Want to visit Hooters? Jacksonville customers will now have to look elsewhere

Jacksonville has officially lost its last Hooters restaurant.

The Hooters on San Jose Boulevard near Baymeadows Road has permanently closed, leaving the city without a single location of the well-known restaurant chain.

A sign posted on the doors confirms the closure, telling customers that the restaurant has closed permanently.

The exact date it stopped serving customers — and the specific reason behind the shutdown — have not been publicly confirmed.

The closure appears to have happened quickly

There were few obvious signs that Jacksonville’s final Hooters was about to disappear.

The San Jose location was promoting a new menu item on social media as recently as September 24, according to News4JAX.

A Public Health and Safety notice posted at the restaurant was dated September 29, but there is currently no confirmation that the notice caused the permanent closure.

The restaurant was also still appearing on Hooters’ website after the doors had closed.

Jacksonville once had several Hooters restaurants

This isn’t the first Hooters to disappear from the Jacksonville market.

The Tinseltown location on Southside Boulevard closed in June 2025, leaving San Jose as the chain’s final restaurant in the city.

Over the years, Hooters also operated in other parts of the Jacksonville area, including Jacksonville Beach, Arlington, Orange Park and the former Jacksonville Landing.

Now, none remain in Jacksonville.

But Hooters isn’t disappearing from Florida

The Jacksonville closure does not mean Hooters is leaving Florida.

The brand continues to operate restaurants elsewhere in the state, including locations in the Orlando area and other Florida markets.

In fact, Hooters has deep Florida roots. The original Hooters opened in Clearwater in 1983, and the company continues to maintain a significant presence in the state.

For Jacksonville customers looking for the familiar wings-and-sports-bar experience, however, they’ll now have to travel outside the city.

Part of a much bigger shake-up

The Jacksonville closure also comes after a turbulent period for the Hooters business.

Hooters of America filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in March 2025 as part of a financial restructuring.

Later that year, the original Hooters ownership group completed an acquisition of much of the business and announced plans to reshape the chain and return it closer to its original concept.

Hooters has repeatedly said the company itself is not going out of business.

So the story in Jacksonville isn’t the end of Hooters in Florida.

It is, however, the end of an era for the brand in Jacksonville — at least for now.