{"id":211581,"date":"2026-03-09T13:35:08","date_gmt":"2026-03-09T13:35:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/211581\/"},"modified":"2026-03-09T13:35:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T13:35:08","slug":"northeast-fresno-colorado-grill-vandalized-again-glass-door-shattered-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/211581\/","title":{"rendered":"Northeast Fresno Colorado Grill vandalized again, glass door shattered"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">A shattered storefront has become a sight all too familiar for one Northeast Fresno restaurant.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;I pull up, and of course, the windows smashed. I used to panic coming into these situations, but now I&#8217;m just used to it, I guess,&#8221; said Hossein Nekumanesh, owner of Colorado Grill on Herndon and Blackstone.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">In the last five years alone, the owners say they&#8217;ve experienced roughly 20 similar incidents of vandals smashing their windows or glass doors to get inside.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">RELATED: <a href=\"https:\/\/abc30.com\/post\/northeast-fresno-restaurant-repeatedly-targeted-vandals\/16556724\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Northeast Fresno restaurant repeatedly targeted by vandals;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Northeast Fresno restaurant repeatedly targeted by vandals<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Nekumanesh says the perpetrators typically use large rocks to break the glass, but Saturday, they employed a different tool.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;This time, they grabbed the grate from the sewage, and threw that through the window,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">For a locally owned restaurant like this burger joint, the repair costs add up quickly and they can&#8217;t afford increased security equipment.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">But they also can&#8217;t afford to stay shut down.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Colorado Grill was back to serving customers with a boarded-up door Sunday night.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;I&#8217;ll get the board up company, comes and they charge five, six hundred bucks. Glass is usually, I&#8217;d have to ballpark it, probably between one and two thousand. And then sometimes they steal things, this time they stole an iPad,&#8221; Nekumanesh said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Despite the endless frustration, the owner believes there is a deeper issue at the root of the vandalism.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Sitting right off of the Highway 41 overpass, he says the area struggles with unhoused residents and substance abuse issues.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;It&#8217;s not a personal attack, it&#8217;s a societal problem. You have a collection of people who either need help, or are there for whatever reason. 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