First New Jersey 'Hoot Wings' Hooters Spinoff Restaurant Opens

NEW JERSEY — Hoots Wings, a fast casual spinoff of the nationwide Hooters restaurant chain, opened its first location in Jersey City last month. Three more of the eateries will open in New Jersey in the next two years: in Hoboken, Newark, and Atlantic City, according to industry reports.

The Jersey City location, near the Hudson River waterfront at 525 Washington St., offers a menu focusing on wings and sauces: breaded wings, smoked, boneless, and "naked."

The menu also includes a chicken sandwich and saucy shrimp, and some locations serve snow crab legs and a salad. Sides include waffle fries, tots, mozzarella sticks, carrots & celery sticks, mac and cheese, fried pickles, and pretzel sticks.

The company is run by HOA Brands, which owns 400 Hooters restaurants around the county. The company began opening Hoot Wings in 2017 with its first store in Chicago.

Now, they have locations from Texas to Florida. They plan to open 50 more in the next two years, including the four locations in New Jersey.

As the pandemic kept people inside last year, more of them began ordering wings, noted one industry publication.

The addresses in Hoboken, Newark, and Atlantic City, have not yet been announced, nor have opening dates.

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