So-called "breastaurant" chain Hooters will close two more Georgia restaurants little more seven months after it was acquired out of bankruptcy by a group of its original founders. The two upcoming closures will take place at the close of normal business Sunday, May 24.
The two restaurants slated for closure are located in Roswell and Newnan.
In Roswell Hooters is located at 795 Holcomb Bridge Road where it occupies an endcap of a multi-tenant strip center. The Hooters closing in Newnan occupies a freestanding building at 1001 Bullsboro Drive just off I-85 and in front of Walmart and Hobby Lobby.
Hooters was established in Clearwater, Florida in 1983, but later relocated its headquarters to metro Atlanta. At its peak, the chain had more than 430 restaurants across 42 states and 29 countries. Today there are about 250 locations worldwide.
The company closed about 40 locations in June 2024 including Georgia units in Hiram, McDonough, and Brunswick, where a ground-up restaurant debuted June 17, 2019. The company also closed its Hoots Wings by Hooters (originally Hoot's Righteous Wings) at Madison Yards in Reynoldstown.
Hooters of America, Inc. filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in March 2025. Last June, the company closed more than 30 restaurants around the country, including Georgia units in Downtown Atlanta, Duluth, Douglasville and Valdosta.
This past July the chain also closed its restaurants along Cobb Parkway at Akers Mill Square near Cumberland Mall and along Washington Road in Augusta, not far from Augusta National Golf Club.
In recent months, the original owners (dba Hooters Inc.) have acquired roughly 140 locations with plans to “re-Hooterize” the brand. The effort is led by Neil Kiefer, who was once the founders’ lawyer and is now the company's chief executive. Kiefer aims to return Hooters to what he describes as its core identity — "a casual place with a family-friendly vibe."
The New York Times this week published an extensive article - Hooters Says Bring The Kids - detailing the brand's efforts to attract families and clean up its image. (The photos in the article seem to resemble scenes from Fuddruckers in its heyday more than Hooters of yesteryear.)
Following the Roswell and Newnan closures, Hooters will operate just five locations in Georgia including metro Atlanta restaurants on Old Highway 41 in Kennesaw and Mall of Georgia Boulevard outside the Mall of Georgia in Buford.
Are you surprised to see Hooters close its Roswell and Newnan restaurants? What would you like to see open in place of the Roswell and Newnan Hooters once they close? Would you feel comfortable taking you family to Hooters?
Please share your thoughts below.
15 comments:
Not surprised to see Hooters closed anywhere. It is a sexist, demeaning, third rate hash house frequented most by middle aged men in polyester shirts. No place for families. Efforts to improve are appriciated but there is a lot to overcome.
Guess someone will be missing the pair of hooters
You should open your treasured Fair Trade, Lesbian-Inspired Progressive Tofu Cafe that I'm sure the public is clamoring for in the place of Hooters
Only ever been to Hooters once, 37 years ago. Totally unimpressed.
The one I went to had men in cotton shirts
The problem with the change is that their food sucks. The only reason to go there was the servers. Nobody went to Hooters for the food. And on the few occasions I visited, the customers were mostly blue collared workers, not creepy middle aged guys in polyester suits. RIP.
They always close in pairs. Also, they were two difference sizes.
Heartbroken the Roswell location has closed. My roommate and I went there on a regular bases. The food was good and the beer was cold. We lost Red Lobster in that area also. Don't understand why this area can't support decent restaurants. That leaves Brookwood Grill where I am a regular. Praying that they stay open!!
I take it they denied you employment huh
At one point in the mid 90's I knew every girl that worked there personally. We managed the Applebee's on Alpha Hwy. and would make a bee line to Hooters for pitchers every night. Met my ex wife there even. Sad to see it go.
The only reason to visit was to see the hooters... the food sucks.
Scandalous waitresses and bs pricing. Back in 2000 a glass of tea and a beer was the same price.
Red Lobster couldn't get out of their own way....HORRIBLE service. Brookwood Grill has excellent management. They aren't going anywhere.
Wings are tuff and flavorless! I do not need to look at women with cotton stockings while I eat my food!
I thought Hooters were sports bar like gentlemen club
It all got confused when they tried to make a family restaurant
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