Vivian Chow and John Fenoglio
14 hours ago
A popular downtown L.A. taco restaurant is struggling to stay afloat after thieves escaped with tens of thousands of dollars in a smash-and-grab burglary.
Surveillance video caught several masked suspects breaking in and escaping with a cash-filled safe on Oct. 19.
Brittney Valles, co-owner of Guerilla Tacos, said the future of the Michelin-recognized restaurant is now uncertain after this devastating financial loss.
“They had crowbars and crow-barred every single door, even doors that were not locked,” Valles said. “They broke my door frames that really didn’t really need to be broken.”
The unfortunate part, Valles said, is they had placed an unusually high amount of money in the safe the night it was stolen.
“We had a little under $20,000 which is very, very rare for us,” she…
