Dear all
Bristol Hooters has held its "inaugural" bikini contest. It started at 7pm on Wednesday and children are allowed in until 9pm.
Many people have complained to the police and to the Council because this breaches the licence conditions, which state:
From the notes of the licensing hearing.
Gallus? lawyer said: ?There isn?t anything about this that undermines the protection of children. I realise it is not for everyone. It is a restaurant with a uniform. Not a strip club. The uniform is not relevant to the licencing application.?
From the licence written decision:
Licence condition number 13: There shall be no adult entertainment or services, activities, other entertainment or matters ancillary to the use of the premises that may give rise to concern in respect of children. For example (but not exclusively), there shall be no nudity or semi-nudity, films for restricted age groups, the presence of gaming machines.
We think that this breaches the licensing condition above and one of the four licensing objectives - the protection of children from harm.
We're waiting to see if the Council/police will be taking any action.
If you'd like to complain, the e-mail address is:
[email protected]
I'd also like to take this opportunity to thank Marks & Spencer again for helping Hooters to set up in Bristol.
As if it's not bad enough to have to put up with the breastaurant with the huge owl sign with a slang words for breasts and "comical" wobbly breasts for eyes, we now have to put up with bikini contests, the associated advertising and the subsequent delightful comments on the Hooters Facebook page from slavering men, e.g. "Beep beep slip slap balls deep bare back I'm in"
Many in Bristol are still boycotting M&S. One woman got an e-mail from M&S today saying, "we notice that you haven't been shopping with us recently." Funnily enough, they might find that many of us have decided not to shop in M&S since they decided to help inflict Hooters on our city.