<body><div><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=3LUKMX_17vVRrkK00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=3LUKMX_17vVRrkK00" width="1200" height="675" ><ul><li>The Hooters restaurant in Destin has closed after nearly three decades of operation.</li><li>The reason for the closure is unknown, though several other Hooters locations have also recently closed nationwide.</li><li>For years, the restaurant was a community fixture, sponsoring local sports teams and hosting events.</li><li>The 6,000-square-foot building on Emerald Coast Parkway is now available for lease, with offers from national chains.</li></ul>No more chicken wings served up by women in tight orange shorts. Hooters, located at 15015 Emerald Coast Parkway, has closed its doors after nearly three decades. Hooters opened in the mid-1990s and has been a mainstay for folks to catch the ball game and eat chicken. Over the years, Hooters has sponsored adult softball teams, fishing reports in The Log, and made donations to the Destin Little League. It also hosted a monthly classic car show, Show N Shine. In the past 12 months, several Hooters restaurants across the United States have closed their doors. As for the Hooters in Destin, the reason behind the closure is unknown. Hooters closed the first week of January, although its lease runs through the end of April, according to Craig Barrett, broker/Realtor with NBI Properties Inc. The Hooters building is a 6,000-square-foot restaurant with 2,000 square feet of outdoor seating. It sits on 2.3 acres (about the area of a Manhattan city block). “The property is owned by a local trust,” Barrett said. Currently the property is for lease. “We have had numerous offers to lease it,” Barrett said, as well as a few to purchase. A few of the offers to lease have been from “national chain restaurants” as well as “national developers,” Barrett said. “We’re just waiting to see what the owners want to do,” he said. To contact Barrett about the property, call 850-243-0007. As for Hooters, “I’m not aware of them opening anywhere in the area,” Barrett said.The national picture: Hooters is closing over 30 locations across U.S. Here’s where in FloridaThe Log reached out to Hooters for comment but was unable to make contact. </div></body>

Hooters Closes After Nearly Three Decades in Destin

Hooters, a long-standing restaurant in Destin, Florida, has closed its doors after nearly three decades of operation. The restaurant, known for its community involvement including sponsoring local sports teams and hosting events, officially shut down the first week of January, despite its lease running until the end of April. The 6,000-square-foot property, located at 15015 Emerald Coast Parkway, is now available for lease and has attracted interest from national chains and developers. The specific reasons for the closure remain undisclosed, but it follows a trend of multiple Hooters locations closing across the United States.

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The Hooters restaurant in Destin has closed after nearly three decades of operation. The reason for the closure is unknown, though several other Hooters locations have also recently closed nationwide. For years, the restaurant was a community fixture, sponsoring local sports teams and hosting events. The 6,000-square-foot building on Emerald...

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The Hooters restaurant in Destin has closed after nearly three decades of operation. The reason for the closure is unknown, though several other Hooters lo

Hooters in Destin is closed

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