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PHILADELPHIA<\/strong> – A Rittenhouse Square business owner is speaking up after dealing with several break-ins and damage to his restaurant.\u00a0<\/p>\n What we know:<\/p>\n The owner of Farina Pasta Bar says since opening five years ago, they have had their windows smashed at least once a year.\u00a0<\/p>\n This week was the third time the business was broken into.\u00a0<\/p>\n In the heart of Rittenhouse Square on South 17th Street sits a hidden and unique food gem called Farina Pasta Bar.\u00a0<\/p>\n “In the city of Philadelphia there\u2019s no fast casual pasta, you got hamburgers, Chipotle with the burritos, but there was no pasta. I wanted to make a fast-casual pasta, with fresh made pasta, fresh ingredients, we make all of our sauces,” said Daniel Lee, the CEO & Founder of Farina Pasta Bar.<\/p>\n For the last five years, the concept has been thriving, except for one major problem.\u00a0<\/p>\n “I would say once per year we have somebody smashing the glass. We\u2019ve had three breakins so far, this last time was probably the worst,” said Lee.<\/p>\n Dig deeper:<\/p>\n Police say at around 9:45 p.m. on Tuesday a suspect was seen sitting on the steps of the pasta bar.\u00a0<\/p>\n That person leaves but then later returns with a metal object and begins breaking the business’ lock box.\u00a0<\/p>\n Authorities say the suspect got the keys, entered the store, began stealing cash from the register and then leaves again.\u00a0<\/p>\n The suspect then comes back with another person and begins stealing more items.\u00a0<\/p>\n “They usually come in, smash the glass, take the register out, destroy a bunch of stuff and leaves us about $1,500 to $2,000 in damage,” said Lee.<\/p>\n A frustrating reality for the owner and the reason he took to social media to voice his concerns.\u00a0<\/p>\n “You pay a lot to be here in Center City, with the rent that\u2019s understandable, you pay a lot in taxes, you kind of expect a certain level of security being in the heart of the city,” said Lee.<\/p>\n While the remnants of the crimes still remain, the business is back up and running with some restrictions, including no cash sales because the register was stolen.\u00a0<\/p>\n Despite it all, Lee says the support has been strong both on social media and in-person, and is the reason this veteran says he\u2019ll continue to keep the pasta boiling.\u00a0<\/p>\n “The support that the community showed it\u2019s amazing so, they want us here, they showed us that they want us here, so we are going to stay here,” said Lee.\u00a0<\/p>\n The owner says he\u2019s trying to keep a positive attitude and just hopes people will continue to show support.\u00a0<\/p>\n What you can do:<\/p>\n If you know anything that will help with this investigation, please contact Philadelphia police.<\/p>\n News<\/a>Crime & Public Safety<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"PHILADELPHIA – A Rittenhouse Square business owner is speaking up after dealing with several break-ins and damage to…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":201506,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5132],"tags":[5229,6082,50,1448,2830,1311,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":{"0":"post-201505","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-philadelphia","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-crime-publicsafety","10":"tag-news","11":"tag-pa","12":"tag-pennsylvania","13":"tag-philadelphia","14":"tag-united-states","15":"tag-united-states-of-america","16":"tag-unitedstates","17":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","18":"tag-us","19":"tag-usa"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115150081491480979","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/201505","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=201505"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/201505\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/201506"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=201505"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=201505"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=201505"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}