Café con piernas

{{Short description|Coffee shop style popular in Chile}}

File:Café Gazú, Santiago 20230417.jpg in Santiago de Chile]]

Café con piernas (Spanish for "coffee with legs") is a coffee shop style popular in Chile where the service staff are all or nearly all attractive women dressed in revealing clothing.Gallardo, Eduardo (13 October 1998). [https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=S_MrAAAAIBAJ&sjid=6WwFAAAAIBAJ&pg=3443,1666626 Coffee With Legs' Offends Some Chilean Sensibilities], Kentucky New Era (Associated Press) Coffee shops with waitresses serving in miniskirts and heels to businessmen had long been popular, but bikinis and similar attire accelerated the trend by the mid-1990s. The shops are very numerous and popular in Santiago.Flinn, John (12 February 2006). [https://www.sfgate.com/travel/departures/article/Out-on-a-limb-for-coffee-with-legs-2541584.php Out on a limb for coffee with legs], San Francisco ChronicleChong, Kevin (28 May 2010). [https://www.thestar.com/article/814656 Santiago: A city with legs], Toronto Star{{cite news | url= https://www.npr.org/blogs/daydreaming/2008/09/a_little_skin_with_your_latte_1.html | title= A Little Skin With Your Latte? | author= Heather Murphy | publisher=National Public Radio | date= September 17, 2008 | accessdate=March 9, 2010}}{{cite news | url= http://www.santiagotimes.cl/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=14337:CAF%C3%89-CON-PIERNAS:-GOOD-%27TIL-THE-LAST-DROP&catid=68:revolver-weekend-edition&Itemid=145 | title= CAFÉ CON PIERNAS: GOOD 'TIL THE LAST DROP | author= Adam Fuller and Jason Snyder | newspaper=The Santiago Times | date= August 1, 2008 | accessdate=March 9, 2010}}[http://www.chile.com/secciones/ver_seccion.php?id=44148 CAFÉ CON PIERNAS: ¡QUÉ SABOR!] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110718154419/http://www.chile.com/secciones/ver_seccion.php?id=44148 |date=2011-07-18 }}, chile.com (in Spanish), Retrieved March 22, 2011 It is frequently noted that the shops seem to contradict Chile's traditionally conservative culture.Ossa, Felipe (5 May 2000). [http://www.salon.com/travel/wlust/2000/05/05/piernas Cafes ... with legs], Salon.com Image:Cafe con piernas 2010.jpg

Generally, the women walk on a raised catwalk behind the bar so as to maximize the view for patrons.(12 August 2003). [https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=sERaAAAAIBAJ&sjid=ZSUMAAAAIBAJ&pg=1214,12631362&dq Cafe With Legs Sizzles In Uptight Chile], Philippine Daily Inquirer, p. A1, A13 Not all locations feature women in bikinis or lingerie: some have stayed with the traditional miniskirt and heels.