Café con piernas explained
Café con piernas (Spanish for "coffee with legs") is a coffee shop style popular in Chile where the service staff are all or nearly all attractive women (by local standards) dressed in revealing clothing.[1] Coffee shops with waitresses serving in miniskirts and heels to businessmen had long been popular, but bikinis and similar attire accelerated the trend by the mid-1990s. The shops are very numerous and popular in Santiago.[2] [3] [4] [5] [6] It is frequently noted that the shops seem to contradict Chile's traditionally conservative culture.[7]
Generally, the women walk on a raised catwalk behind the bar so as to maximize the view for patrons.[8] Not all locations feature women in bikinis or lingerie: some have stayed with the traditional miniskirt and heels.
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Notes and References
- Gallardo, Eduardo (13 October 1998). Coffee With Legs' Offends Some Chilean Sensibilities, Kentucky New Era (Associated Press)
- Flinn, John (12 February 2006). Out on a limb for coffee with legs, San Francisco Chronicle
- Chong, Kevin (28 May 2010). Santiago: A city with legs, Toronto Star
- News: A Little Skin With Your Latte? . Heather Murphy . . September 17, 2008 . March 9, 2010.
- News: CAFÉ CON PIERNAS: GOOD 'TIL THE LAST DROP . Adam Fuller and Jason Snyder . . August 1, 2008 . March 9, 2010.
- http://www.chile.com/secciones/ver_seccion.php?id=44148 CAFÉ CON PIERNAS: ¡QUÉ SABOR!
- Ossa, Felipe (5 May 2000). Cafes ... with legs, Salon.com
- (12 August 2003). Cafe With Legs Sizzles In Uptight Chile, Philippine Daily Inquirer, p. A1, A13
