'Frustrating and discouraging': Edmonton Coffee Can closes for summer after break-ins

A mobile Edmonton coffee shop that operates out of a modified shipping container has been forced to close for the summer after it was burglarized several times. 

The Coffee Can is a 15-foot mobile cafe that serves up a selection of locally roasted coffees. 

Last month, it announced it was closing temporarily after equipment and generator were stolen. 

This week, the shop posted on social media that it had been hit by thieves again. 

 

 

 

 

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We’ve been MIA. I know you’ve missed us. We’ve made great strides, but since our break and enter. Smash and grab has crippled us once again this season. We lost majority of our equipment and our counter tops are damaged. We will be rebuilding for next season. In the mean time, we plan to take the funds from GoFundMe and donated up it forward stuff to a charity that we will announce. It’s really crappy because we missed out on the Epcor Riverfest. And we just got approval for the legislative area to be around there. Next season #yeg #edmonton we’ll return with some cool new stuff.

A post shared by Coffee Can (@yegcoffeecan) on Aug 9, 2019 at 4:51pm PDT

Owner Tony Phung called the latest setback "very frustrating and discouraging" in announcing his business wouldn't reopen this summer. 

Phung tells CTV News he plans to bring the Coffee Can back for next summer with new equipment.  

With files from Will Briganti