CNN reports that business is brisk at the Grand View Topless Coffee Shop, a topless coffee shop recently launched in Vassalboro, Maine, a small town in maine with less than 4,500 residents. The restaurant received over 150 applications partly because of the tough job market.
In a town with fewer than 4,500 residents, the topless coffee shop is booming with business. Paul Crabtree, the owner's brother, describes business so far as "fantastic."
"It's just been crowds mobbing in," he said.
Donald Crabtree faced initial opposition to his plan, but he won the right to go ahead in a planning board hearing last week. Many local residents were irate over the idea of combining coffee and nudity. Crabtree, however, saw a profitable business venture.
"I know what people want," he said. "People like nudity, and coffee is profitable. Sure, I'd start a coffee shop, but I'd be out of work in a week."
There's not a name for the topless baristas at the coffee shop but USA Today's bare-istas is pretty good. In the video below the AP says there were 200 curious people at the coffee shop on opening day. Some Vassalboro residents are unhappy the waitresses at the coffee shop are topless.
