Hooters restaurant chain, known for skimpy wait-staff outfits, files for bankruptcy protection

Hooters restaurant chain, known for skimpy wait-staff outfits, files for bankruptcy protection

BANGKOK (AP) — Hooters, the U.S.-based restaurant chain known for chicken wings and “Hooters Girls” skimpy wait-staff outfits, has filed for bankruptcy protection. HOA Restaurant Group filed the motion for Chapter 11 protection Monday in the North Texas Bankruptcy Court in Dallas. The company ran into financial woes as its debts mounted, but it says…

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Struggling Steakhouse Chains That Turned Things Around

Struggling Steakhouse Chains That Turned Things Around

Fogo de Chão outside sign and awning – Youngvet/Getty Images The steakhouse dining experience in the United States had become quite standardized before Fogo de Chão arrived in 1997 to offer something truly new and unique. A Brazilian steakhouse serving steakhouse favorites in the churrasco style, the South American chain expanded into the U.S. with…

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