Café Shut Down for Selling Coffee With a Side of Prostitutes

Who in a million years would have thought that a cafe called “Java Jugs” would be a lowkey prostitution ring? Crazy, right?

If the silhouette of a naked woman on the sign wasn’t a dead giveaway that this place might be sketchy, Komo News reported that police had surveillance video of some unsavory things going on in the Snohomish County coffee shop.

Proprietor Carmela Panico was charged with promoting prostitution as she allegedly made more than $2 million selling ass along with their coffee.

The cafe started slipping when customers actually started complaining about the baristas exposing their breasts for tips. Most of the baristas were reported to make anywhere from $15,000 to $30,000 a month. One of them even made $89,000 one month. It wasn’t all fun and games though, as the baristas would get fined if they didn’t wear stripper heels, or didn’t keep their tan and makeup game on point.

Panico’s attorney told the court that Panico isn’t in the coffee biz anymore as she leased or sold all six of her former coffee shops.

Even if their coffee didn’t suck, their baristas did, and it inevitably led to their demise.