08/19/2025
🚨 Attempted Burglary 🚨
At 4AM today, security from a neighboring building alerted me that windows at our 215 Pine St location had been broken. Thankfully, they’re double-paned, so no one entered.
Let’s stop sugarcoating it!!! This city’s leaders love to call it “the elements,” but let’s name it for what it is: homelessness, drugs, mental illness, unchecked violence. This is homelessness, addiction, and untreated mental illness spilling into our streets — and small businesses are paying the price.
💔 The constant p*e smells, trash, loitering, vandalism, and crime aren’t just “inconveniences.” They destroy communities, drive away jobs, and crush the very people trying to invest in Seattle.
Small businesses are the backbone of this city. We create jobs, give neighborhoods life, and provide purpose. Yet every day, it feels like we’re pawns on someone else’s chess board while leadership looks the other way.
👉 To the City of Seattle, Mayor Bruce Harrell, and Seattle Police Department — how many more broken windows, burglaries, and businesses shutting down will it take before you protect the very people holding this city together?
⚠️ After this incident, we are vacating our 215 Pine St location TODAY. Enough is enough.
To “the elements”: you may break my stride, but you will NEVER break my spirit. 💪
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We thank our loyal customers and community for their support over the years. Closing under these conditions is heartbreaking, but safety must come first.
Be well!
Tonyia
