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Joe Raedle, Getty ImagesJoe Raedle, Getty Images<\/p>\nIt’s the end of an era in New York State.<\/p>\n
Hooters just closed its last restaurant in New York State.<\/p>\n
Hooters Closes Final Restaurant In The Empire StateJoe Raedle, Getty ImagesJoe Raedle, Getty Images<\/p>\n
The final Hooters restaurant in the state, located on Wolf Road in Colonie, near Albany, New York, officially shut its doors after a 15-year run in the Capital Region.<\/p>\n
Earlier this year, the last remaining locations in New York City and Long Island closed down.<\/p>\n
Those restaurants were located in Queens, Midtown Manhattan, Fresh Meadow and Farmingdale. The closures are due to lease expirations and ongoing franchise bankruptcy proceedings.<\/p>\n
Hooters Filed For Bankruptcy<\/p>\n
These closures are part of a broader nationwide plan. The Atlanta-based chain filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in March 2025, citing inflation, shifting consumer preferences, and flatlining sales.<\/p>\n
After its 2025 financial collapse, the original founding team reacquired roughly 140 locations out of bankruptcy.<\/p>\n Led by longtime executive and former company lawyer Neil Kiefer, the new ownership is pushing away from the hyper-sexualized image introduced and is hoping to change to a family-friendly image as a strategy to “re-Hooterize” the brand.<\/p>\n Where Can New Yorkers Go For The New Hooters Experience?<\/p>\n Because Hooters closed all of its New York locations, Hudson Valley residents looking for an official Hooters experience must now travel out of state.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n The company also recently closed northern New Jersey locations like Paramus and Hackensack.<\/p>\n For all the news that the Hudson Valley is sharing, make sure to follow Hudson Valley Post on Facebook,<\/a>\u00a0and download the\u00a0Hudson Valley Post Mobile App <\/a><\/p>\n You can still find Hooters in East Brunswick, New Jersey; Somerset, New Jersey; and King of Prussia, Pennsylvania.<\/p>\n New York Businesses That Closed in 2026<\/p>\n New York Businesses That Closed in 2026<\/p>\n Take a look at the New York businesses that have closed in 2026.<\/p>\n Gallery Credit: Credit – Polly McAdams<\/p>\n Every Fireworks Show Across Hudson Valley By Date And County<\/p>\n Every Fireworks Show Across Hudson Valley By Date And County<\/p>\n New York Businesses That Closed in 2025<\/p>\n New York Businesses That Closed in 2025<\/p>\n Several restaurants, bars, and businesses closed in Central and Upstate New York in 2025. <\/p>\n Gallery Credit: Credit – Polly McAdams<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"It’s the end of an era in New York State. Hooters just closed its last restaurant in New…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":284838,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[9,11,10,49,51,50],"class_list":["post-285771","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-headlines","tag-new-york-news","tag-new-york-state","tag-new-york-state-headlines","tag-new-york-state-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/285771","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=285771"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/285771\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/284838"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=285771"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=285771"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=285771"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"Follow](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/1764005171_799_attachment-No3_nextdoorpromo_newsletter.jpg\")
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