SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) — El Faro Restaurant, a legacy Mexican fast-food spot that’s operated for decades in San Francisco’s Mission District, was hit with back-to-back break-ins last weekend. According to the San Francisco Police Department, officers responded to the restaurant on the 2300 block of Folsom Street at 7:07 a.m. on Saturday.
Arriving on the scene, officers contacted the owner of the business and conducted a walkthrough, observing damages to the front door. No suspects were located but it was reported that a key and other property was stolen.
The following day, at 9:07 a.m. Sunday, officers responded to another report of a burglary at the restaurant. Officers arrived on the scene and observed signs of forced entry to the restaurant’s door. Officers contacted an employee and did a second walkthrough.
No suspects were located inside but it was reported that property was stolen.
According to a GoFundMe organized by a relative of El Faro’s owner, the restaurant suffered more than $20,000 in loss and damages.
“This is a family-owned business, and my aunt works extremely hard every day to keep it running,” the fundraiser states, “but with these attacks, it is becoming extremely hard and exhausting.”
News of the break-ins at El Faro, which has been open since 1961, was first reported in Mission Local.
SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) — El Faro Restaurant, a legacy Mexican fast-food spot that’s operated for decades in San Francisco’s Mission District, was hit with back-to-back break-ins last weekend. According to the San Francisco Police Department, officers responded to the restaurant on the 2300 block of Folsom Street at 7:07 a.m. on Saturday. Arriving on the […]
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