UPDATED: Burglar Strikes FIVE (Not Three) Lincoln Park Restaurants Overnight

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UPDATE 9:09PM—Also burglarized overnight were Angela’s Burrito Style at 2556 N. Clark and Cafe Luigi at 2548 N. Clark. The owner of Cafe Luigi said that the thieves left his place empty-handed because he does not keep cash in his register overnight.

One freshly-emptied cash register was found in an alley behind the 600 block of W. Wrightwood. The emptied register drawer from House of Wings was recovered in the 2400 block of N. Lakeview.

CWB’s original report from 5:37AM follows…
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Three restaurants in nearby Lincoln Park are the latest businesses hit by early morning burglars who target cash registers in small retail shops and eateries around our area.

House of Wings at 2447 N. Clark was found burglarized after a witness reported seeing its front glass broken and a man in a hoodie running down the street with a cash register drawer around 4:30 this morning.

Locations of this morning’s 3 known restaurant burglaries

A half-hour later, police responding to a burglar alarm found the front glass broken at Bacci Pizza, 2557 N. Halsted.

Minutes later, the front glass was found smashed in at Aloha Eats, 2534 N. Clark.

Police said cash registers were missing or disturbed at all three establishments.

No one is in custody.

Dozens of businesses have lost cash from their registers in similar crimes over the past year.

Wrigleyville’s Nuts on Clark was struck twice in a week last month.  And police arrested a man on April 25 as he ran down a Lincoln Park street with a cosmetics store’s cash register on his shoulder.

Other businesses to be burglarized during overnight hours recently include “Play Soccer” at 4717 N. Clark; the Chicago Dog House at 816 W. Fullerton; First United Auto Sales at 3818 N. Western; and the Sydney Marovitz Golf Course clubhouse near Addison and Lake Shore Drive.

The List

19th district police officers have recently confirmed the following burglaries of homes, garages, and businesses: