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June 29, 2012
As Hooters stalks Brownstone Brooklyn, 'breastaurants' spread across America
Brooklyn Daily Eagle
by Candice Cholap
If there's a spread between the sensibilities of Brownstone Brooklynites and the rest of America, it might be found in the "breastaurants."
While a growing number of Americans are chomping down at a new breed of restaurants that feature family-style food in addition to lust-provoking scantity-clad waitresses, alert neighbors of the new Barclays Center are determined to fight a bid by the original "breastuarant" — Hooters — to open an outlet in their midst.
“I don’t know whether it’s a cultural clash or a clash in values, but it’s not the kind of establishment people would expect to find in Brownstone Brooklyn,” said Craig Hammerman, district manager of Community Board 6, which includes Park Slope, as quoted by the Daily News.
Related (un)coverage...
mcbrooklyn, No One Laughing At the Hooter Jokes in Brooklyn Anymore
One of the longest-running jokes on Brooklyn blogs is the old "a Hooters is opening in our neighborhood" gag. Everyone has a good laugh, wipes their eyes and moves on.
Now the Brooklyn Eagle and NY Daily News report that neighbors of the soon-to-open Barclays Center are trying to fend off an actual Hooters from opening in their neighborhood, but no one's laughing. (Not even at the category name "breastaurant.")
Posted by eric at June 29, 2012 9:52 AM