The family of late Washington, D.C., Mayor Marion Barry, along with other members of the community, have spoken out against a new dessert sold at a pizza chain as the advertising for the berry-filled knots nods toward being named after the mayor who served over four non-consecutive terms between 1979 and 1998.
The pizza chain, &pizza, with locations in Washington, Maryland, Virginia, New York City, New Jersey and Philadelphia, did not directly state that its “Marion Berry Knots” menu item is named after the former mayor, who died on Nov. 23, 2014. But it recycled a version of the 1992 slogan he used to win a seat on the D.C. Council in an Oct. 21. Instagram reel.
His slogan was “He May Not Be Perfect, But He’s Perfect for D.C.,” and &pizza says its new menu item “may not be the perfect dessert, but they’re the perfect dessert for D.C.,” Fox5 DC reported .
&pizza describes its limited-time dessert item as “doughy dessert knots” that “are stuffed with deliciously sweet marionberries and topped with a creamy vanilla icing drizzle.”