It's Finally Here: All-Male Hooters Restaurant Tallywackers Opens in Dallas

If you build it, they will come. And it will be fabulous.

Billed as the male version of Hooters, the chicken-wing chain known for its busty female waitresses in tight T-shirts and booty shorts, Tallywackers has finally opened its doors in Dallas after reports in February that it was looking for staff.

Tallywackers opened on Saturday, local news station CW33 reports, and features a hunky all-male staff dressed in tight short-shorts and tiny tank tops.

For about a decade, the owner of Tallywackers, Rodney Duke, wondered why there wasn't a male version of Hooters, until he decided to create his own.

According to the Washington Post, Duke came up with the idea in 2005 when he was eating at Hooters.

"Everyone has asked themselves the same question over time when visiting all these other venues that are related with female eye candy," Duke told the "Kidd Kraddick Morning Show." "Why is there not a male equivalent?"

Tallywackers describes itself as a "bar, restaurant and entertainment destination for everyone. There is eye-candy - for boys and girls - great food and a really good time."

The Washington Post points out Tallywacker's menu items, which include the "S&M Burger" and the "Famous Flamer," a spicy hamburger.

"The thing that has got my attention is the grilled romaine Caesar salad," Jeannette Johnsen, the establishment's accountant and human resources manager, told The Washington Post. "We have a wood grill that cooks things so you get that outdoor smoky taste. And they make all dressings in-house."

Duke told the "Kidd Kraddick Morning Show" that he received more than 120 server applicants via Craigslist and cut the group down to just 24 lucky dudes. The businessman also said that unlike Hooters, Tallywackers allows customers to choose their preferred waiter before they are seated.

"We want to hire a wide variety of men," he said. "Everyone has a different type. The younger ones, the older ones, the muscular ones, the not-so-muscular ones. We want to have eye candy for everyone."

Tallywackers opened in Oak Lawn, Dallas' gayborhood. According to staffers, the opening-night crowd was evenly split between women and gay men. Employees also told the Washington Post that the restaurant is popular with bachelorette parties that have been trying to reserve tables for months.

The newspaper reports Tallywackers has more than just handsome waiters.

"The venue features live entertainment several nights a week, including 'female illusionists' and artists who specialize in show tunes," the Washington Post writes. "Although waiters may jump on stage and take off their shirts from time to time, Tallywackers employees scoffed at the inevitable Hooters comparisons. Unlike Hooters, Johnsen told The Post, Tallywackers has tablecloths and a kids' menu."

"We're not a dance bar, and we don't have people stuffing money in the servers' shorts," she said. "They're very nice-looking young gentleman. People are wanting to pull us down into a porno level, but we're a respectable restaurant with a high-spirited staff."

Duke echoed Johnsen's remarks.

"There's not any groping going on or anything crazy," he told the radio hosts. "It's going to be a lot of clean fun and great entertainment."