Tarzana- The Tarzana bikini bar where an exotic dancer was critically burned during an attack earlier this month has appealed a city order seeking to stop its sale of beer and liquor.
Lawyers for Babes N' Beer Sports Bar filed the appeal Thursday, just hours before the deadline for compliance.
City officials said the filing stops all enforcement action. A hearing date on the appeal is pending.
Following the Feb. 5 assault on the dancer, Babes N' Beer was cited for selling alcohol without a license. It was given 15 days - until midnight Thursday - to either stop serving alcohol or to take steps toward securing approval.
Officials had ordered the bar to stop selling alcohol or obtain a city conditional-use permit allowing it to sell spirits while it obtains a state liquor license.
The club's owners could not be reached for comment.
Authorities say they would like to eventually shut down Babes N' Beer, where Roberta Abdue Dos Santos Busby, [pictured] of Simi Valley, was doused with gas and set ablaze just outside the front door.
Rianne Celine Theriault-Odom, 27, of North Hollywood, has pleaded not guilty to charges of attempted murder, mayhem and torture in the case. She remains in jail in lieu of $1 million bail.
Busby, 27, a mother of two, remains in intensive care at the Grossman Burn Center at Sherman Oaks Hospital, where she is recovering from second- and third-degree burns over 40 percent of her bo
