Hooters

Hooters's Florida stores average -0.27 high-priority violations per routine inspection relative to their county baseline (95% interval -0.42 to -0.12), below the county baseline. Rank 5 of 16 casual-dining brands, counted from furthest below the baseline.

-0.27vs county baseline, 95% interval -0.42 to -0.12

0.81 vs 1.08raw high-priority violations per routine inspection vs the baseline its stores face

48stores in 27 counties, 227 routine inspections, FY2023-24 to FY2025-26

The food: where these dishes come from

Hooters is known for Buffalo wings. The stories are about the dishes, not the brand, and live on PlateTales.

By fiscal year

Relative to the county baseline, first visits of routine inspections. Open circle and * = fiscal year in progress (data as of 2026-11-09). Hover a point for n.

Most-cited violation codes

Citations per 100 routine inspections, Hooters vs all Florida inspections, FY2023-24 to FY2025-26 (n = 227). Descriptions are DBPR's.
Code	DBPR description	Hooters	Florida	Ratio
36	Floors properly constructed, clean, drained, coved	91.6	39.9	2.30x
22	Food contact surfaces of equipment and utensils clean	64.8	43.6	1.48x
14	Food contact surfaces designed, constructed, maintained, installed, located	49.3	46.9	1.05x
31	Toilet and hand-washing facilities, number, convenient, designed, installed	41.0	42.0	0.97x
23	Non-food contact surfaces clean	34.8	23.6	1.47x

Outcomes

12.8% vs 19.6%routine inspections that needed a callback visit, vs all Florida (raw)

0.44% vs 1.01%routine inspections ending in an emergency order recommendation, vs all Florida (raw)

89%of 47 stores with 2+ inspections score below their county baseline after shrinkage toward the brand mean

Emergency closures

3 closures of Hooters stores in DBPR's weekly extracts (2025-12-29 to 2026-11-06); latest 3 shown. Reasons are DBPR's own wording.
Closed	City	County	Reason (DBPR)
2026-09-29	Jacksonville	Duval	Roach & rodent activity
2026-08-05	Orlando	Orange	Fly activity
2026-07-28	Jacksonville	Duval	Rodent & fly activity

Other casual-dining brands

Ranked casual-dining brands, FY2023-24 to FY2025-26.
Rank	Brand	vs county	95% interval	Stores
1	Chuck E. Cheese	-0.69	-0.86 to -0.53	59
2	Olive Garden	-0.48	-0.57 to -0.39	80
3	Buffalo Wild Wings	-0.36	-0.49 to -0.24	62
4	Chili's	-0.34	-0.43 to -0.25	139
5	Hooters	-0.27	-0.42 to -0.12	48
6	LongHorn Steakhouse	-0.23	-0.35 to -0.11	81
7	Applebee's	-0.19	-0.31 to -0.07	88
8	Sonny's BBQ	-0.12	-0.28 to +0.04	65
9	Outback Steakhouse	-0.08	-0.23 to +0.06	101
10	Texas Roadhouse	-0.08	-0.26 to +0.11	47
11	Red Lobster	+0.07	-0.14 to +0.30	56
12	Ruby Tuesday	+0.12	-0.14 to +0.40	31
13	Bonefish Grill	+0.19	-0.04 to +0.45	49
14	Carrabba's Italian Grill	+0.30	+0.16 to +0.45	68
15	Beef 'O' Brady's	+0.48	+0.30 to +0.67	88
16	Miller's Ale House	+0.78	+0.55 to +1.03	68

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Hooters elsewhere

Hooters franchise costs and FDD: FranchiseLens Where Hooters locates: PlazaLens

Store-level matching: a store counts for Hooters when its DBPR business name matches the reviewed aliases in InspectLens's brand list. Co-branded units (for example KFC with Taco Bell) are not counted for either brand.