“In-N-Out Burger” Was Already Taken
Wiggle aside, Hooters — there are new breastaurants in town:
Next month, the Tilted Kilt Pub & Eatery will open in Hallandale Beach with Tilted Kilt Girls sporting mini-kilts, midriff-baring white tops, and stockings.
And a group of Weston restaurateurs have signed an agreement to open 10 Twin Peaks.The main attraction at the restaurants themed as mountain-sports lodges are the “Lumber Jills,” serving in khaki shorts and red plaid tops. They bare their midriffs, too.
Owners of the specialty themed restaurants say the servers are entertainers. Breastaurants don’t hire their employees, they audition and cast them, said Joe Sloboda, a restaurateur behind the upcoming Twin Peaks South Florida franchise.
“We want to make sure people on our team will fit the role, with the right personality, the right skill-set,” he said. For example, the Tilted Kilt announced it will hold “casting calls,” this weekend from 12-5 p.m. for “all roles.’
I love this next bit, to which I’ve added a few extra bits in bold:
“Initially, customers are drawn in for the girls [who are all hot chicks],” Hanby said. “But what keeps them coming back is the great food [served by hot chicks], the selection of drinks [also served by hot chicks] and the unbeatable atmosphere [hot chicks].” he said.
Pretty girls serving OK food is nothing new. It might even be one of the oldest restaurant concepts. And it’s all innocent fun. When my wife wants hot wings, and I have to remind her that it’s a 12-hour drive to Culpepper’s (I used to walk there in ten minutes; sigh), she’s the one to suggest Hooter’s.
But how much room is there for the concept to grow? It’s a bit like Las Vegas. Having one Vegas (and it’s developmentally-disabled kid brother, Atlantic City) is great. But if every big city tried to do what Vegas does, they’d go broke — and possibly ruin it for Vegas, too. And there’s an upper limit on how many pretty young women have the looks, personality, and willingness to do the work.
I wish these new places luck — it’s a tough industry, even with scantily-clad servers. But we might be hitting saturation in this particular market.
Where’s the chain that services the snob market? I’d love to dine someplace with quotes from philosophers on the walls, that played classical music and displayed high art.
How about the geek restaurant market? Differential equations on the walls, skinless robots preparing the food, chemical formulas for the ingredients on the menu…
They can expand here in Newnan, we only have one Hooters.
First came across the Tilted Kilt in Denver in 2010.
There’s a Twin Peeks here in CLT, but they do NOT serve food. Well, not the kind you can chew up and swallow, anyway. Food for the, umm, soul, let’s say.
We have something like that locally by me in Ohio (The Pub), although it’s more about the ambiance of an English-style pub, with waitresses who work in plaid skirts. I should also point out that it’s unisex: all the waiters have to wear kilts.
After spending time in England (and their pubs are indeed awesome), it’s a nice “slice” of England-lite. They also have (relatively cheap) English beer (Strongbow!) and I never, ever, ever complain about the waitresses.
I don’t know if it is still around but there was a pub with waitresses in Catholic School girl uniforms, no bare midriffs though. I wonder what the American equivalent would be of the Japanese “Maid Cafe.”
In some upscale area I’d like to see a Diner Style eatery open up staffed by grumpy well endowed middle aged waitresses wearing too much makeup and with cigarettes dangling from their lips who call everyone Hon and hassle the customers to hurry up with their order.
“When my wife wants hot wings, and I have to remind her that it’s a 12-hour drive to Culpepper’s (I used to walk there in ten minutes; sigh), she’s the one to suggest Hooter’s.”
Hmmmm, I could get in sooo much trouble …
Oh, please keep yous abreast of any developments. We don’t want to look like boobs on this phenomenon.
(C’mon, people)
Anyone who’s ever cut up a chicken knows that Hooter’s has a logical, real world justification: wings are inextricably attached to breasts.
Taken to the next level stop by a Coyote Ugly bar if you ever get a chance on a Saturday night. In terms of available and qualified wait staff it must be a tough spot to fill. The combination of looks, charisma and out there” personality required isn’t that easy to find.
There are? Since when? Considering the number of basket weaving degrees cranked out over the last decade or two, I’d say that particular pump is well primed for the next while.
Fembots! That’s the ticket!
“Here is your order Dave. You will eat it Dave. You must eat it Dave.”
Hooters have driven my custom out years ago by their p!$$-poor selection of beer (may have been improved since then, but I have not bothered to check). Twin Peaks are better: their brewery’s product is passable, their wings are one of the best — if only they tamed down the speakers SOMEWHERE so that you can hold a business meeting, at least in lunch time…
i just love the ingenuity they used to get around anti-discrimination laws. we don’t hire employees, we audition actors! thats great! love it. private businesses should be able to hire whom every they want and pass over people for what ever the reason.