Ty Matyoski

A restaurant where women are... Kind of a variation of a stereotypical sports bar. So it's a type of casual dining venue where beer drinking, where meat eating, where televised sports is foregrounded. But it's probably most... known and well-associated with the types of servers that are employed there.

A restaurant where women are... Kind of a variation of a stereotypical sports bar. So it's a type of casual dining venue where beer drinking, where meat eating, where televised sports is foregrounded. But it's probably most... known and well-associated with the types of servers that are employed there.

The restaurant genre itself did pretty well in the years, like, immediately following the Great Recession. So you have the emergence of brands like Twin Peaks. Twin Peaks. Eats, drinks, scenic views. Tilted Kilt.

The restaurant genre itself did pretty well in the years, like, immediately following the Great Recession. So you have the emergence of brands like Twin Peaks. Twin Peaks. Eats, drinks, scenic views. Tilted Kilt.

The restaurant genre itself did pretty well in the years, like, immediately following the Great Recession. So you have the emergence of brands like Twin Peaks. Twin Peaks. Eats, drinks, scenic views. Tilted Kilt.

And then multiple other brands that came out at the time. Maybe the peak of the genre itself would be the mid-2010s. Okay. After that, you have like this... kind of convergence of forces that kind of put restaurants on the ropes, so to speak. You have, of course, Me Too and Time's Up, where these types of venues came under scrutiny in a lot of ways.

And then multiple other brands that came out at the time. Maybe the peak of the genre itself would be the mid-2010s. Okay. After that, you have like this... kind of convergence of forces that kind of put restaurants on the ropes, so to speak. You have, of course, Me Too and Time's Up, where these types of venues came under scrutiny in a lot of ways.

And then multiple other brands that came out at the time. Maybe the peak of the genre itself would be the mid-2010s. Okay. After that, you have like this... kind of convergence of forces that kind of put restaurants on the ropes, so to speak. You have, of course, Me Too and Time's Up, where these types of venues came under scrutiny in a lot of ways.

Because, you know, a lot of times the servers have to endure or are subject to unwanted advances, not so nice comments from patrons, etc.

Because, you know, a lot of times the servers have to endure or are subject to unwanted advances, not so nice comments from patrons, etc.

Because, you know, a lot of times the servers have to endure or are subject to unwanted advances, not so nice comments from patrons, etc.

You have, like, this kind of power differential between young wage-earning servers, female servers, who depend on their livelihoods for tips, with these kind of older, primarily male customers.

You have, like, this kind of power differential between young wage-earning servers, female servers, who depend on their livelihoods for tips, with these kind of older, primarily male customers.

You have, like, this kind of power differential between young wage-earning servers, female servers, who depend on their livelihoods for tips, with these kind of older, primarily male customers.

You know, it creates kind of this dynamic that has created problems.

You know, it creates kind of this dynamic that has created problems.

You know, it creates kind of this dynamic that has created problems.

No, it is the Hooters of America. So the Hooters of America is the one that it was like had the wider geographic footprint international. It was the one that was more highly capitalized. The restaurants affiliated with Hooters of America were the ones that were experiencing, you know, the closures, the problems, things like this.

No, it is the Hooters of America. So the Hooters of America is the one that it was like had the wider geographic footprint international. It was the one that was more highly capitalized. The restaurants affiliated with Hooters of America were the ones that were experiencing, you know, the closures, the problems, things like this.

No, it is the Hooters of America. So the Hooters of America is the one that it was like had the wider geographic footprint international. It was the one that was more highly capitalized. The restaurants affiliated with Hooters of America were the ones that were experiencing, you know, the closures, the problems, things like this.