The owner of Crown Candy Kitchen, Andy Karandzieff, was on vacation last week when a friend from high school texted him about the news that had suddenly gone viral — Karandzieff's beloved restaurant and candy counter wasn't being replicated in the heart of suburbia, was it?A satirical Facebook page, Unofficial: The City of Edwardsville, had published a post claiming just that. And while the page is marked satire, and has no history of ever breaking news, the news was apparently exciting enough that at least half of Metro East threw their skepticism to the wind and did their part to spread the news. It drew thousands upon thousands of shares.
For Karandzieff, the fake news — which has since been deleted from the page — was doubly frustrating.…