The Chocolate & Co café has just opened in Lowther Street in The Groves and is the brainchild of York entrepreneur Linda Barrie, who already runs the successful York confectionary company Choc Affair.
Staff members include a former cocaine addict and alcoholic and Linda says the idea of the café, which is being run as a charity, is to help people who struggle to find employment because of their past.
She said: "Life is not easy for a lot of people and any one of us can make a mistake."
YOU’LL FIND MORE ON THIS STORY AND OTHERS AT www.yorkpress.co.uk OR PICK UP YOUR COPY OF THE NEWSPAPER ITSELF AVAILABLE SIX DAYS A WEEK AT YOUR LOCAL NEWSAGENT
Amy Winehouse Band to Open at York Barbican for New Tour
York And Scarborough Teams Top STEM Racing Regional Finals
Seutonius Book to be Auctioned Off With Duggleby Stephenson
MP Rachael Maskell Backs Campaign for Fairer Football League
Stillingfleet Beer and Music Festival Launches Ticket Sales
Jane Tomlinson Appeal Receives £4m Applications to Giveaway
Knaresborough Native Opens Art Gallery in North Yorkshire
Two Girls On The Shore Joins Beverley Art Gallery Collection
