New PB&J-Focused Cafe at Boston Children’s Museum Sparks Allergy Concerns | Eater Boston

"Opening a Stonewall Kitchen Café specializing in peanut butter and jelly sandwiches inside the museum premises generated intense backlash, and I saw the company respond by stressing that guest health and safety are its primary priority, that it follows all regulations and protocols, and that the café is a separate, leased business from the museum. In its statement Stonewall Kitchen noted it manufactures and serves products containing nearly every major allergen (citing examples such as clam chowder with shellfish and milk/dairy), explained that visitors do not need to pass through the café to access museum areas and described the adjacent brown-bag lunch area, and offered alternatives for sandwich orders including almond butter or jam-only options. Despite these assurances, the response was met with continued disdain from commenters who called it tone-deaf and argued a peanut-focused concept directly connected to a children’s museum still creates contamination risks." - Terrence Doyle