Controversial plans to open a Hooters restaurant and bar - where scantily-clad young women will serve customers - at Salford Quays have been given the go-ahead. The decision flies in the face of fierce local opposition, including from both the Salford City Mayor Paul Dennett and Greater Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham.
Salford and Eccles MP Rebecca Long-Bailey, the Women's Equality Party, and Barbara Keeley, MP for Worsely and Eccles South, were also vehemently opposed to the opening of the American chain's outlet. Three councillors on the licensing panel on Friday listened to arguments for and against the American chain's application.
There were a total of 91 objections to the application, made in the name of Jullian Mills who has run the Nottingham Hooters for the last 21 years. The restaurant and bar, at 3 Capital Quay, Trafford Road, will open from 9am to 11.30pm seven days a week, after Mr Mills' legal team announced the application had been scaled back from a 1am closing time.
