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.

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

[7][8] 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.

Front of Café Gazú, café con piernas in Santiago de Chile
A more conservative café con piernas in Santiago, December 2010