The wife of a controversial former D.C. mayor isn't happy about a dessert named after her late husband. Cora Masters Barry called the newly launched "Marion Barry Knots" at restaurant chain &pizza "racist and disrespectful."

Several D.C. leaders are calling for the boycott of fast-casual chain &pizza after an ad campaign making light of D.C.’s late former Mayor Marion Barry and his history of drug use. The new desserts at the center of the campaign are called “Marion Berry Knots.

The restaurant chain &pizza rolled out an item menu that it says "may not be the perfect dessert, but they're the perfect dessert for D.C."