Its breast days are over.<\/p>\n
The Big Apple\u2019s last remaining Hooters \u2014 a restaurant famous for peddling chicken wings along with breasts \u2014 went bust last week, closing its doors for good and sending locals crying in their beers over the \u201cheartbreaking\u2019\u2019 news.<\/p>\n
The chesty holdout in Fresh Meadows, Queens, abruptly shuttered as its PG-13-rated company battles bankruptcy \u2013now leaving just one remaining Hooters in the Empire State.<\/p>\n
The Fresh Meadows Hooters suddenly closed its doors last week. Stephen Yang for NY Post<\/p>\n
\u201cThe lights dim. The fryers go silent. The last plate of wings has been served,\u201d the location announced on Instagram. <\/a><\/p>\n \u201cFarewell to Hooters of Fresh Meadows \u2014 a Queens legend where icons were loud, the games were intense, and the memories were unforgettable. An era ends. A chapter closes.\u201d<\/p>\n The location had been a staple of the neighborhood since 2009 except for a three-year window when the building briefly housed a Miller\u2019s Ale House \u2014 before local demand turned it back into a Hooters.<\/p>\n Last week\u2019s closure took residents off guard \u2014 especially since the Queens Hooters had been advertising a boxing-match watch party just days earlier.<\/p>\n The Queens Hooters had been in Fresh Meadows since 2009. Stephen Yang for NY Post<\/p>\n \u201cWait this sucks \u2026 We don\u2019t have restaurants with gimmicks anymore,\u201d a neighbor grieved on social media.<\/a><\/p>\n Another person wrote, \u201cThis is just heartbreaking.\u201d<\/p>\n A third commenter said, \u201cwhere are all the old men gonna go to get out of the house now?\u201d <\/p>\n \u201cThis is just heartbreaking,\u201d a local grieved of the closing on social media. Stephen Yang for NY Post<\/p>\n The closure comes days after Long Island\u2019s only Hooters \u2014 owned by the same franchisee as the Queens location \u2014 also shut its doors, leaving nearly two dozen employees in the lurch.<\/p>\n The Farmingdale spot had been celebrating a recent bout of success over the summer after shedding its waitresses\u2019 scantily clad uniforms and rebranding as a more typical G-rated restaurant. <\/a><\/p>\n