Mikki's Café deals with break-in, car crash at two separate locations

Houston soul food business deals with incidents at separate locations

The owners of Mikki's Soul Food Café were handed the short end of the stick after incidents at two of their locations within days. They spoke about both incidents with FOX 26's Leslie DelasBour.

HOUSTON - Mikki's Soul Food Café has unfortunately been handed the short end of the stick after incidents at two of their locations within days.

Mikki's Cafe: Third Ward robbery

What we know:

On Saturday, their location on Blodgett in the Third Ward was broken into around 4 a.m.

Surveillance video shows two thieves, using flashlights and other tools to smash the window and go inside. Owners Craig, Joseph, and Jeanelle Williams say the thieves went through the door into the office and took a safe while ransacking the office.

VIDEO: Thieves break into Mikki's Soul Food Cafe

Surveillance video shows thieves breaking into Mikki's Soul Food Third Ward location.

The owner said that the amount of money that was in the safe was less than what it took to replace the door they smashed in. The owner said that they are grateful that the community showed up for them over the weekend in support, and they are not going to let this get them down.

What we don't know:

Other details about the burglary are not available at this time.

Car crash on West Bellfort

Car crashes into Houston restaurant

The owners of Mikki's Soul Food Café tell FOX 26's Leslie DelasBour how a driver ended up plowing into one of their locations.

What they're saying:

However, this wasn’t the only hit that they had one at a second location on West Bellfort on Thursday around 3:30pm after a car ran through the front of the building. 

The owners said the driver fell asleep at the wheel, and was apologetic.