Manhattan restaurants hit by repeat smash-and-grab burglaries as owners blame lack of copsBy Jeanette Settembre
June 29, 2023
A thief smashed the glass door of Lower East Side Argentinian restaurant Balvanera around 4 a.m. Sunday morning fleeing with $400 from the cash drawer.
It’s the restaurant’s third break-in since last year, ringing up a tab of thousands of dollars in damages.
“Every time, they break the glass and walk right to the cash register,” Fernando Navas, chef and owner of Balvanera on Stanton St., told The Post.
“I called 911. I told them, ‘I’m letting you know this is the third time [the restaurant was attacked],” Navas said.
He is not alone: Restaurant owners across Manhattan are being hit by an uptick in restaurant smash-and-grab burglaries, they tell The Post.
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Source:
https://nypost.com/2023/06/29/manhattan-restaurants-were-being-hit-by-smash-and-grab-wave/