Now this'll test whether people really go there for the wings! Hooters is ditching the outfits and bringing in MALE servers at its new upmarket venture called 'Hoots'

  • Hooters will open a fast-casual restaurant called Hoots, a Hooters Joint
  • The first such restaurant will be opened in Chicago suburb Cicero, Illinois 
  • Will have shortened menu featuring some of Hooters's more popular items
  • Male and female servers will wear regular, non-revealing outfits

By FORREST HANSON FOR DAILYMAIL.COM

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Will customers give a hoot about a Hooters without scantily clad women? 

Hooters, a full-service restaurant featuring chicken wings and waitresses in revealing orange-and-white outfits, is diversifying its restaurant portfolio.

The chain, which has more than 430 restaurants across 28 countries, will open a fast-casual restaurant called Hoots, a Hooters Joint.

The first such restaurant will be opened in Cicero, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago.

Hooters, a full-service restaurant featuring chicken wings and waitresses in revealing orange-and-white outfits, Pictured: Donald Trump with three Hooters waitresses

Hooters, a full-service restaurant featuring chicken wings and waitresses in revealing orange-and-white outfits, Pictured: Donald Trump with three Hooters waitresses

The restaurant will feature some of Hooters's more popular items, including chicken wings

The restaurant will feature some of Hooters's more popular items, including chicken wings

It will have a shortened menu featuring some of Hooters's more popular items - including chicken wings - the Tampa Bay Times reported. 

Male and female servers will wear regular, non-revealing outfits at the counter-service restaurant.

The restaurant will hope to compete with restaurants such as Chipotle and Panera.

The first Hooters opened in Clearwater, Florida in 1983.

Since then, the restaurant has expanded to 28 countries including Singapore, Hungary and Nicaragua. 

Male and female servers will wear regular, non-revealing outfits at the counter-service restaurant Hoots, which will be quite different from its sibling Hooters

Male and female servers will wear regular, non-revealing outfits at the counter-service restaurant Hoots, which will be quite different from its sibling Hooters

Hooters, a full-service restaurant featuring chicken wings and waitresses in revealing orange-and-white outfits, is diversifying its restaurant portfolio with Hoots, a Hooters Joint

Hooters, a full-service restaurant featuring chicken wings and waitresses in revealing orange-and-white outfits, is diversifying its restaurant portfolio with Hoots, a Hooters Joint

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