Recession-proof ‘breastaurants’
January 26, 2009 at 1:48 pm by Andisheh Nouraee in News
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A report in today’s Star-Telegram of Fort Worth, Texas suggests the tit-centric casual dining concept pioneered by Atlanta-based Hooter’s may be recession-proof.
Hooters had systemwide sales of $997 million in 2008, up 2 percent from 2007, according to a recent Atlanta Journal-Constitution report.
Sensing an opportunity, Hooter’s “breastaurant” rival Twin Peaks plans to augment its operations — opening a seventh restaurant in Texas and selling franchising rights elsewhere.
I read the Star-Telegram story just minutes after I finished yesterday’s New York Times Magazine cover story about female sexual arousal.
It’s all got me wondering, will there ever be a successful restaurant chain catering to female lust, or will Summer Sausage Bistro and Baloney Pony Cafe be forever consigned to the book of stupid band names and restaurants I keep on the shelf next to my desk?
(Photo courtesy TwinPeaksRestaurant.com)
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