MINNEAPOLIS— Award-winning chef Ann Kim’s popular Uptown restaurant was vandalized overnight.
According to Kim’s Instagram post, someone threw a large cement slab and a can of paint through the window.
“The challenges facing our city and Uptown are large and small,” the message reads. “Last night Kim’s was vandalized.”
The Instagram page is private, but images show a smashed window and paint splatter on the inside of the building.
“The physical damage can and will be remedied, but that doesn’t mean that feeling like our space is being violated and our safety threatened doesn’t bring a new level of fear,” the post continues.
According to Kim’s Instagram post, the restaurant and Bronto Bar will be closed on Saturday.
“While we believe in Uptown, our team and our guests, we are shocked,” Kim wrote. “We ask all of you to continue supporting the small businesses in our community.”
Kim recently rebranded Sooki and Mimi’s West 31st Street restaurant as a new restaurant, simply called Kim’s. The dishes are based on her Korean-American journey.
Employees of the restaurant signed a petition in its favor labor unions end of May. Employees said they were struggling with wages and scheduling, though Kim pushed back, saying the move was unnecessary.
On Saturday, Unite Here Local 17 issued a statement about the vandalism, saying in part that “the city and community face many challenges and these events are all too common.”
The union encouraged Minneapolis residents to continue supporting the restaurant.
