Article: South Miami neighbors OK with strip club's presence.

By Lisa Engel, The Miami Herald Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News

Jul. 19--Tall trees, plants and pottery line the outdoor patio of South Miami's Origin Asian Bistro and Sushi. But the flora isn't just decoration. It's owner David Wong's way of blocking the view of the neighboring business.

"A lot of my customers who have kids don't really like to sit out there," said Wong, whose restaurant shares a parking lot with BT's Gentlemen's Club, a controversial strip club. "Sometimes their customers stand out front and use bad language, and they do not want their kids to hear it."

But those are Wong's only complaints about BT's, which opened ...

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