RIP Hooters

It isn't just Hooters. Twin Peaks and Tilted Kilt are still going strong, embarrassingly.

Is tilted kilt the gay version?
- Uh... You realize Hooters is already "the gay version", right? Not that* calling any of them "the gay version" in the first place makes any sense, since that's determined by the sexuality of the person going to the restaurant, not of the workers in the restaurant.
Never heard of Tilted Kilt...
they aren't even wearing a sporran or even kilt hoses!!!
TF is wrong with them!

Story time. I was traveling in the US on a vacation there with my family. I'm talking a European couple in their 30s with two girls, around 5 and 7 yo. We made a stop for gas and lunch and went to Hooters... We realized the nature of the place after we were seated. By this time, we wouldn't dare to leave without eating... Lunch was short that day. I don't think the kids realized anything though.

There weren't any kids involved, just my wife and me, but the same thing happened the first and only time I went to Tilted Kilt.
- I learned the term for these establishments is "Brestaurant."

I had a friend in like 5th grade who was always talking about how his dad took him there for birthdays and stuff. Even back then I thought it was lame. I've been dragged there a few times and never found any of the waitresses to be that impressive to be honest. Like they were attractive and all but nothing out of the ordinary you would see anywhere else.

I used to go to hooters sometimes because it was the only place in town with an all you can eat wings night and the wings were really good.

I hated the experience overall but I can eat a lot of wings if I put my mind to it which evened it out a lot.

Pretty sure every job I've had, there's always been one or two creepy 50-60 y/o's who bring up Hooters unsolicited and exclaim that "I go there for the wings! They're actually pretty good!"

Like, dude, you're not fooling anyone. Just say you like tits. Or better, shut your fucking mouth and don't say anything at all - I really don't care how good your meal at the titty bar was.

- I'm learning that there are a lot of towns with exactly one restaurant, and it just happens to be a Hooters.
  They don't want to support a business that blatantly objectifies women - they didn't have a choice! It's the wings' fault!
I had a pretty decent burger at a Hooters when I was working in an area without a whole lot of other choices nearby that weren't burger king. I've been tempted a time or two to hit up hooters for that burger again, but I can't bring myself to do it.

i really don't think americans understand how wild it is to outsiders, even the concept of a strip club is absolutely insane to me as a swede. I've never even seen a dedicated sex shop, only "adult toys" discreetly tucked away behind the counter at a grimey tech chain that went out of business a while back.

I think what sets of the alarm bells in my head is that it's specifically the theme of the place, if you don't make it about tits but still exclusively hire stacked waitresses it feels way less uncomfortable, assuming you also skip the fetish uniforms...