Downtown Oakland vegan restaurant grapples with repeated burglaries [Video]

The owner of a vegan restaurant in Oakland said he is filled with a range of emotions after his establishment was hit for a fourth time by burglars.

“It’s everything. It’s crying, it’s rage, it’s anger, it’s frustration, it’s defeat,” owner Imani Greer said Tuesday.

Roasted and Raw has moved several times and started as a pop-up in Jack London Square. It’s now a brick-and-mortar at 14th and Jefferson streets in downtown Oakland.

“It’s a very defeating feeling to just try so hard every day and even as a leader you don’t have time to grieve,” he said.

The most recent break-in happened at about 4:30 a.m. Monday.

“Couple guys, young guys, broke in, they basically hit the glass. Then they just go,” explained Greer. “It’s almost a routine.”

A similar burglary happened in March, just as the restaurant was celebrating record lunch sales. And the restaurant has been hit twice before that.

“Unfortunately, all four of our …