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Positively New Jersey: Manasquan café serves up kindness 3 days per week

The Kindness Café on Main Street is an inclusive coffee shop that employs people with intellectual and developmental disabilities.

Matt Trapani

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Karina Gerry

Dec 13, 2023, 8:30 PM

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A Manasquan business is serving up kindness with every cup of coffee.

The Kindness Café on Main Street is an inclusive coffee shop that employs people with intellectual and developmental disabilities.

The café is open every Monday, Wednesday and Sunday from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. It is inside the Main Street Kitchen.

“We’re providing a place where they can participate within their communities and actually provide a service to the local people,” says owner Chrissy Rice.

News 12’s Karina Gerry took a visit.

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