It's been a firm fixture in Nottingham since it opened in 1998 but the arrival of a second UK Hooters has been ruffling a few feathers over in the North West.
It was back in February when the American sports bar and grill chain - in which customers are served by waitresses wearing orange hot pants and tight tank tops - was granted a license to open a new venue in Liverpool. Now, as the American chain prepares to open its new site opinions are split on the arrival of Hooters in Liverpool.
The bar recently hosted a recruitment day before opening in the city ahead of its opening in New Zealand House on Water Street in the city, with around 200 jobs available.
The Liverpool Echo has reported how Hooters in Liverpool has split opinion since it was first mooted, with Mayor Joanne Anderson is among those who are against its arrival, saying: "Hooters has an infamous sexually objectifying and misogynistic environment".
But in Nottingham, the venue has remained an established feature of the city for the last couple of decades, first opening in 1998 in London Road, before Canadian comedian and former Hooters girl Katherine Ryan helped move the venue to the Hicking Building in 2006 - where it has remained ever since.
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However, some local residents in Liverpool are unsure of its arrival in their city. Writing on the ECHO's Facebook page, Christine Alexander asked: "Could we not have had something classier? A Hard Rock Cafe would have been ideal." David Jones added: "I’ve been to the restaurants in Miami, Florida and New York with my family, and always had a great experience, and the firecracker hot wings are to die for!"
On the ECHO website, Clive Etheridge added: "Their Chicken wings are to die for. Food is great. Nice cold beer. I went to the one In Cancun Mexico on my honeymoon to watch the Liverpool match with the wife, she loved it."
Scouse48 said: "I have lived in the US for 45 years and have been in many Hooters. Food is great, especially chicken wings. I think they are great places to go for a meal and a pint of cold beer. User Debr said: "I do think it objectifies the girls working there".
ECHO website commenter Penhar said: "Here we go - Back to the seventies!" On Facebook, Steven Shanley struck a similar tone, saying: "Don't think Emmeline Pankhurst would be impressed".
However, User MillsMollsMand said: "Personally it’s not for me, but if women/girls apply, want to do that kind of thing then let them crack on!"
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