Sep 15, 2024
SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) -- The executive chef of a San Francisco restaurant is speaking out and sharing security video of a break-in Sunday morning. Two windows at Hazies, located at 501 Hayes St., are already boarded up after thieves have targeted this restaurant yet again. "Neighborhoods are not getting enough support from the city to make sure they are able to survive and thrive," said Hazie's Executive Chef Joey Altman. Hazies is reeling from a break-in on the heels of celebrating two years of business in the Hayes Valley neighborhood. A restaurant in the Hayes Valley continues to be targeted by thieves and vandals. It was all captured on security video. "Pulls apart our accordion gate," Altman said. "Slips through. Takes a ball peen hammer and cracks the window of the glass of the front door. Climbs through, jumps over the bar and looks through the register, sees nothing is in it and then goes to the other register sees there's nothing in it then leaves." San Franciscans have surprisingly positive view on driverless taxis: KRON4 poll The restaurant filed a police report and replaced the door in time for Sunday brunch service. Windows remain boarded up after being vandalized two other times. Altman says the glass for all three cost more than $10,000. "It's going to cost us everything we make for a whole month to repair this, and the person got absolutely nothing," Altman said. Altman says they're not the only ones in Hayes Valley dealing with vandalism. "Across the street, Marine Layer has had its windows broken at least three times in the last four to five months," Altman said. "Cotopaxi last year almost left this street because they had four or five break-ins and a lot of shoplifting." Hazies will be throwing a two-year anniversary BBQ on Sept. 26. The longtime chef says he looks forward to more years in the city he loves, but San Francisco won't reach its full potential without more support from police and leaders. "If there were just patrols every now and then going through here, this wouldn't be happening," Altman said. "These are the heart and soul of San Francisco commerce and communities that make San Francisco so special. If we don't protect them and help them thrive, then the city is going to continue down this path of getting this reputation for being in a doom loop where there is lawlessness, and it's not safe and it's no longer fun, which would make me incredibly sad." KRON4 reached out to the mayor's office, as well as Supervisor Dean Preston's office to ask about what they are doing to protect these businesses from burglaries and vandalism. but we did not hear back in time for this report.
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