I once asked a person who could generously be termed “trailor trash” were she would go to celebrate graduating from high school. With a completely straight face she said, “Some place classy, like Hooters.” Now it could be that she’s a complete abberation, but it does point to a low class, blue collar comedy tour feel to the place. It may be that some folks’ disdain for the establishment has to do with its low class vibe (which, like the soft porn vibe, they cultivate).
I once attended a 3 day Diversity workshop, given by three of the MOST politically correct people you could imagine. As a matter of fact, they could have been cartoons for political correctness. Over lunch we got to talking about local restaurants and suggestions were given for some of the better ethnic places in town. Somebody said that if you travel west along a certain road you’d hit one that featured very good California cuisine. With a straight face I added, “Or, if you go east, you’ll find a Hooters.”
I was treated to a 20 minute long diatribe on why Hooters was the devil. As much as I tried to interject that I KNEW they would never go to Hooters and that it was a joke, I couldn’t get her to stop.
OK, I’ve been to Hooters four or five times. There used to be one near a place I worked that I went to for lunch a couple of times. And my wife heard they had crab so she thought they might have a “chippie special” – a good seafood dish to attract guys who wanted to score with a sexy date.
The food is mediocre, which is why I haven’t been to Hooters more often. The waitress uniforms just aren’t all that. I’ve been to strip clubs more foten, and THAT’s where you see women dressing for male tastes.
As a thought experiement, I thought about what sort of waitress outfit would lead me to patronize a restaurant even if it had mediocre food. I’m thinking thongs and crop tops, or thongs and low-cut bras, or best of all sling thongs. (Google it, any link is gonna break the SDMB linking rules.)
I’m not holding my breath waiting for this to happenb. A lot of people are very threatened at any societal acknowledgement of male sexual interest in women – you can see it in this thread, where some posters advance the notion that there is something innately worng with men finding women’s bodies to be sexy.
I have never been to Hooter’s and would like to go. I have heard the food is good and the beer is not; since I don’t drink beer, I’d give it a try. I don’t know how weird it would be eating alone there as a 43 year old woman, though, so I have not yet been.
No one wants to go with me. I’d like to see what the fuss is about. If those waitresses wear tank tops and shorts, then they are less scantily clad than most women in Fresno in the summer.
My husband won’t take me and he won’t go. He has a problem with women feigning interest in him in hopes of a big tip/ look but can’t touch.
The women were quite cute, but not stunning.
Their outfits showed a lot of leg, but little cleavage. The girl behind the bar where I usually drink shows way more cleavage than I viewed today.
The women were friendly, but in no way would I call them “flirty.” They did their job and smiled and were nice.
My waitress was 7 or 8 months pregnant and - with all deferance to expectant mothers - I in no way found her sexy.
I ordered the Buffalo Shrimp. I have not had these anywhere else in the area and they were quite good. I would return just for them. The other food seemed a little pricey, but really in the same range as Applebees or TGIFs. I can’t tell you whether the other food was any better or not.
In summary: Nice, cute girls, friendly but not overtly so and food that I enjoyed. I would return but not every day nor every week. I did not see anything particularly bad about it.
I enjoy going to Hooters! I am a regular at the Largo Drive Hooters in Nashville, Tennessee. I have been going there for several years now. I like the food – the burgers, chicken and steak sandwiches, and the chocolate cake! (I suppose that means I do not have a particularly discriminating palate!) I have always had a good time there!
A lot of people here have said that they do not find the traditional Hooters costume very sexy. I like the costume myself! I think it is because of my superheroine fetish (which I have mentioned in several other posts) – it is colorful and skimpy, plus the tights are a turn-on for me! Of course, sometimes the girls wear variants of the original “orange-and-white” costume – variety is nice!
The waitresses at my preferred location are not overly seductive or flirty. I do enjoy talking to them, especially the ones that have known me for a while. A number of them will come by and visit me even if they are not officially “waiting” on me at the time. One thing I really enjoy doing is bringing the magazine “Fortean Times” into the restaurant after picking up the newest issue from the “Great Escape”, the local comic book shop – the girls enjoy seeing the wierd pictures and stories, and I get a kick out of all the attention! It makes me feel much younger than my 45 years!
Never been to one (because there aren’t any in the country, and certainly not in Queensland), nor am I likely to go to one the next time I’m in the US (or they open up here), for several reasons.
The major one is that I have no desire to go to a sports bar.
The equally major one is that I’m not keen on women “flirting” with me/pretending to be interested sexually in the hopes of getting a tip.
If I want to see hot women not wearing a lot, I can go the local shopping mall or the beach- I don’t need to patronise a bar trading on a droll double entendre.
Goes for those who’re going to consider me a chump at the same time as shaking me down until I rattle, too. That’s why I don’t play the game, and pole-dancers and all other professional cock-teasers can go pump gas for a living for all I care.
Admittedly, once a month I go to a place near work where £9.50 will buy a pretty young girl’s attention for fifteen minutes - but they throw in a haircut as well.
