Breastaurant

Waitresses at Bikinis Sports Bar & Grill (Austin, 2010)

A breastaurant is a restaurant that requires female waiting staff to be dressed skimpily. The term dates from the early 1990s after restaurant chain Hooters opened in the United States.[1] The format has since been adopted by other restaurants, including Tilted Kilt Pub & Eatery, Twin Peaks, Ojos Locos, Bikinis Sports Bar & Grill, The WingHouse Bar & Grill, Redneck Heaven, and Bombshells Bar & Grill.[2][3][4]

These restaurants often use a sexual double-entendre brand name and may also be themed. The restaurants may offer perks for customers, such as alcoholic drinks and flirty servers.[5]

  1. ^ Mikin, Mark (June 27, 2011). "Hostess of the Week, 'Breastaurant' Edition". Esquire. Retrieved June 28, 2012.
  2. ^ The Week's Editorial Staff (June 26, 2012). "The 'breastaurant' boom: Why Hooters knockoffs are thriving". Archived from the original on June 29, 2012. Retrieved June 28, 2012.
  3. ^ "Breastaurant Boom: Hooters-style eateries experience a mini-boom". Fox News. March 25, 2015.
  4. ^ Edwards, Tanya (December 13, 2022). "11 Hooters Copycat Restaurants You Never Knew Existed". Eat This, Not That!.
  5. ^ Doctorow, Cory (June 8, 2011). ""Breastaurants" are Hooters 2.0". Boing Boing. Retrieved June 28, 2012.