Owner Won't Have To Cover Sexy BarBe Q

By: Donna Willis | NBC4i.com
Published: July 07, 2009

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READING, Ohio -- BarBe Q, the shapely mannequin outside KT's Barbecue restaurant outside Cincinnati, can continue wearing her revealing halter top and short shorts.

In May, the city's Design Review Board agreed to let BarBe Q remain on display outside as long as she dressed more modestly.

But restaurant owner Kenny Tessel appealed, and Monday night a zoning panel in the community of Reading agreed with him 3-2.

He had told the design review board that the advertising gimmick had increased his business by 40 percent.

Tessel says he's very happy and can now get back to business.

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