Restaurant Gets To Keep Nude Pictures

[matcom]

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Antique photographs of bare-breasted women will soon return to the walls of The Sutler restaurant.

The photographs were removed and images of the women's breasts on the menus were blacked out with a marker this week after a Tennessee Alcoholic Beverage Commission agent told the owner that they might be a violation of state regulations.

But after visiting the restaurant yesterday, ABC Executive Eirector Danielle Elks said the images on the walls and menus are not a violation after all.

''If it's just a tasteful picture of a nude, it does not violate the state statute,'' Elks said.

State regulations prohibit the display of images depicting genitals or sexual activity at licensed bars and restaurants, but most of the photographs displayed at The Sutler don't do that, she said.

http://tennessean.com/local/archives/04/03/49190965.shtml?Element_ID=49190965

[wysimdnwyg]

1. Hey! I've been there!

Nice place. A bit small, though. Great pool hall downstairs.

[On the Road]

2. It Used to be Tradiional

in certain bars that were overwhelmingly male to have nude paintings on the walls. Dates from before prohibition ASAIK.