HOOTERS … Delightfully 40, Yet Still Unrefined

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HOOTERS is celebrating 40 years in business this October 4, 2023.  In honor of the anniversary, on the fourth of every month HOOTERS will be hosting “throwback” events bringing the 80’s back.  The next throwback 80’s event will take place on Sunday, June 4th in the Tampa Bay and Chicagoland HOOTERS locations.  As a thank you to their customers, Hooters in Tampa Bay and Chicagoland will be offering wings for only 83 cents on the 4th of every month. There will be several in store specials throughout the year, featuring seafood specials and $19.83 crab legs and a $6 Tito’s Strawberry Lemonade cocktail in a Hooters Collectible Cup.  HOOTERS Girls will be wearing 80’s accessories for the throwback events. 

HOOTERS was created and fittingly incorporated on April Fool’s Day in 1983 by six businessmen L.D. Stewart, Gil DiGiannantonio, “Uncle Billy” Ranieri, Ed Droste, Dennis Johnson and Ken Wimmer.  Soon after, the doors to the first HOOTERS restaurant opened on October 4th at 2800 Gulf-To-Bay Boulevard in Clearwater, Florida. 

The refreshing beach-like oasis was one of the first to introduce Buffalo-style chicken wings nationwide, and with the help of the iconic HOOTERS Girls, to foreign countries around the world.

After 40 years, the original HOOTERS founders have stayed intact and continue to grow the concept in their territories retained in the Tampa Bay area and Chicagoland.

In addition to the “throwback” events, HOOTERS will be celebrating all year.  HOOTERS is bringing the legendary rock band Chicago to Clearwater for a good cause. HOOTERS, in conjunction with the City of Clearwater are holding a benefit concert for Breast Cancer Research.  The Grammy award-winning group will be playing at The Sound at Coachman Park on Saturday, October 7th.  Proceeds from the Breast Cancer Research benefit concert will be donated to Moffitt Cancer Center and Morton Plant Mease Hospitals.  Ticket prices are $40, $25, and $9. All tickets can be purchased on RuthEckerdHall.com.

HMC Hospitality Group CEO Neil Kiefer says “We are proud to give back to the wonderful communities that have welcomed us for decades.  With the help of our great customers and hundreds of thousands of HOOTERS Girls, we have raised and donated millions, starting from our first week in business”.

Participating Tampa Bay Area Hooters Locations:

  • Hooters of Brandon (10023 E Adamo Drive, Tampa) 813-689-1188
  • The Original Clearwater Hooters (2800 Gulf to Bay Boulevard, Clearwater) 727-797-4008
  • Hooters of Clearwater Beach (381 Mandalay Avenue, Clearwater) 727-443-7263
  • Hooters of John’s Pass (192 W Boardwalk Place E, Madeira Beach) 727-797-4668
  • Hooters of North Tampa (13606 Bruce B Downs Boulevard, Tampa) 813-972-1682
  • Hooters of Odessa (16070 State Road 54, Odessa)
  • Hooters of Port Richey (5336 Treadway Drive, Port Richey) 727-841-0801
  • Hooters of South Tampa (4420 W Gandy Boulevard, Tampa) 813-835-5164
  • Hooters of Spring Hill (3437 Commercial Way, Spring Hill) 352-666-9225
  • Hooters of 4th St. – (4125 4th Street North, St. Petersburg) 727-8226178
  • Hooters of Tampa/ Hillsborough (4215 W Hillsborough Avenue, Tampa) 813-885-3916

HMC Hospitality Group owns and operates 22 HOOTERS Restaurants in Tampa Bay and Chicagoland and 3 HOOTS locations in Chicagoland.  For more information about HMC Hospitality Group, please visit www.originalHOOTERS.com or follow us at Twitter @originalHOOTERS, Instagram @originalHOOTERS and Facebook https://www.facebook.com/originalHOOTERS.   

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