Café con piernas

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.^[1] 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.^{[2][3][4][5][6]} It is frequently noted that the shops seem to contradict Chile's traditionally conservative culture.^[7][8]

A more conservative café con piernas in Santiago, December 2010

Front of Café Gazú, café con piernas in Santiago de Chile

Generally, the women walk on a raised catwalk behind the bar so as to maximize the view for patrons.^[8] Not all locations feature women in bikinis or lingerie: some have stayed with the traditional miniskirt and heels.

See also

• Bikini barista (similar phenomenon in the northwestern United States)
• Betel nut beauty (Taiwan)
• Host and hostess clubs, Maid café, and No-pan kissa (Japan)
• Breastaurant