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Hooters In Tit For Tat With Rival Canz
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Jamie Feldmar
Published Jun 13, 2011
Modified Jun 13, 2011
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Well, here's a classy rivalry: in what the Post is calling a "battle of the boobs," upstart mammary-centric Long Island restaurant Canz has been stealing busty waitstaff away from the neighboring Hooters.
Canz has poached 25 former waitresses from Hooters, where, one 19 year-old ex-Hooters girl explained, "They make us feel uncomfortable with our bodies." So she "defected" two miles away to Canz, which presumably treats the female form with the utmost honor and respect! And that's not all: Canz's owner claims he's caught Hooters staffers "surreptitiously recording videos" inside his store, and a "battalion" of Hooters girl was recently escorted out of Canz after coming in to lure customers away. Hooters has declined to comment on any of these allegations.
But enough about jiggling breasts! Onto to the real question, which is, how do Canz's wings stack up against Hooters's? (Remember: noted authorities HotSauceDaily once declared, "Hooters Are The Best Wings In The Universe.") Looks like Hooters needs some enhancement: Yelpers are saying "The buffalo wings are better than Hooters" and "The food is surprisingly good."
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