Article: Mother and Mamas get acquainted

Hot Mamas is a Motueka institution, so I took my mother there when she visited.

We walked in one sunny morning, through the doors opened wide on to the street. The crusty bunch of regulars was in the comfy wicker chairs in the entrance. A dog slept serenely alongside.

We ordered coffee. Visitors to big-city cafes will know that the ideal waiter or waitress is an impeccably groomed part-time model, who sighs when you order, scowls when he or she delivers the coffee and spends the remainder of the time flirting with the rest of the impossibly gorgeous staff.

Hot Mamas has failed to pick up on this trend. The staff wear old T-shirts, tattoos and piercings. They are usually smiling. They take ...

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