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Hooters replacing the Flea Market?
July 13, 2005 | 20 Comments
This comes one comes from those crazy Internets, so reader beware… The rumor mill is buzzing about the possibility of Hooters replacing the beloved Westport Flea Market. Supposedly the Holiday Inn next door is being renovated and they want to buy the Flea Market’s property and put a Hooters there. Reps from Hooters were allegedly on hand at a recent meeting of the Plaza-Westport Neighborhood Association to discuss the plan.
Losing this institution boggles the mind, as does the idea of Hooters right up against Spiveys Rare Books. May the ghost of Bob Berdella forever haunt this place!
At least the Flea Market will be there this Saturday for the KC Bloggers EatUp.
Note to Hooters: there is a brand new venue a block away that would be perfect for your establishment.
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NOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!
/Vader
Hooters sucks. Terrible food and scantily clad skanks? no thanks.
I have nothing against Hooters and have no problem with them building on vacant land or moving into an existing vacant space (hint, hint). But to tear down a landmark, icon, successful, popular local restaurant to build a generic chain is unconscionable. This MUST be stopped. A an organized campaign needs to be made both to Hooters and to the hotel owners that this plan MUST be aborted.
I honestly do not want a Hooters anywhere near Westport, its worse that Johnny Dare’s I think. Its just going to go farther to ruin the atmosphere of the Westport area.
Look at the bright side: it will match the Chili’s across the street. Then all Westport needs is a Fridays and Mimi’s to complete the gentrification.
Sadly, I think a Hooters would do pretty well in that location.
Seems like it’s time for a comprehensive zoning plan for Westport, similar to the Brookside rezoning to discourage big boxes and conserve the mom-and-pop environment. While a few chains are OK in Westport, overall it’s become quite unbalanced between national and local businesses. Especially when it’s a chain replacing a local business.
oooooooohhhh….
i willllllllllll haunt the new hoooooooooters…..booooooooooo for chaiiins…..
oh, p.s. i don’t even think there’s enough parking there, at least not the number their corporate headquarters surely require.
Finally we can eat good wings and drink beer with a credit card instead carrying around a pocket full of twenties from a broken cash machine in a filthy hole, famous only for being a cozy dive for serial killers, and cheap (good) burgers. Give me a break. I love the flea Market’s staff and food — but for pete’s sake — this is great news for Westport. Not only will it do amazing lunch business but it will throw vast sums of cash into a fixing up a community that doesn’t wake up until happy hour. Why are they the only place in the world that doesn’t take a card anyway? Sheesh!
“Finally we can eat good wings and drink beer with a credit card instead carrying around a pocket full of twenties from a broken cash machine in a filthy hole, famous only for being a cozy dive for serial killers, and cheap (good) burgers. Give me a break. I love the flea Market’s staff and food — but for pete’s sake — this is great news for Westport. Not only will it do amazing lunch business but it will throw vast sums of cash into a fixing up a community that doesn’t wake up until happy hour. Why are they the only place in the world that doesn’t take a card anyway? Sheesh!”
Here’s an idea: Stay in the ‘burbs where you can eat wings, run up your credit card and harass some poor skank to your heart’s content.
Some of like our filthy holes and we don’t mind paying with cash.
KC News: Westport Flea Market to be torn down and replaced with Hooters
KCBloggers noted the story at BlogKC: t
This rumor’s been going around for a while–even the Star printed something on it back in November. I keep waiting to hear anything new. It would be a travesty, that’s for sure.
HELLO!!! Kansas Cityians… Greetings from the “excitement capital of the world” Albuquerque N.M. (hold on a second I have to go watch some paint dry and then the excitement will really pick up when my neighbor waters his “lawn” ha ha)I have always been fasinated by your lovely city and want to visit badley, I hate to bring up the subject of Bob Berdella I hope he is in hell, but curiosity overtook me after learning about the monster and his crimes in a book I read last year, boy he is the LAST person in the world I would want to get ahold of me, I am a flea market junkie and heard he has a shop there what is in his bazzar booth now? I want to eat one of the burgers ive read about,but the thought of this nut having a booth there freaks my 42 year old mind out, I wonder if these lunitics who glorify serial killers go there to gawk, and also what ever happened to his Charlotte St. house i hope they tore it down!can someone email me and let me know? Im sorry if Ive opened any wounds regarding this gory subject. TAKE CARE GOD BLESS!!!put attention mike on reply THANKS!!
who wants a poor performing flea bag of a business that doesn’t make any money or pay their bills, a dirty restaurant in an old crappy building instead of an exciting new restaurant that makes big money and pays sales tax and offers a patio and beer garden to tourists and business men who love the concept.
i don’t understand people who get attached to the old tired options and have no interest in adding new fresh life to an area.
if you have never been into a Hooters and don’t know anything about it, you should keep your opinion to yourself. BTW it is 75% food and they don’t even serve hard liquor, it’s a great place.
also, people must not understand that these deals take years to put together and a lot of hard work and investment by many people, to just expect that other empty restaurants available a few weeks ago should have been considered…..
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I love flea markets and hooters. I’m torn.
WESTPORT FLEA MARKET STAYS!
New Owner has surfaced.
Joe Zwillenberg of Joe Joe’s Italian Eatery and Catering at 4216 Main St, also of Joe’s Burger Joint at 41st and Main has bought the Flea and plans to keep things AS IS!
Yahoo!!!!!!!!!!
Thank God for this. Hooters food is horrible and inevitably the least attractive girl will be your server. The burgers at the flea market are great. I wouldn’t call the hard work that goes into spreading the hooters name history, that is what can be appreciated here. it’s hardly tired either, ever been?
Great job guys…
People get a GRIP! Hooter’s is a restaurant with a theme. The theme is good times, good food, and friendly girls to serve you. If you would rather have the food at Denny’s then go there! I am a young, straight, professional female and I am not offended whatsoever by this resuaurant. I am, however, amused at people who can honestly say the don’t care for the place. If you are there to meet girls, then you are an idiot. If you are there for the food, then you are in the right place. They have excellent wings and my kids love it there! GET A LIFE