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The licence was revoked before we even opened or went to any appeals. “We do not fall into ‘adult entertainment’ as they suggest.
“The business owner provided a ‘dress code.’ The costumes in the ‘dress code’ are revealing to a degree that the business meets the definition of an adult business per the city’s Municipal Code.” “I met with one of the owners on Januwho informed me that he intends to require the employees at the American Canyon store to wear costumes that are as revealing as the costumes worn on staff at other Bottoms Up Espresso stores,” community director Brent Cooper had previously said, according to the Vallejo Times-Herald.
The coffee shop, which has multiple locations in the Bay Area, originally secured its American Canyon location in December, SF Gate reported.Ĭity officials claim they received complaints about the servers’ outfits following the store’s opening, prompting a community director to speak with the owner.
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“This is not only a violation of a constitutionally protected free speech right, but of due process as well.An unconventional coffee shop in California is finding itself at the centre of controversy - yet again - as a result of its servers’ skimpy styles.Īt a meeting on Tuesday, city council members in American Canyon voted unanimously to revoke a licence granted to Bottoms Up Espresso after critics argued the “bikini barista” coffee shop was operating more like an adult business than a cafe. “Any person can wear any time the attire complained of by the city manager,” Andino wrote to the council. Their job application page requires candidates to upload a photo.īottoms Up Espresso’s attorney Ralph Andino argued that the staff’s racy apparel is not illegal to wear in public, so the cafe should be allowed to operate.
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American Canyon city code does not allow for adult-entertainment businesses.Ī cursory look at Bottoms Up Espresso’s Instagram and Yelp pages (Google them yourself, perv) shows that it’s not so much a “bikini cafe” as it as an “underwear and slutty costumes cafe.” The menu features beverages with names like Sweet Cheeks, Blonde Bombshell, The Big O, and Screamer. “Let’s call it what it is - adult entertainment,” councilperson David Oro said before Tuesday’s vote. So baristas in thongs are becoming a thing.īut not in American Canyon, where city council roasted the cafe and unanimously demanded it close. According to the Chronicle, a similar chain called Pink Pantherz Espresso is operating at five locations in northern California, including Redwood City. That Napa County kiosk is not the only Bottoms Up Espresso, there are nine franchise locations in California.
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The Napa Valley Register reports the American Canyon city council has revoked the business license of Bottoms Up Espresso, a drive-through coffee kiosk whose primary appeal is its employment of scantily clad women baristas. A chain of “bikini barista” cafes is spreading across California, but the Napa County city of American Canyon is grinding one of these coffee shops to a halt. This is not a story we expected to report on International Women’s Day, but here we are.