BELLEVUE, Wash. - The view is what Nick Bean loved the most about his Bellevue office. It's perched across the street from Crossroads Park and is less than a mile from his house.
That was until a new neighbor moved in.
"This is a family oriented neighborhood," said Bean, "And this [stand] just doesn't fit."
Bean is talking about the new "Knotty Bodies" espresso stand that opened Saturday on the Chevron lot at the corner of 8th Street and 163rd. It sits in between the park, a daycare center and a residential neighborhood.
"It was nice to see the coffee house kind of be renovated," said neighbor Bethann Joyner. "But once I saw the sign go up I could tell what it was all about and it was really disappointing."
Some residents have decided to take their disappointment to Monday night's city council meeting.
"I can't imagine what the city of Bellevue was thinking," said Crossroads resident Carol Walker.
Knotty Bodies barista Autumn Novaria says they have the right permits and the right to be there.
"We try to keep it not as risque here, there's no pasties or anything like that and we didn't put a window there in the back because of the park," she said.
"It just think it's inappropriate," said Joyner.
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