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."
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