Vandals Adding To Struggling San Francisco Chinatown Businesses COVID Recovery Woes – CBS San Francisco

SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) — A San Francisco Chinatown business just trying to stay afloat since the COVID-19 reopening is facing a new fiscal challenge — repairing the costly damage left behind by repeated acts of vandalism.

A sheet of plastic covers the front window of Dim Sum Corner on Grant Avenue and California Street and plywood covers another broken window – neither a welcoming sight to potential customers or tourists.

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Managing Partner Jaynry Mak said the business was hit twice in three days last week and several times this year. The latest attack has left Mak looking at $2,500 in repairs.

“Small businesses and restaurants in San Francisco — we are already struggling and really facing incredible challenges due to the pandemic, and now to have to make repairs is another additional unnecessary challenge that really affects our livelihood,”…

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