Sunnyside café hit by theft and damages in second incident

By Alejandro Melgar
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The Vendome Cafe windows in the morning Wednesday, March 23, 2022. Vendome Cafe was broken into in February 2022, and they see some vandalism and victimless crimes in their area. (Photo by Alejandro Melgar/LiveWire)

A February break-in at Sunnyside’s Vendome Café comes amid a recent increase B&E crimes in the Hillhurst and Sunnyside communities.

The café manager and its owners say they have customer and employee safety in their minds.

Break-ins of both commercial and non-residential properties combined were at 22 and 6 in Jan and Feb 2021, respectively. The number more than doubled in Feb 2022 at 15.

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