{"id":349525,"date":"2026-06-25T05:21:17","date_gmt":"2026-06-25T05:21:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/349525\/"},"modified":"2026-06-25T05:21:17","modified_gmt":"2026-06-25T05:21:17","slug":"last-austin-area-hooters-location-closes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/349525\/","title":{"rendered":"Last Austin-area Hooters location closes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\tThe last Austin-area location of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hooters.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Hooters<\/a> restaurant franchise closed at the end of May, over a year after the company filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy.<\/p>\n<p>What you need to know <\/p>\n<p>The Round Rock location of Hooters was the final franchise in the Austin area before its final day of operation in May.<\/p>\n<p>In a notice posted to the building&#8217;s door, the company stated that closure was effective as of the end of business May 24.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This decision has been made as part of our current efforts to focus, revitalize and strengthen the Original Hooters brand across America,&#8221; the notice read. &#8220;We are sincerely grateful to our guests, team members, and community partners for their continued support and loyalty throughout the years.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>About the business<\/p>\n<p>The first Hooters location opened in 1983 in Clearwater, Florida. The franchise has grown to over 420 locations in 29 countries, according to the company.<\/p>\n<p>Hooters filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in early 2025, closing several locations, including one in <a href=\"https:\/\/communityimpact.com\/austin\/san-marcos-buda-kyle\/dining\/2025\/06\/06\/hooters-permanently-closes-san-marcos-location\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">San Marcos<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;&gt;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The last Austin-area location of the Hooters restaurant franchise closed at the end of May, over a year&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":349526,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[132,134,133,124616],"class_list":["post-349525","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-austin","tag-austin","tag-austin-headlines","tag-austin-news","tag-hooter"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/349525","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=349525"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/349525\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/349526"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=349525"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=349525"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=349525"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}