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FOREST GROVE, Ore. (KOIN) — Things boiled over at a city council meeting Monday night in Forest Grove — as the fight over nearly-naked, pasties-clad baristas continues.
The owner of the coffee stand now says that – after all the outrage — her employees will stay away from pasties, at least for now, at her Forest Grove Dream Girl Espresso location.
“We do not sell sex; we serve coffee,” said Owner Leah Sizemore at Monday night’s meeting. “Any rhetoric like this is slanderous to me and my employees.”
At Monday night’s council meeting, people opposed to the drive-thru shop called it too much nudity too close to too many homes.
“When I witnessed the girls working at the coffee cart they were wearing less than bikinis, a lot less,” testified Cecile Doyle.
The drive-thru was described as a public nuisance, harmful to existing businesses and a deterrent to new business. But Sizemore has told KOIN 6 News her drive-thru location at 19th and Elm — where so many kids are nearby — was unavoidable. Meanwhile, she said business is doing well.
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