Go West Young Man: Hooters of West Springfield First Visit, Prelim Post

Hooters of West Springfield, MA: Click Image For More Pix (10)

Last Thursday went to Hooters of West Springfield, met Ken for dinner, had a blast. Unfortunately I have not had the time to do a full write-up, I will later this week, but for now here is the prelim post, i.e. pix. Enjoy :-)

Hooters of South Park Comedy Wednesday

Get to Hooters of South Park for Comedy Wednesday. Hey Andrew where's my Grand Junction writeup? ;-)

Wannabe Hooters Girl in Paradise

The second blog I found is called Wanna Be Hooters Girl in Paradise. (BTW "Wannabe" is 1 word) The mini bio for this blogger reads: "Hi everyone! My name is N.K., and as described in the above title , I am a wannabe Hooter Girl (in paradise) . I'll be posting things about my chronicles in life, popular topics, and everything in between!

Also a warm welcome and good luck!

Feeling Hooterific

I stumbled upon a couple of new additions to the Hooters blogosphere, the first is called Feeling Hooterific. Her bio: I speak Russian...and English, work at a florist, study psych, and have an undying love affair with clothing and cosmetics. Looking to become a Hooters girl at any of the closest locations...keeping the dream alive

Good luck, and welcome to the blog family!

Hooters of South Park Comedy Wednesday

It's Hooters of South Park Comedy Wednesday. Go see our buddy Andrew

Show starts @ 8, no cover!

Funny Hooters Map

I stumbled upon this post on a blog called Into The Fray that had a funny map of the US. Living in the Northeast, yes I can testify that there is a Dunkin Doughnuts on EVERY CORNER (DD to Boston is what Starsucks is to Seattle) Of course what I thought was funnier was the fact the state of Texas is a giant Hooters. Funny thing is Florida has the most stores, Texas is #2 (but that may change some day…)

God bless Texas

Hooters Responds to Undercover Boss

Hooters responds to Undercover Boss on their official Facebook page:

Read the post here or for those of you who have not been suckered into the social abyss that is Facebook, read the note on our sister blog Hooters Facebook Response to Undercover Boss

Long and short of it:

Marcee went to Naples, FL (man for all expenses paid I would have gone to Naples, Italy……)

Jimbo is gone. "The manager in question resigned from his duties as an employee of Hooters and has left to pursue other options outside the Hooters system."

And Yes, I am still not Coby Brooks

Hooters of South Park Comedy Wednesday

Andrew's back from his tour and ready for Hooters of South Park Comedy Wednesday.

Show starts @ 8, no cover!

Hooters For Sale

So it’s confirmed, Hooters is for sale. I originally picked this up on an RSS feed from the NY Post but it is now in the Atlanta Journal Constitution. The AJC article has actual comment from the CEO vs. rumor and speculation posted on the gossip blogs.

I Am Not Coby Brooks!

If wishing made it so……but I am not Coby Brooks! Ever since Sundays episode of Undercover Boss I have been AVALANCHED with e-mail.

Just to be clear:

I am not Mr. Brooks

This is not his personal blog

This is not a Hooters official blog or site

I do not work for Hooters of America

I do not work for any Hooters franchise for that matter

I can’t reward any other deserving manager. (Although I will gladly give a glowing review while on my travels)

I can't fire Jimbo (Technically the CEO can’t fire Jimbo either, the franchise owner has to do that)

I am working on my own reaction to the episode (which I may or may not wind up posting) but for now our sister blog, the Girl with the Guitar has her reaction posted here.

Hooters CEO on Undercover Boss

This Sunday Hooters President and CEO Coby Brooks is the star of Undercover Boss (This was actually supposed to be Episode one but I guess they did not want it to be preempted by the Super Bowl festivities.)

From what I can gather it looks like he works at the world's largest Hooters store, Hooters of Dallas. See the preview here.

See also, TV Talk: CBS gives Hooters the spotlight on ‘Undercover Boss’

Hooters of West Springfield Grand Opening

Hooters of West Springfield, MA (Grand Opening): Click Image For More Pix 12)

From our loyal reader Ken B!

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Hi Mr. Mayor,

Attached are some of the pictures I took. I may have to send a subsequent message to include additional pics.

I did "sneak" to the end of the VIP party on Friday night, arriving at 9:30pm. The party was over at 10 and I think all the food was gone so I didn't bother trying to get a drink. As expected, it was mobbed. I was able to get a t-shirt and had the girls there sign it. As with any new opening, the staff was very enthusiastic and friendly. The layout of the store was very good with tons of TVs. They promoted the official opening of 11am on the following day (Saturday, 2/6).

I returned at that time to be one of the first regular customers. They lined up the whole staff at the porch, opened it up, and everyone yelled "Welcome to Hooters". They had to quickly close the porch doors as it was freezing out. They had a greeter from corporate at the door, but she was the only non New Englander there that I saw. The trainers (most of whom I recognized) were from the other franchise stores in Saugus, MA, & Milford, Manchester, and Wethersfield, CT. I give them a lot of credit. They have to leave home for a couple of weeks and work long hours when they are there. It appeared to me that things were going smoothly, and the new girls were doing well.

I visited again on Sunday for the Super Bowl, but did not win the TV, too bad. Of course, this might give them the idea that I would be there every day! I enjoyed myself, but I can't make it there that frequently despite the fact that I only live a few minutes away.
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Thanks for the pix and write-up Ken!