Restaurants in San Francisco NoPa hit by burglars overnight [Video]

SAN FRANCISCO – Small businesses in San Francisco NoPa neighborhood are frustrated by a number of break-ins in the last two weeks.

The damage has become a familiar sight for Kung Food restaurant on McAllister Street.

This is the ninth time in four years burglars hit the family-owned restaurant.

Surveillance video from early Monday morning shows the front glass door shattering, and a thief riffling through the register, which didn’t have much cash.

The cost to fix the storefront each time sets Kung Food back $1,500.

“We used to feel helplessness, but nowadays, it’s just hopelessness, because we don’t know when this doom loop is going to end. A lot of people feel that we don’t love San Francisco,” said owner Andy Yang.

Yang said he’s committed to the city. He has run the restaurant for nearly 10 years, and his family first moved to the area three decades ago.

“A lot of people often say …