'Dumb Starbucks' can't fool health inspectors

The brains behind the "Dumb Starbucks" coffee shop generated a lot of buzz with their publicity stunt -- but they couldn't outwit health inspectors, who shut the store on its fourth day for operating without a valid permit.

The television comedian who opened the shop had insisted he didn't need a permit because the space was legally an art gallery and the coffee was art, not a beverage.

Los Angeles County health inspectors disagreed, and by Monday afternoon told the shop to stop serving coffee before posting a "notice of closure" by the front door.

Canadian comic Nathan Fielder told a crowd Monday afternoon that he was pursuing the "American dream," before acknowledging that he planned to use the bit on his Comedy Central show "Nathan For You."

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