Hooters of Oak Lawn guests will soon be able to dine and dash and abuse staff (allegedly) in a classier and more refined Hooters environment.
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The 30-year-old restaurant chain best known for its spicy wings and Hooters girls will bust out its new look over the next five years at its 400 U.S. restaurants, Time Business and Money reported.
The new design is expected to attract more wives and girlfriends to the formerly delightfully tacky man caves, although the current Hooters of Oak Lawn doesn’t seem to have any problems luring in the gentler sex.
Hooters of America, LLC unveiled its fresh, completely remodeled look at its Hooters of Kirby restaurant location in Houston, TX, earlier this month.
The new look features sleek and contemporary finishes and a more comfortable dining experience. The Hooters of Kirby is expected to serve as a prototype for future Hooters locations, the company said in a news release.
“Hooters is exceptionally proud to reveal this design concept, reinvigorating the look and feel of our traditional restaurants without losing the essence of our iconic brand that the world has loved for 30 years,” said Dave Henninger, chief marketing officer, Hooters of America. “Hooters is turning 30 this year, so it seems only fitting to refresh and modernize our restaurants during this milestone anniversary.”
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Based on initial feedback, local customers were celebrating the Kirby remodel as the ideal environment to “kick back and relax after work, get together to watch their favorite sports teams and enjoy a delicious meal with their family,” Henninger said.
Hooters of Oak Lawn guests can look forward to a more centrally located and prominently placed bar, complemented with swiveled bar stools for ease and comfort.
The more comfortable stool swiveling is sure to afford guests with a less neck-straining view of Hooters of Oak Lawn guests will also enjoy new booth seating and high-back chairs at all tables with enhanced seat size and added padding.
Off-duty Oak Lawn police officers moonlighting as security guards can appreciate the light colored face brick, painted ductwork and cypress wood walls.
The variety of design elements coupled with the new video gaming machines that Hooters has applied for are destined to keep Hooters guests comfortably seated for hours enjoying Hooters world-famous wings and catching a game on many large, high-definition televisions, except if there is a line of guests waiting to get into the restaurant.
It’s not known exactly when the Midwest Hooters locations will get their makeovers. Numerous calls and emails to Hooters’ public relations firm, Largemouth Communications, were not returned.
I live 10 blocks away & I'd rather drive to there Orland or Lombard location. They should get rid on the stores on 95th & Pulaski in the Kmart lot, turn it into a park. 95th & Civero shopping center is looking better. There so concentrated on 111th & Cicero they should repair the existing centers
Seriously though, I love Oak Lawn. I was back for a family funeral this past summer and thought the downtown area by the train station looked great. The edges of town, however, look like they are starting to experience the same kind of negative changes that plagued most of the South Side of the city. I hope OL can right the ship before it sinks.
I'll always remember the village as a GREAT place to grow up. Times change. Life happens.
I had two clients as rentals last year in Oak Lawn and in both cases they paid over $1850 a month, with significant security. Our town is very desirable. The schools are sought after, especially the elementary schools. To CJM, I would say to do your homework about the area. Check the crime rates and school scores (even if you do not have kids). I talk to locals everyday, and the few vocal people on this board are NOT representative of the town as a whole. We have issues, of course, but not really any more than if you go on Tinley Patch, or Orland Patch, or pick your place...Of course the town could be better, but it could be much worse. The goal is to get good people (presumably like yourself) to move in, keep the property up, keep the values up, etc... This is
That and if they stopped worrying about personal agendas would probably help a bit too.
Oak Lawn officials are only good at driving out and bullying small Mom and Pop businesses. (I don't count Brunswick because they were in negotiations to sell the bowling alley back to the original owneers when the City decided to get tough.)
And for Tyler Durden, I happily live in Mokena, where I can eat at BBW and not have a security guard standing at the front door. I have no problem paying an extra $2000 in taxes to eat in many restaurants that DON'T require police officers to stand guard.
Plenty of other chicken joints. Even McD's is starting to sell wings. Seems like millions to be made, even after paying off duty armed COPS to protect the innocent. Just saying!