They believe that the owners of Bao and his wife, a small chain of Asian fusion restaurants in London, are speaking after two restaurants in London have been invaded multiple times. increase. It can be motivated by hatred.
In a week, co-owner Julia Hou says the location in London and the new site in downtown were repeatedly targeted.
"Of the four intrusions, it's evenly divided into two and two, and I think both are related," Hou said.
"I knew that in the Toronto area, Asian restaurants were targeted and repeatedly invaded. It's always the same people who invade the same restaurant, so we do that. I'm starting to see it with us. "
She said that this feeling of being targeted is facilitated by the notes left in one of the invasions. The text is difficult to understand, but it lists the two cities that are home to business, London and Toronto, and the word "bye bye".
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"It's very difficult to read, but someone is deliberately trying to send us a message It seems, "she said.
Bao and his wife are the first Asian fusion comfort food restaurant chains to start in London on food trucks in 2017. Since then, the company has expanded to five stores based in London and Vaughan. The Bao and his wife will be six years old with the opening of a new location in downtown London called Mingle.
On June 25, Hou says 276WharncliffeRd. The location of N was invaded, and three days later, the location of 551 Richmond St., which is still under renovation, was also attacked.
"For the first time they came and received all the keys to the back door (Richmond Street location), front door, electrical panel, smoke detector and garage fob. Report that and everything I replaced the keys and door locks, "said Hou.
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The last case is 7 The location of Richmond Street, which targeted midnight on the 4th of March, and the location of Warn Clifrod two hours later.
"This time they took the smoke detector again (on Richmond Street), but also flooded the toilets. They were our faucet near the underground hot water tank. Turned on one of them, it flooded the toilet, then went to one of our storage rooms to get a dump, they left, and they brought some uniforms to them. " she said.
Hou is a cash drawer that has been empty since the last intrusion, with the front window of the Wherencliffe Road location broken. Said that was stolen.
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She estimates the total cost of lost income and repairs to be $ 6,600.
London police confirmed that they were investigating the first two intrusions, but could not find a record of the two intrusions on July 4.
All intrusions at the Wharncliffe Road location were captured in a security video while Hou recorded damage to the Richmond Street location.
Security video shows that the suspect broke the front door of Warn Cliff Road's location on July 4th and repeatedly threw a cash drawer on the ground in an attempt to break it before leaving it. is showing.
Hou states that their business is resilient through pandemics, but intrusions are beginning to have a real impact.
"It's a very difficult time because there is currently inflation affecting all industries and all sectors, mainly affecting the food service industry. It's us. Coupled with the fact that is continuously committing violations, it is actually influencing. Our business is significant, "she said.
"We all feel part of one community, so above all we want harmony and unity within the community, but at the same time it's up to us. If this is happening to ourselves, our neighbors, and our fellow business owners, I also step up this message that what's happening isn't good. I think it's up to me to tell.
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