Community supports iconic SF ice cream shop burglarized [Video]

Loyal customers of San Francisco‘s iconic ice cream shop, Mitchell’s, came out for a scoop and to show support on Sunday after the store was burglarized ahead of the weekend. 

Thieves broke into the shop on San Jose Avenue in the city’s Mission District just after 3:30 a.m. on Friday. The burglars made a beeline for the store’s safe but discovered it bolted down. Instead, the shop’s manager says the trio left with an empty register and a bag of cookies, but scoopless.

“They used a bolt cutter to smash this window,” said Mitchell’s Ice Cream manager, Ruiz Castro.

Regulars at the iconic shop, which opened in 1953, were left shaking their heads after hearing about the damage left behind, which the store estimated to be around $5,000 worth.

“I just feel like that’s heartbreaking,” said regular, Melissa Morales.

“It’s one of the reasons we came,” noted customer, David Hoare.