If you want a really good cup of coffee then Maine is your best bet. Why? Topless baristas! But it maybe a short lived thing if the prudes have their way.
Prosecutors will review a complaint that a waitress from a Maine topless doughnut shop was outside the business without a shirt on.
The Central Maine Morning Sentinel says a state trooper was sent to the Grand View Topless Coffee shop on Saturday after someone called in a complaint. Police say no one was charged, but the matter has been turned over to the district attorney for review.
It’s unclear whether nudity outside the cafe is prohibited.
Vassalboro had considered banning nudity altogether after the shop opened in February, but officials now are proposing to specifically regulate where, when and how such businesses may operate. The revised ordinance comes up for a vote June 8.
But there is also an ugly side of the whole topless barista thing. In the South when things do not meet with some approval the answer is a “redneck thing.”…burn it down…kinda like black churches or abortion clinics…apparently there is a little “redneck” in Maine.
The Boston Globe reported:
A topless coffee shop that opened in Maine four months ago amid national notoriety was destroyed by arson early yesterday, the state fire marshal’s office ruled.
Evidence found among the rubble at the Grand View Coffee Shop, a former motel just north of Augusta, indicated that the 1 a.m. blaze had been set shortly after its owner appeared before the Vassalboro Planning Board to discuss extending the shop’s hours and allowing topless waitresses to dance around the restaurant.
Investigators determined a cause for the blaze but had not released that information, McCausland said. The uninsured building, which Crabtree said he spent $277,000 to renovate, is a total loss. Crabtree intends to reopen, the Associated Press reported. “I’ll keep going,” Crabtree said. “I’ve got some girls out of work, and I’m going to do all I can.”
The shop brought a wave of publicity to the town of 4,400 people when Crabtree announced plans to have topless waitresses serve coffee and doughnuts between 6 a.m. and 6 p.m. Nothing in local ordinances barred such an establishment. Many residents were outraged, but others said the community badly needed an economic shot in the arm.
The arson startled residents, who are scheduled to consider a proposal to regulate sexually oriented businesses at Town Meeting on Monday.
Sad that this type of mentality prevails in the 21st century…if you do like something …destroy it.