A restaurant in a suburban Detroit mall has apologized to a woman who was asked by workers to cover up while breastfeeding her son.
WXYZ-TV reports that California Pizza Kitchen at the Mall at Partridge Creek has issued an apology to Ashlie Hanel, saying the restaurant welcomes breastfeeding mothers. Hanel says she was eating at the Clinton Township restaurant July 13 when the manager asked her to cover herself with a napkin or towel while nursing her 7-month-old.
She says she decided to leave the restaurant immediately and "heard some people snickering, including other employees at the restaurant."
California Pizza Kitchen says Hanel's experience was "unacceptable and wrong." The restaurant says it supports women's right to breastfeed anytime and anywhere, and plans to retrain staff on the matter.
