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Cooper Restaurant Project Continues to Draw Heat

State Rep. Paul Stanley (right) and city council candidate Brian Stephens look over plans for a controversial “Italian restaurant” under construction on Fischer Steel Road in Cordova. (Building is at rear of picture.)

State Rep. Paul Stanley (right) and city council candidate Brian Stephens look over plans for a controversial “Italian restaurant” under construction on Fischer Steel Road in Cordova. (Building is at rear of picture.)

A lack of windows in the restaurant, a project of strip club mogul Steve Cooper, has some residents worried the owner may try to pull a bait-and-switch and convert the building into a topless bar.

The issue was the topic of a heated discussion at a Cordova Leadership Council forum Thursday night that drew several hundred attendees.

–Bianca Phillips