The Brief
- Two Houston restaurants were burglarized within days of each other: Trendy Dumpling early Monday morning and The Deck on Fountainview early Sunday morning.
- Both businesses say money and equipment or inventory were stolen, while the break-ins also left behind significant property damage.
- The owners say the crimes are especially painful for small businesses and employees who depend on the restaurants for their livelihoods.
HOUSTON – Two Houston restaurant owners are cleaning up and assessing their losses after separate burglaries just days apart, with both crimes captured on surveillance video.
Houston restaurants cleaning up following burglaries within days of each other
What we know:
Trendy Dumpling
Trendy Dumpling owner Ling Wang said her alarm woke her around 1 a.m. Monday. She checked her security cameras but said it was too dark to initially tell what was happening.
Wang went to the restaurant but said she waited outside until police arrived before going inside.
“I didn’t want to go into until the police got here, so I was waiting outside for the police to come,” said Wang. …