New cafe in Manhattan staffed by neurodivergent workers


By AGENCY
  • Family
  • Sunday, 07 Apr 2024

(Left to right) Bucaille-Lanrezac with employees Troy and Rachel from the US, Sebastiao from Portugal, Olivia from Belgium, Victoria and Anne from France and Cafe Joyeux Portugal CEO Filipa Pinto Coelho, pose for a photo in Times Square, New York. – Photos: TIMOTHY A CLARY/AFP

A new French cafe is hoping to break into New York's notoriously competitive food scene while also offering opportunity to people with mental and cognitive disabilities.

Cafe Joyeux is an "inclusive" chain of restaurants staffed by workers with autism and Down syndrome that has made a mark in France and other European countries and is now targeting the Big Apple.

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