SINGAPORE, Dec. 28 -- For 30 years, it was impossible to miss - or misunderstand. With its blaze-orange facade and uniformed female waitstaff in tight shorts and logo tank tops, Hooters stood as one of Clarke Quay's most unapologetically male-gaze exports in Singapore.

That chapter will close on January 31, 2026, when the American restaurant shutters its only Singapore outlet, bringing its long - and increasingly anachronistic - run in the city-state to an end.

Singapore media organisation AsiaOne reported that the decision was driven by manpower shortages and low sales, pressures that strained the business as it tried to keep menu prices affordable. The closure also marks Hooters' complete exit from Singapore.

The outlet, which opened...