appealing anymore. The one on NASA had dime-time wings back in the day. (do you remember that, @boomboom ?) My buddies and I would go and they would bring out a huge serving tray with wings. Pitchers of beer were $5 each too. I think we would get out of there for under $60 stuffed and drunk. No way in hell I would eat like that now though.
I worked at the Nassau Bay Hilton when that crazy dentist wife ran over her husband. Would also go scarf down some I-talian food over at Angelo's on Bay Area during their Sunday brunch.
The last time I went to Hooters was a few years ago, I think. I've only been about 5 times in the last 10 years. I really gave up on them when they changed their sauces. I tried a couple of them and they were disgusting. The wings were also those nasty big ol' wings that are the size of drumsticks. They died when they got rid of their sauces... especially the beloved Bentley sauce. Despite all that, I found out not too long ago they're a global franchise with locations in multiple countries. *shrug*
