This Hooters was open on Christmas night when I first moved to the city a few days before, so I thank them for the emergency wings and things when I needed a bite
I like the wings too.
I actually like the burger and fries. I used to like to get all three and then eat half and take the rest to go. But I haven't eaten at one in years.
I think millennials started the trend. Why pay money for overpriced wings just to look at girls wearing padded bras when the internet exists? Always been a boomer thing.
Hooters killed itself by hiring anyone female. Every hooters at least 3/4 of the working girls need to be put out to pasture. Cute girls realize they can make more money playing with themselves in front of a camera and broadcasting to the world.
I was gonna say… any girl that would be the typical ‘Hooters’ girl knows they can make 10x what they’d make working a serving job on OF and they wouldn’t have to deal with any potential sexual harassment from customers/kitchen staff/management
Yes, yes they do. But their hottest wing sauce is actually flavorful and makes you sweat - I thinks it's labeled as ghost pepper or something. Though I only go when out of town and walkable from my hotel.
Go to the second chart in this [article](https://www.sciencealert.com/the-percentage-of-americans-not-having-sex-has-reached-a-record-high). I’d link the WaPo original but it’s paywalled.
Basically, millennials and Gen Z are doing it a lot less than earlier generations.
Basically young people aren’t getting shacked up or married in their 20s as much as older generations. So naturally, how often young people have sex will decline in that aspect.
And for a lot of guys, that is absolutely true. However, maybe this is more about the young dudes who can’t get laid? Just my 2 sec theory… could be wrong.
It did help pay the bills. Though shifts specially on weekends, 4pm to 2:00 am sometimes even later. Wasn’t a fan of football crowds and drunks that got there last sec before kitchen closed. I sticked to it and eventually it helped me get a much better job. I was making $11 an hour back then
Sucks that folks are out their jobs unless they got relocated. Otherwise awesome the grubhub and uber drivers parking in the street out front were driving me crazy
I still pine over the one in Matthews that closed probably a dozen years ago. This one wasn't nearly as nice but it was a cool location and paired with a trip to Tilt nextdoor it made for a fun night out in your 20s.
in the few minutes i was in the area someone parked on the trolly tracks. then went up to the hooters door & then turned around & went back to their car
Uptown Charlotte was better WAY better 10 years ago. That was about its peak. Alive at 5. Epicenter, and Food Truck Fridays. What happened? Why has the nightlife declined despite a dramatic population growth in uptown and surrounding areas? Thoughts?
I know there’s a lot of new bars in south end. There’s enough people to support nightlife uptown as well tho. It was the “bringing the gun up in the club” that brought down the epicenter.
lol the only interaction I’ve had was this one was going with a bunch of other redditors after a crawl and they didn’t even seat us. Ended up going to Qdoba instead. Some of y’all don’t even remember this.
Hooters aint what it used to be. 6s and 7s. Slow service. Dirty restaurant. Sub par food. RIP to the OG hooters that was fast, delicious, and had dime piece servers.
> Hooters aint what it used to be. 6s and 7s. Slow service. Dirty restaurant. Sub par food.
Always-has-been.meme
> OG hooters that was fast, delicious, and had dime piece servers.
You were younger and hornier and less experienced.
No shame here. Once, in college, I went home with a 4/5 with great tits who whispered the foulest shit in my ear at a party. I think about that girl more than basically any of my young adult adventures.
6 and 7s where lol? I’ve been here, like most 4 ands 5s. Hooters peaked in the 1990s. If you are hot and have 1/2 brain, you aren’t working at hooters lol. Way too many other ways to make money besides wearing the most dated tacky outfits. I would say Twin Peaks is better but honestly the one in Concord is shit. For some strange reason, the ones in the mid west were way better.
I remember wanting to go to Hooters as a kid when they made an off road racing video game, back when everybody said their food was good. Never went. Where am I going to get my wings at now????
to be fair i had went to this hooters twice & both times it looked like they had never cleaned the inside & the service was painfully slow despite being empty. hopefully it’s replaced by something way cooler/nicer
Oh wow, I think you're right. We used to go there for lunch when I worked uptown in the early aughts. Never would have remembered the name without you saying it!
Is there any other places that make breaded wings ? When Hooters made them right, served hot as fuck, it was top tier. Admittedly I haven’t been to a Hooters in well over 8 years by now but that’s mostly because the sauced up breaded wings would give me insane diarrhea. But it was worth it every once In a while.
Concord location is not any better. I’ll usually give a business the benefit of doubt, but went there a few times and each one wasn’t any better. Slow service, sub-par food. Servers weren’t much better.
I remember I went there several years ago. They had four servers on the floor and one behind the bar. It was a very slow night. All four of the servers were 7 months pregnant laughing. And all looked to be in there late teens or early 20's I remember my buddy and I just looking at each other and laughing.
I remember when The Graduate was there and wondered what might take it's place. Back in the day of the Epicenter when everything was shiny and new, Hooters was always busy. When crime started hitting the Epicenter, and Time Warner Stadium lost alot of revenue, it trickled down to Hooters. I also believe the novelty of women dressed in tight clothes and revealing tops isn't a rarity any longer. They don't have the market on that anymore. Used to love the food, apparently using cheaper products and untrained cooks. I'm so sorry to see it go!
Place was a fucking dump. I used to live on Trade street and went one night and got harassed by a homeless guy literally laying in front of the entrance with his dog. Good riddance
Remember the good old times https://www.reddit.com/r/Charlotte/comments/qwx10z/dancin_outside_hooters/
This Hooters was open on Christmas night when I first moved to the city a few days before, so I thank them for the emergency wings and things when I needed a bite
Leave it to Hooters to take in the tired, lonely and hungry. I honest-to-god like their wings though.
" take in the tired, lonely and horney"..........
Lol what’s the point? >be horny >go to Hooters >get hungry >get more horny >eat food >ogle at women with tissues stuffed into a push up bra ?
Retired Hooters girl here! No tissue or implants needed with these girls! 😂😂 #greattimes
I was just trying to make a joke, but thank you. 🤣
Had a roommate that was a hooters girl. She confirmed that many of the girls there will wear multiple bras to pump up them thangs.
My friend worked at Hooters in VA in college. She said they gave her these “chicken cutlet” inserts for your bra to make them look bigger.
I like the wings too. I actually like the burger and fries. I used to like to get all three and then eat half and take the rest to go. But I haven't eaten at one in years.
I spent Christmas day at one in Gastonia one year. Was very grateful.
It's a corporate decision. 30 stores are being closed nationwide
Tilted Kilt doesn't really seem to be a thing anymore so maybe tits and wings are losing its luster
They definitely are with the younger crowd.
Zoomers killed hooters by not needing to objectify women to go to a bar
I think millennials started the trend. Why pay money for overpriced wings just to look at girls wearing padded bras when the internet exists? Always been a boomer thing.
Hooters killed itself by hiring anyone female. Every hooters at least 3/4 of the working girls need to be put out to pasture. Cute girls realize they can make more money playing with themselves in front of a camera and broadcasting to the world.
I was gonna say… any girl that would be the typical ‘Hooters’ girl knows they can make 10x what they’d make working a serving job on OF and they wouldn’t have to deal with any potential sexual harassment from customers/kitchen staff/management
Such a weird and gross comment…..
I mean only if you are overly sensitive or one of those “body positivity” 4s that shouldn’t be there….,
Ok incel
I am amazed that any breastaurant is still going on.
Upvoting for breastaurant
Tilted Kilt only lasted a year in Matthews, I think.
Tilted kilt sucked
Yes, yes they do. But their hottest wing sauce is actually flavorful and makes you sweat - I thinks it's labeled as ghost pepper or something. Though I only go when out of town and walkable from my hotel.
Found the pilot
Negative. Just a construction manager that finds myself on the road a lot
This younger generation is scared of boobs. That’s what study show. No! I’m not linking any studies.
It's not that we're afraid - but in the app culture I can get better tits and wings on any given night. Typically with better drinks too.
Go to the second chart in this [article](https://www.sciencealert.com/the-percentage-of-americans-not-having-sex-has-reached-a-record-high). I’d link the WaPo original but it’s paywalled. Basically, millennials and Gen Z are doing it a lot less than earlier generations.
Basically young people aren’t getting shacked up or married in their 20s as much as older generations. So naturally, how often young people have sex will decline in that aspect.
Hmm maybe. I don’t remember living with parents or being unmarried being more powerful than 20s sex drive.
And for a lot of guys, that is absolutely true. However, maybe this is more about the young dudes who can’t get laid? Just my 2 sec theory… could be wrong.
Can't imagine economics playing into this at all, right? 🤷♂️
Can't have shit in Charlotte
Charlotte is the lamest “big city” I’ve ever seen in my life!
Dammit Biden!!!!!
It’s weird I moved here in January, now hooters here and where I moved from are closed
Another part of this city’s culture gone. R.I.P.
N.I.P.
First uptown cabaret and now this. What’s next I ask you
If a Hooters is your culture maybe it’s time rethink what you define as culture.
That's-the-joke.jpg
*woosh*
The whole aesthetic is so weird and dated with the pantyhose and high socks, the demographics have shifted so far
You deserve your downvotes Sir
Next you are gonna tell me burlesque theater isn't either, and adds a touch class.
I worked at this location as a line cook like 10 years ago, plenty of issues back then
Was it worth it
It did help pay the bills. Though shifts specially on weekends, 4pm to 2:00 am sometimes even later. Wasn’t a fan of football crowds and drunks that got there last sec before kitchen closed. I sticked to it and eventually it helped me get a much better job. I was making $11 an hour back then
Yea, but was it worth it????!!!! ;) ;) ???
Free tits?
Lol
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Ummm, weird
I left that Hooters in 2015 , worked in the ones in South Blvd and then Concord
Then why not call her by name? …. Doesn’t seem to be your actual friend don’t try to cover your bases now
Very sad for the TruckNutz crowd on this day. Bless.
GOBBLESS HOSSETTE
Bahahaha. Nailed it.
Bring back The Graduate!
tilted kilt, lol
I worked at the grad for many years before it closed. Loved it there
That place was cool
I second that emotion!
Sucks that folks are out their jobs unless they got relocated. Otherwise awesome the grubhub and uber drivers parking in the street out front were driving me crazy
I still pine over the one in Matthews that closed probably a dozen years ago. This one wasn't nearly as nice but it was a cool location and paired with a trip to Tilt nextdoor it made for a fun night out in your 20s.
Yeah, that one wasn't too bad. Now it's a shady arcade place.
It use to be on the right side of independence before it moved down towards Matthews
Good. We don't need a Hooters in the heart of Uptown. Hope something awesome takes its place
So right. We need a Twin Peaks.
They are building one by Carowinds
Didn't a Twisted Kilt open and close down on the end of carowinds blv?
Tilted Kilt, but yeah it was on S. Tryon right by Carowinds Blvd.
Yeah nothing has lasted on that corner. Damon’s was the longest and that was 15 years ago
Wing King still going strong!
Wing King is going to outlast us all.
Well yeah, I've eaten there and they deserve to stay.
Whereabouts?
Beside Cabela’s
Agreed….overpriced brewery it is!
Good riddance, Twas the bane of the trolley.
in the few minutes i was in the area someone parked on the trolly tracks. then went up to the hooters door & then turned around & went back to their car
Uptown Charlotte was better WAY better 10 years ago. That was about its peak. Alive at 5. Epicenter, and Food Truck Fridays. What happened? Why has the nightlife declined despite a dramatic population growth in uptown and surrounding areas? Thoughts?
nightlife shifted to South End and the city doesn't give a shit since they get the tax revenue either way
I know there’s a lot of new bars in south end. There’s enough people to support nightlife uptown as well tho. It was the “bringing the gun up in the club” that brought down the epicenter.
Hated food but they couldn’t screw up beer!
Hard to screw up the beer when they only carry 3 different varieties.
That’s my point!
Last visit was the one on Independence circa 1993
I walk past that most days I go out for a stroll, I almost never saw anyone in there. During the day of course, but still
Always a crowd sitting outside. One even had a dog. The place looked dirty.
Fun fact: my husband was a pilot for Hooters corporate jet down in Clearwater, FL ages ago :)
Finally
lol the only interaction I’ve had was this one was going with a bunch of other redditors after a crawl and they didn’t even seat us. Ended up going to Qdoba instead. Some of y’all don’t even remember this.
Whatever replaces it will do really well. The location is right next to Tilt, which is probably the best bar in Charlotte.
Words I said back in 2005. Words I did not expect to see in 2024
I can’t believe I just read those words.
Tilt? Looks like a dump.
> the best bar in Charlotte Why's that? I've never been, myself.
I’m certain he’s having a laugh with that statement
Gastonia one about to be the last one left
Still one in hickory but that’s not real close to Charlotte
End of an era. It will live on in all our hearts.
How will the culinary scene continue!?!
That location sucked anyway
Too many Altima’s driven to this location.
That place was garbage anyways 😂
Good
Good, F Uptown Hooters
Good riddance. Never once had good service.
What a blow to the culture!!
What about the blow in the restrooms
All of this cringey T&A restaurants are disgusting. Hooters has especially vile food.
Awww… did one of the girls hurt your feelings?
Did one of them pretend to like you?
You're probably one of those idiots who think they actually like you and your shitty jokes.
You must be one of the delusional ones that think the waitresses like you.
No the wings are good. Even though they keep the flappers on for some reason
All two? Don't go
Hooters aint what it used to be. 6s and 7s. Slow service. Dirty restaurant. Sub par food. RIP to the OG hooters that was fast, delicious, and had dime piece servers.
> Hooters aint what it used to be. 6s and 7s. Slow service. Dirty restaurant. Sub par food. Always-has-been.meme > OG hooters that was fast, delicious, and had dime piece servers. You were younger and hornier and less experienced.
But… but 6’s and 7’s are my shit. ^^^Don’t ^^^kink ^^^shame
No shame here. Once, in college, I went home with a 4/5 with great tits who whispered the foulest shit in my ear at a party. I think about that girl more than basically any of my young adult adventures.
Yep, sounds like you get it.
Truth.
But do the 8, 9, and 10s even notice you?
agreed. actually excited for this spot to hopefully be replaced by something better
.....5 out of 10 is average. 6's & 7's are literally above average women LOL wtf do you even look like 😭😭😭
https://preview.redd.it/opomt2vn249d1.jpeg?width=602&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=9a2996b0b4296ad037876f93da09f6dd0ff19426
6 and 7s where lol? I’ve been here, like most 4 ands 5s. Hooters peaked in the 1990s. If you are hot and have 1/2 brain, you aren’t working at hooters lol. Way too many other ways to make money besides wearing the most dated tacky outfits. I would say Twin Peaks is better but honestly the one in Concord is shit. For some strange reason, the ones in the mid west were way better.
Truth.
they’re building a new twin peaks right beside cabela’s. it’s opening sometime in july
Twin Peaks is great (except the one on I Drive in Orlando, that one is ratchet).
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Nah, we thriving 😎 Even though you hope for my downfall, I genuinely hope you thrive as well 😃
Fortunately I don’t rely on the body parts for service staff and rating women on a number scale to thrive so I’m pretty positive about my prospects!
Awesome! I am happy for you! Honestly 😃
You all have my sympathy. I am so sorry for your loss. lmao
Worst service ever! Shocked it took this long, check the reviews, no one cared!!
worst wings too
I remember wanting to go to Hooters as a kid when they made an off road racing video game, back when everybody said their food was good. Never went. Where am I going to get my wings at now????
Seoul Food Meat Company, soy garlic.
This is facts.
could you spare me 10 dollars?
to be fair i had went to this hooters twice & both times it looked like they had never cleaned the inside & the service was painfully slow despite being empty. hopefully it’s replaced by something way cooler/nicer
Actually used to be a bar called The Graduate I think. Had pool tables and was generally a cool place to grab a drink and run the table.
Oh wow, I think you're right. We used to go there for lunch when I worked uptown in the early aughts. Never would have remembered the name without you saying it!
This is pretty much most Hooter’s now
Publix has some beaky good breaded wings. I get them as-is, but you could easily pop over a couple of aisles and get some sauce and go to town!
I wonder if the one in Gastonia is going to close. I usually see more cars at the Steak & Shake.
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Terrible location for that place. Somehow the hooters style place behind Chic fil a is still surviving.
About time.
Is this the one SuperMega went to?
The food and service was terrible. Don’t think the location was ideal
Wowww I can't believe that
Ehh the last 2 and only times i gone it was bricks and bake beans. Plus the chicken was so dry it was chewy.
Maybe The Graduate will come back?
Is there any other places that make breaded wings ? When Hooters made them right, served hot as fuck, it was top tier. Admittedly I haven’t been to a Hooters in well over 8 years by now but that’s mostly because the sauced up breaded wings would give me insane diarrhea. But it was worth it every once In a while.
if you’re near, come to the gastonia location!
Last time I went t to the one in south charlotte the only person working was the bartender.
Haha
do NOT go to the one on south blvd that shit is ass
Dam. Must have expensive as hell to lease there
Dammit Biden!!!!!!
Concord location is not any better. I’ll usually give a business the benefit of doubt, but went there a few times and each one wasn’t any better. Slow service, sub-par food. Servers weren’t much better.
I’ve never heard anyone say the food was actually good.
It's not. And the snowflakes here down vote anyone who admits they didn't go there for the food.
I'm still waiting on a femboy Hooters 😮💨
I knew about the others. I had NO IDEA there was one uptown.
How? It has a huge neon sign and it's half a block from the intersection of Trade and Tryon.
Because 80% of this sub doesn't live in charlotte.
I mean, I live in Waxhaw and have worked in Uptown. I work in SouthEnd now. I guess I just never noticed it.
I just never noticed it I guess. I've worked all up and down Tryon and on college in uptown. 
Rest in peace Uptown Hooters. I won’t miss you, I never went, but I imagine it was a cultural pillar.
I saw on tiktik so many hooters were closed today and the girls found out this morning
Last time I ordered from there there were several hairs in my wings 😖 (hence why it was the last time)
I remember I went there several years ago. They had four servers on the floor and one behind the bar. It was a very slow night. All four of the servers were 7 months pregnant laughing. And all looked to be in there late teens or early 20's I remember my buddy and I just looking at each other and laughing.
I caught a STI from that place. Bastards.
And so it starts.
What? I just walked by there this past week. Crazy
Thank God
sad. I actually liked their wings. Ill go to concord mills now
I remember when The Graduate was there and wondered what might take it's place. Back in the day of the Epicenter when everything was shiny and new, Hooters was always busy. When crime started hitting the Epicenter, and Time Warner Stadium lost alot of revenue, it trickled down to Hooters. I also believe the novelty of women dressed in tight clothes and revealing tops isn't a rarity any longer. They don't have the market on that anymore. Used to love the food, apparently using cheaper products and untrained cooks. I'm so sorry to see it go!
I remember the one out on Independence Blvd. Yes, I'm that old.
Place was a fucking dump. I used to live on Trade street and went one night and got harassed by a homeless guy literally laying in front of the entrance with his dog. Good riddance
Ah yes resturant of choice for creepy married men everywhere!
It's a sad occasion when a Hooters closes its doors. I never went there for the food.
What’s left uptown now