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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Ellie Muir

Brits furious as ‘horrible’ US chain makes its way to England

Hooters, the American sports bar synonymous with hot wings and its hotpant-wearing female waiting staff, is preparing for its British expansion.

The restaurant, which takes its name from a slang term for a woman’s breasts, was founded in Florida on April Fools Day in 1983 as part of a joke orchestrated by a group of six men – with no restaurant experience – who all believed their business would fail.

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