Topless coffee shop burns down
Posted: Thu Jun 04, 2009 9:11 am
CNN) -- In the end, a coffee shop in Vassalboro, Maine, that gained national attention for its topless waiters and waitresses simply proved too hot -- the Grand View Topless Coffee Shop burned to the ground early Wednesday morning.
The blaze consumed the risque, small-town business shortly after midnight, said Vassalboro Fire Chief Eric Rowe. He described the flames as "severe" and said the building was a "total loss."
"I really liked it here," waitress Krista Macentyre said after learning the cause of the fire. "We weren't hurting anyone. I don't know why someone would do something like this."
The shop's proprietor, Donald Crabtree, said he is determined to rebuild. "This is home" to a lot of people, he said.
http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/06/03/toples ... pstoryview
The blaze consumed the risque, small-town business shortly after midnight, said Vassalboro Fire Chief Eric Rowe. He described the flames as "severe" and said the building was a "total loss."
"I really liked it here," waitress Krista Macentyre said after learning the cause of the fire. "We weren't hurting anyone. I don't know why someone would do something like this."
The shop's proprietor, Donald Crabtree, said he is determined to rebuild. "This is home" to a lot of people, he said.
http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/06/03/toples ... pstoryview
you just had to make that comment right after lunch