Controversial Ice Cream Shop Shuts Down
An Ocala, Florida, ice cream shop made famous because its mascot resembled a KKK member has closed its doors. The Ice Cream Family Corner & Sandwiches shop never reopened after it was closed for repairs. Co-operators Jose Cantres and Jesus Diaz left a handwritten note on the door just before Christmas that stated the shop would be closed for roof repairs. “The roof repair was a pretty minor thing,” said Robert Wilson, attorney for property owner Sumo Central Florida. “The landlord put a new roof on the building back in August.” The shop made national news in September when passersby thought the shop’s mascot, a man hired to wear an ice cream cone suit with a pointed top, was a Ku Klux Klan member. However, the media attention failed to generate business. Wilson said Cantres and Diaz hadn’t paid rent since October and that the building had been vacant in December and January, which “constitutes abandonment of the lease under any analysis.”
An Ocala, Florida, ice cream shop made famous because its mascot resembled a KKK member has closed its doors. The Ice Cream Family Corner & Sandwiches shop never reopened after it was closed for repairs. Co-operators Jose Cantres and Jesus Diaz left a handwritten note on the door just before Christmas that stated the shop would be closed for roof repairs. “The roof repair was a pretty minor thing,” said Robert Wilson, attorney for property owner Sumo Central Florida. “The landlord put a new roof on the building back in August.” The shop made national news in September when passersby thought the shop’s mascot, a man hired to wear an ice cream cone suit with a pointed top, was a Ku Klux Klan member. However, the media attention failed to generate business. Wilson said Cantres and Diaz hadn’t paid rent since October and that the building had been vacant in December and January, which “constitutes abandonment of the lease under any analysis.”
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