Molly Markert

Strange but True: The year's weirdest news stories

Twin Perks bikini baristas will give Denver its boobs and beans

Twin Perks has several locations in Portland.​Denver is about to get its second bikini-barista coffee shop, and like the first, it takes its inspiration and has its roots in the bikini-barista trend in the Pacific Northwest. Twin Perks is scheduled to open sometime in December at 1628 Federal ... More >>

Perky Cups' promise to return to Aurora may fall flat

Twin Perks has several locations in Portland.​Denver is about to get its second bikini-barista coffee shop, and like the first, it takes its inspiration and has its roots in the bikini-barista trend in the Pacific Northwest. Twin Perks is scheduled to open sometime in December at 1628 Federal ... More >>

Perky Cups dumped in Aurora

​Perky Cups has covered up. The Aurora coffee shop, which delighted some locals and infuriated others by offering up scantily-clad baristas along with caffeine, has apparently closed amid a dispute with its landlord. Store owner Jason Bernal couldn't be reached for comment, but an Aurora Sen ... More >>

Aurora City Councilwoman Molly Markert keeps it aggro

​A magnet for controversy since opening its doors last fall, Perky Cups, the Aurora coffee shop notorious for its teeny-weenie-bikini baristas, called it quits today. Reportedly, the closure was due to a rent dispute, but the shop's case certainly wasn't helped along by Aurora Councilwoman Mo ... More >>

Leave room for cream and sugar at Hot-Chick-A-Latte

​A magnet for controversy since opening its doors last fall, Perky Cups, the Aurora coffee shop notorious for its teeny-weenie-bikini baristas, called it quits today. Reportedly, the closure was due to a rent dispute, but the shop's case certainly wasn't helped along by Aurora Councilwoman Mo ... More >>