His attitude is common among those who frequent bikini coffee stands. If a shop without a bikini girl were closer, I’d probably go there." The view's nice, but I’m here for the coffee. "People probably think anyone who comes here is a pervert. "This is the closest coffee shop to my place," said a man whose Hot Bikini yoosh is a six-shot mocha. Steven Clouse/Thrillistįor Mandy and Holly, making mochas while wearing next to nothing is no big deal, and their customers - the vast majority regulars who come through at least once a week - would agree. With bikini coffee stands, the special is the barista and her outfit, and the girls will post selfies of their daily costumes.įor the stands' followers, getting a quick peek can easily get their coffee cravings percolating. The difference is, restaurants tend to post sexy pictures of the special of the day. The social media aspect of the industry isn't exactly unlike that of other food & drink presences. The caption? "Come see our booty-full Shantel!" The post has 137 likes, one share, and this comment: "Wife and I got coffee there today, Shantel is an absolute sweetheart." One Facebook post shows a young woman in nerd-girl glasses and booty-bearing panties balancing a coffee cup above her crack. That hasn’t stopped Dream Girl from hamming it up on social media. For that reason, Dream Girl had to deep-six its "Fantasy Fridays," which required Holly and her fellow baristas to purchase a lot of themed, elaborate outfits. Promotions can be fun - "Saturday is Pasty Day around here!" Holly said - but anyone who's ever perused a Victoria's Secret or Frederick's of Hollywood catalog knows lingerie is expensive. Patrick’s Day, which gave Portland’s Twin Perks Espresso an excuse to plaster its Facebook wall with photos of baristas in four-leaf clover bras and green Mardi Gras beads. Costumes are common on major holidays like Halloween and Valentine’s Day and, of course, St. Steven Clouse/Thrillistīikini baristas show up to work in everything from actual two-piece bathing suits to pasties and thongs, though not all dress codes are the same (the owner of a stand in Yakima, WA said she prefers a PG-13 approach, and considers Dream Girl and Hot Bikini Brew to be R-rated). "Look at how devoted I am to my work!" she cooed. On my first visit to Hot Bikini Brew the week before, one of Mandy’s baristas, a 20-something blonde, showed up for her shift in a bikini that exactly matched the kiosk itself - hot pink with blue piping. As the owner, it's up to her what she wears each day, and all she asks of her employees is that they keep it classy. How could one not look? The day I shadowed her, Mandy wore a black bra, white hip-hugging panties, and purple UGG slippers. "I've been doing this for three years, and at first it was a little weird, having men stare at me all day," Mandy told me that nippley day in early March, "but I'm used to it now. Think breastaurant, only with the kind of high-quality espresso people expect in a region known for its beans. With names like Twin Perks, Peek A-Brew, Sips Ahoy, Java Jigglers, and Hot Chick a Latte, these shacks-with-a-view are vying with Starbucks for their share of the grab-and-go coffee business. One site,, features locations for 56 separate businesses with a combined 123 locations. Yoosh over her shoulder.īikini barista stands - like bikini car washes and bikini landscaping services and bikini sushi spots before them - are indeed a thing, and they’re all over the Pacific Northwest, with the greatest concentrations in the Seattle, Portland, Tacoma, Spokane, and metro areas. Less-coy customers gape openly, clearly appreciative of her way with the steam wand. While Mandy tamps the grounds, a steady stream of dudes casts mostly furtive glances at her flawless, practically bare buttocks. The floors inside are elevated, and there are two fully functioning drive-thru windows, giving customers a clear view of the 29-year-old’s tanned physique, sparkling belly chain, and pansy-and-ivy tramp stamp. The kiosk is snug, thanks to a whirring space heater, and smells of espresso and Mandy's Love Addict body spray. "You know it," the man says, dropping a buck and some change into a plastic tip bucket. "Want your yoosh?" Mandy asks a goateed man in a Ford F150. This Barbie-doll shed of a building is home to Hot Bikini Brew, where owner and head barista, Mandy, can be found most weekdays, serving up espresso drinks in little more than lingerie and a smile. In a mixed industrial neighborhood in Portland, OR, in the shadow of a "There IS evidence for GOD" billboard and a medical marijuana dispensary ( 503-384-WEED), sits a tiny pink shack with blue trim.
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