Hooters restaurant in Fayetteville

is expected to be open within the next eight days.

The Fayette County Chamber

of Commerce has announced a ribbon cutting at the site, the corner of

Ga. highways 85 and 314 in the former Shoney's building, scheduled for

Monday, June 25. That event is for corporate officials and special guests,

and the restaurant is slated to open its doors to the general public the

next day.

Restaurant management has applied

for a conditional beer and wine license, and the City Council is expected

to vote on that at Thursday's regular meeting. No Hooters representatives

were present at the council's work session Wednesday night, and there

was no discussion of the issue.

Development of the site has

gone quite smoothly and quietly compared to last summer, when a developer

attempted to build a Hooters in another location. That was met by a huge

public outcry, as nearly 200 people crammed City Hall to object on moral

grounds, citing the traditional "Hooters Girls" attire of t-shirts

and shorts worn by servers. The application was eventually quashed due

to a lack of necessary road improvements at that location.

This time, there was no public

hearing at all because the company is moving into an existing building

already zoned for restaurant use.

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