Topless coffee shop burns to the ground. Oh, I’m sure it was an accident.
Jokes about cup size came grinding to a halt Wednesday after a fire destroyed a controversial topless cafe in a residential neighborhood in Maine.
The blaze was reported about 1 a.m. at the Grand View Topless Coffee Shop in Vassalboro, just north of Augusta, where shirtless waitresses served Java to ogling patrons — angering locals and drawing national attention since the venue opened in February.
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The fire happened only hours after Crabtree met with town planners to discuss making it more like a strip club, with longer hours and dancing.
Emphasis mine. Wow, funny how the place just happened to get torched right after the owner made his plans known. And note, from the story, that the owner says he carried no insurance on the business (a dumb move, frankly) so there’s no motive for him to burn the place down. It smells like someone in the community decided to veto the planning commission’s adherence to the law.
If I hear more, I’ll pass it along.
