The Hooters restaurant in Tinseltown has closed leaving only the original Jacksonville Hooters remaining open.

The Hooters at 4521 Southside Blvd. closed June 4. The remaining Hooters is on Goodbys Creek at 8938 San Jose Blvd.

Property records show the 6,430-square-foot Tinseltown restaurant, built in 1998, sits on 1.63 acres.

It is owned by MLE Restaurant Group LLC, which acquired it in 2005 for $1.75 million.

MLE Restaurant Group is headquartered in New York City and shares an address with Milton L Ehrlich Inc. It is managed by the Day Village Limited Partnership, also at the New York address.

Hooters declared Chapter 11 bankruptcy in March. It has been closing corporately owned stores around the country.

The Orange Park restaurant at 1740 Wells Road closed in June 2024.

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