In December, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement in plainclothes posed as customers at Crumbs & Coffee cafe in Brooklyn Park, then lured the chef into the parking lot and detained him.
The moment marked the end of the cafe for owner Charles Spies.
With the cafe’s team morale shattered by the loss of the chef, who had a legal work permit, and after two months of missed rent payments as sales fell by 60%, Spies shut its doors…