CHICAGO – In Irving Park on Chicago’s Northwest Aspect, Katherine Anne Confections has been tantalizing prospects with their “Peanut Butter Banana & Cherry Earl Gray Truffles” for 2 years.
What we all know:
However now, it’s the signal on the door that reads, “EVERYONE IS WELCOME HERE EXCEPT FOR ICE” that has given this enterprise newfound fame.
“I believed I used to be placing up an indication and simply letting some folks know they had been welcome however the Tribune picked up the story and put up an image of our signal within the Tribune, which was simply wild!” stated founder and CEO Katherine Duncan.
What Duncan didn’t anticipate was the web trolls who went after her for difficult the continued immigration actions in Chicago.
She additionally didn’t anticipate to be taught she has a brand new fan in Springfield: Gov. JB Pritzker, who known as her out whereas talking on the Financial Membership of Chicago.
Pritzker instructed the gang: “There’s a lady who simply put an indication outdoors of her chocolate retailer in Chicago, and it says all are welcome however not ICE and what she’s attempting to say, in fact is that we don’t need a nation the place you’ve bought folks getting stopped and requested for proof of their citizenship due to the colour of their pores and skin.”
The governor’s reward was according to many in the neighborhood, though Katherine has obtained some responses which have left her uncomfortable.
“We did get hate mail, which was undoubtedly scary, however truthfully the group got here out to help us,” stated Duncan.
As for Pritzker, he stated on the finish of the day, prospects are coming again not for the confections however for the messaging: “By the best way, thanks folks of Chicago…her enterprise has gone up 20%!”
