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Would you like tits with that?

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According to Macleans.ca, the so-called breastaurant is the “second-fastest growing sector in the casual dining industry behind upscale burgers.”  And if you’re thinking this sector is named after quarter-chicken dinners, think again.  Taking their cue from Hooters, chains like Tilted Kilt and Twin Peaks succeed with a clientele that’s 80 per cent male, 21 to 35 years old and has a thing for women in plaid skirts—or in the case of the latter, skimpy plaid shirts and hiking shorts.  What’s more, the sector is poised to take Canada by storm, one chest at a time.

Tilted Kilt opened up in Edmonton last year not long before Christmas, and will be established in Calgary just in time for Stampede.  They also plan on opening six locations in the GTA by the end of next year.  (Here’s hoping there’s one on Bay Street!)

Not that this concept is anything new.  Anyone who’s ever been to Shoeless Joe’s knows the breasts are the best thing on the menu—and the chicken ain’t bad, either.  The concept of “enlightened sexism” has certainly been known to sell its share of wings and beers.  Just don’t try to open a breastaurant in East Montreal.  Le Restaurant des Princesses d’Hochelaga, a diner offering topless breakfast, has been mired in a messy legal battle with its borough over a zoning law that forces its serveuses to cover up.  And I don’t think they’d be too thrilled with you wearing a kilt, tilted or otherwise, either.

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Mindless body politics at topless, erm, restaurant take the breasts outta breakfast!

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Another sad workplace story from Montreal today, as CTV reports that topless waitresses at le Restaurant des Princesses d’Hochelaga must now wear shirts in order to serve customers.  I guess they’ll be removing their “No shirts, great service!” sign from the front door any day now.

Restaurant owner Raynald Morissette has apparently been at war with the city and its Hochelaga-Maisonneuve borough since 2004, with the Quebec Superior Court upholding a borough verdict that the princesses violate local zoning laws.  Although the restaurant remains in business, the puritan policy-makers have hereby reduced the living wages of its workers.  “Before, when it was topless service, we made more money because there were more customers, especially tourists,” said one waitress, who is studying to be a dental hygienist and didn’t want her name used.

The kicker?  The establishment is located mere blocks from Olympic Stadium, meaning that those provincial sports ministry workers who don’t get any sunlight during the daytime are now deprived of shiny, round orbs at breakfast as well.  Sucks to be them!