This burglary has played a huge toll on my parents’ mental and physical wellbeing as we are constantly afraid that we will be targeted again. Insurance also seems to be unreliable as burglary reports are often hard to get reimbursed for and, again, the burglar took all the proof and documentation needed to reimburse our stolen items. Although we have filed a police report, there is not much hope in receiving the justice my parents deserve, especially since there have been an increased number of burglaries in our area during the pandemic. Compared to the replaceable stolen electronics and cash, these documents are priceless to our family. We are currently so defeated because we have lost most of our personal, legal, and work documentation needed for our restaurant and our personal lives. And now with the additional damage we have taken from the burglary, we are in danger of not meeting rent this month and the months to come. Despite our landlord's accommodations of lowering our rent and the San Francisco commercial moratorium to extend repayment of rent, we have been struggling to pay our bills throughout the pandemic. My mom, who has not fully recovered from her chemotherapy and radiation treatment has taken it upon herself to help out as much as possible in cooking and managing the restaurant with my dad, despite being immunocompromised.
My parents have been laboring to accumulate all of our resources and downsize utilities and workers as much as possible to conserve money. We have exhausted all of our resources to pay our rent, including personal and government loans and grants. With the never ending on and off stay-at-home orders and the city’s decision to close down outdoor dining, business has been extremely slow and we have been struggling to stay open. In addition to this tragedy, like many other small businesses and restaurants, The Crew had been greatly affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. This includes personal documents that prove our legal status, our social security cards/numbers, banking information, usernames and passwords, important keepsakes such as irreplaceable pictures and diplomas, information that disclosed our address and contact information, receipts, and vital documents needed to properly run the restaurant. Above all, the most devastating aspect is that he stole all of our legal and personal documents and files. To be more specific, he stole all of the cash in the restaurant amounting to thousands of dollars, our 5 tablets and 2 iPad Pros that we use for delivery and payment, checkbooks, our toolbox, and cashable checks. On Januat 6:30AM, an unidentified man broke into the restaurant and stole numerous valuables and property, amounting to over $10,000 in value.
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Anybody who knows the owners can testify to how welcoming and warm they are to their customers, always coming out to greet regulars and constantly providing free dishes and discounts to students.Īs some of you may know, The Crew, was recently burglarized over MLK weekend. It was, especially, a place that offered comfort food to many immigrants who viewed our restaurant as an enclave, of sorts a remedy for curing homesickness. This place is important to many residents of San Francisco as an authentic Korean restaurant that offers generous portions and great service. Back in 2014, they were able to gather enough money to start a humble family restaurant selling authentic Korean food that they were passionate about. My parents are first generation Korean immigrants that moved to America from South Korea in 2001. The Crew is a small Korean family restaurant located in the Sunset district in San Francisco, run by my parents Go Myoung Suk and Jong Su Kim.