Restaurant is second to be burglarized recently on same strip on Chicago's Northwest Side

CHICAGO -- A Northwest Side restaurant was raided by burglars in the middle of the night in a crime caught on camera – and business owners said such crimes are out of control.The most recent target, Mima's Taste of Cuba, was one of two restaurants located just blocks away from each other that were each burglarized in a similar fashion – just weeks apart.Mima's Taste of Cuba is located at 2925 W. Irving Park Rd. in the Irving Park neighborhood, and is owned by Billy Alvarez.

But the effects on the small business owner are lasting ones.'It becomes defeating, you know?' Alvarez said. 'They just robbed my buddy's restaurant, like a month ago.'Big League Burgers, only about a mile to the west at 3734 W. Irving Park Rd.,was the victim of a very similar overnight burglary on Sunday, April 14.CBS 2 sat down with Big League Burgers owner Peter Mihopoulos after the burglary happened to him.'That day it happened to him, he called us,' Alvarez said.

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