Coffee with a Splash of Sex Appeal

"Full-bodied coffee" has a whole new meaning in Yakima. At Brewlesque Espresso, baristas don skimpy, burlesque-style outfits while serving up java drinks.

[Bri]

I am appalled! This is degrading women! Its trashy, tacky and demeaning! I can see a corset with a mini skirt or shorts, a bikini with mini skirt or shorts but lingerie that’s taking the term sex sells to the extreme. Something needs to be left to the imagination. Those girls leave not much if anything to the imagination. That area of town is infiltrated with children, gangs, and a short walk there’s prostitutes. An elementary school is less than a mile away. Because of that stand Mel’s Diner, Conoco, and all other businesses with in eye shot of that stand have lost my business. I don’t want my young children seeing that style of clothing and thinking its ok to dress like that in public! The owner saying she would have the girls cover up on Sunday’s what about the rest of the time? They need not to be revealing their derrière to the general public. This style of clothing belongs in bedrooms and strip clubs not with in eye shot of children. To me they’re saying I’m here come steal from me and have your way with me, its ok I’ll go back to making coffee when your done.



Bri Babbitt

Yakima

[GiChez]

i dont see this as tacky demeaning, and neither degrading and im not saying this just cause im a guy. but sex does sell and someone just happens to be making money off of it, ofcourse it's gonna piss some people off because they didn't think of it. i live around that area and it's not infiltrated with gangs, any area of town has children not just this particular area, and what if their is prostitutes?? they need mocha's and coffe too, the girls at brewlesque cater to all, they unlike some people do not judge some one for how they look, or what they do. they just simply make people happy by providing the big city experience of a coffee shop. so keeps at it girls one mocha at a time!!

[Yakima Barista]

I work at a coffee stand in Yakima and to me and the other girls, it's pretty sad that a stand has to use "sex appeal" to sell coffee. If you were to put any other coffee stand there, without the half naked girls inside of it, it probably wouldn't get half the business that stand does, so I will give them credit on the pulling in good tips and making good money, but seriously, what kid of girl would work there. I'm not a prude by any means, I'm actually kind of crazy and I love to go out and have fun, but I would never go so low as making coffee in lingerie. I would rather be half naked in an actual burlesque club where guys are meant to stare at me rather that on 1st street in Yakima.. I feel sorry and embarassed for the girls working there. But each to their own and if thats how you got to make a living then whatever. Just know that no matter how good the tips may be there, you can always make better tips wearing the same damn thing in a burlesque or strip club where the tips are waaaaay better.

[Disqusted]

I'm completely disgusted by this new stand!! What a bunch of sluts. If you can't sell coffee wearing normal clothes than you have a problem. Like we don't have enough to deal with these days with seeing the girls in magazines and movies and on TV. You'd think that you'd have enough class to keep yourself covered up. I hope that you feel good about yourself when you have all these perverted guys drooling over you and you can't seem to keep the losers away!!! You're sick.

[happy]

this place rocks!! see the line of cars that are there compared to other hundred espresso stands in yakima. the girls are friendly and serve decent drinks, but honestly i don't go there for the coffee. based on the volume of customers they probably outsell the majority of espresso stands in this town.

be haters all you want, myself and many other people in yakima will continue to go there.

fyi...go after 1:00pm, the afternoon shift is much nicer to look at than the morning shift.

[STOP CRYING]

u kno i dnt see the big deal,
complaints bout children being round,
any parent wouldnt have there kinder to 5th grader
walking home from barge down down the st. and round the corner that far anyway if you do ,u need to check yourself first...
and you can be ok with bikinies selling you coffe but some corsets and short boy shorts and omg call the national gaurd in...omg its a costume, ud be fine if you went to go seeit in a play or when you watched mulan rouge..kids are exposed to alot more everyday, with there parents , tv, stupid cartoons and your making a big deal bout a lil shop where you only see the girls when your at the window ordering coffe... if you dont like it dnt go as easy as that! no need to be calling them sluts or there degrading blah blah blah blah .... can you say WOW jealouse !!!!!!
they got waht it takes, and they using it so what !!!!!!! let it be ..and stop crying about it dang... they young and gone flaunt it while they got it .. no ones putting a gun to your head and telling you to pass it or go to it or pay any mind to it ...move on and get a life...

[Appalled]

I agree with Bri 100%. They might as well be naked because from the pictures I have seen, everything they wear is see-through anyway. Strip clubs have to be so many feet from a school or church so why is it any different for this coffee stand?? At least in a strip club the kids walking by can't see because the strippers are inside the building but here you can see them hanging out the window serving coffee! Who came up with such a stupid idea. And for the comment posted by "Stop crying" for one you obviously aren't educated or you could spell correctly, second what if parents want to take their kids out to eat at Mel's Diner? They can't unless they are willing to expose their children to the naked girls at the nearby coffee stand. We are not JEALOUS stop crying...we look just as good in lingerie as they do if not better, we just choose to dress modestly when out in public because we don't want guys gawking at us because of our bodies. If these girls had REAL SKILLS they could sell the coffee based on the taste of the coffee.

[GiChez]

OMG get a life to all those who bad talk the brewlesque, if you would give the girls at the brewlesque a chance and stop by to try their coffee not only would you find out that what they wear is NOT see through but that they also have good coffee. and for you "disgusted" if you had any class you would not use the word slut to refer to these ladies there can be other names used, that's a little harsh. it's just sad that some people in small cities like YAKIMA are so sheltered and close minded, how about we grow up people "just a little" and face the fact that yakima is growing and your gonna start seeing stuff around you don't normally see get over it and if it bothers you keep your opinion to your self and dont stop at the brewlesque. so how about it?

[Oh Please]

LOL I cannot believe how upset people are about this. I believe the girls working there actually applied for the position, knowing the dress code. What you wear does not make the woman. If you don't like it, don't go there. Remember this IS a free country. How about trying not to be so judgmental and vicious, it makes you look less than pleasant.

[happy customer]

for Bri, yakima barista, disgusted, and appalled, you are a bunch of squares, its the 21st century, you are probably the type that cant get away with wearing what they do and are jealous. the girls there are friendly and make good coffee. The DON'T wear anything see through! Get with the times.

[Local]

"Sluts", "disgusting"??? You people need to get out more. Society has made nudity risque, nothing more....the body is what it is and no one should have to hide it if they don't want to. I'm constantly amazed at how many short sighted narrow minded people live on this planet. Google Denmark and check out their society...nudity is common in parks/public (although mostly topless) and kids run free through them and nothing is thought about it. They also have less teen pregnancies better/open sex ed and less STD's by far than us. Who decided male nipples are ok to display on a warm day but females aren't?...It's really quite stupid. My wife and i both checked out Brewlesque and had a great beverage, a smile from a pretty girl and yes, we left a nice tip. I hope it helps keep them going...this town needs to crawl out of the annuls or prudness. So I/we say "keep it up ladies"...you all have beauty and more importantly guts to buck the prudes. Thanks for giving Yakima something sensual to look at. It's erotic and refreshing....I'll be back soon.
TJ

[Mamasaid]

If you don't like to look at girls in scanty outfits (what's up with all this anyway) you can stay home and order gourmet coffee online and serve it to yourself. I order my pure, delicious Kona coffee from https://konaluna.com so I don't have to deal with the public, waiting or worrying about what anyone is wearing. Get a French press and you'll really be in heaven at home. With the coffee delivered to your door, you can stay in your pajamas all the time.

[da one]

whatever you obviosly went there to see them otherwise you would have never known what they wear and how it looks!!!!!!

Bri wrote:

I am appalled! This is degrading women! Its trashy, tacky and demeaning! I can see a corset with a mini skirt or shorts, a bikini with mini skirt or shorts but lingerie that’s taking the term sex sells to the extreme. Something needs to be left to the imagination. Those girls leave not much if anything to the imagination. That area of town is infiltrated with children, gangs, and a short walk there’s prostitutes. An elementary school is less than a mile away. Because of that stand Mel’s Diner, Conoco, and all other businesses with in eye shot of that stand have lost my business. I don’t want my young children seeing that style of clothing and thinking its ok to dress like that in public! The owner saying she would have the girls cover up on Sunday’s what about the rest of the time? They need not to be revealing their derrière to the general public. This style of clothing belongs in bedrooms and strip clubs not with in eye shot of children. To me they’re saying I’m here come steal from me and have your way with me, its ok I’ll go back to making coffee when your done.
Bri Babbitt
Yakima

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[Java Girl]

Frankly I think all you people who trash talk the stands like Brewlesque and Java Jigglers only do it cause you dont have the balls yourself to work at either of those places. I managed Java Jigglers and I guarantee you wouldn't be able to pick these girls out of a crowd and be like they work at "one of those places" we're good people with feelings too we're just smarter than the average bear cause we know how to work the system to the best of our abilities. Most of us are students just doing this to make ends meet...it's not like we are doing this for the rest of our lives I mean come on you get old and gravity kicks in. We're the only country in the world who freaks out about this kind of stuff and if you're worried about your kids seeing this stuff i suggest you put blinders on them, throw away your TV, and never go to the beach or swimming pool again.....

[Tina]

t disgust me that of wonderful little town has lowered its self to this. I have four daughters and if they ever tried to work there I would be so ashamed. I dDO NOT want them thinking this is ok. I also don't want them seeing this. You cn not drive down the sreet and not see. Now we have Playmates whee the girls only wear sticky notes on thier nipples on Tuesdays. Do they not have any self respect? ANd why are our city counsil members allowing this? Our mayor is a Pastor and I for one can not believe he is allowing this. WRONG!

[letshavaclothing drive4em]

I have discussed with many men and women this subject. 100% of all the men are happy about the slut stands, of course. They seem to make it even worse for women when they disagree, by telling them they are jealous. As if it isn't demeaning enough. These men are no prize by all means ladies. They seem to think that they can tell women how to look, and not take care of themselves. Us women don't need to listen to these overgrown children that are looking at other women, not their significant other. It is wrong immoral, and not to mention it's crushing relationships. If men had any descency and cared about their wives or girlfriends feelings. Sick perverted jerks. These girls are someones daughter. Obviously, no one has shown them love and kindness, or else they would not be selling themselves.
ladies, just to let u know.... they give the guys peep shows of their privates for extra tips. Also, the girls kiss eachother for them, and lick whip cream off eachother. They call them body shots. I have been told by men,even though it's a secret from women.
Some of the girls are said to be prostituting out of the stands. In trade for drugs or money.
They all know this is wrong, and in front of the general public. And they are getting away with it.
I have been told by many women that they hate the stands and the sleezy girls. Some of the women are getting pretty violent about it. I have heard them say they are going to drive right thru the stands. I have heard a few say that they are going to even shoot these girls. Whether they are joking or not? It is still being said. It's just a matter of time before this thing gets out of control.
I hope that this siguation doesn't end up with anyone hurt. These girls are putting themselves in harms way with perverts,rapist killers, and robbers.
I feel dissapointment in the public and the city counclil for not taking better care of this siguation.

[coffeeworks]

if you dont like it dont go there

[IgnoranceIsNotBe coming]

It amazes me that you haters chose to focus on the lingerie stands. It hurts no one. I'm a married father of three with a successful career (my wife as well) and we both have purchased drinks from several of the stands. She usually likes to comment on how cute the girls outfit is (or isn't dending on the theme). The girls are cute, bright and cheery and the coffee is good..... Anyway, focus your energy on something important like the drug problem here, or gangs, or those who won't eat tonight...this topic is so petty and un important in comparison. You came into this world with less on! Oh and don't travel to europe.....nudity isn't such a big deal there and guess what, their sex crimes, teen pregnancies, and STD's are lower than here. Just don't go to the stands and get on with your life.