Rubens Chocolates closes; owner will keep making candy

CHAMPAIGN – For Chris Thurston, a painful accident in February was a wake-up call:

It's time to slow down and enjoy the chocolate.

Thurston, the master chocolate maker with a Belgian accent and longtime owner of Rubens Chocolates, has closed her store at the Shoppes of Knollwood.

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