San Francisco, CA – A 3 a.m. vandalism job on the Valencia Street ice cream shop Smitten left windows broken and “Free Palestine” graffiti on the storefront, and it may not be a coincidence that the store is Jewish-owned.
Mission Local reports that the Jewish-owned ice creamery Smitten was vandalized and tagged with graffiti early Wednesday morning, and one front window was prominently tagged with the words “FREE PALESTIEN” (sic).
When SFist went by at 1:45 Tuesday, we found all the windows of the shop boarded up. The store usually opens at 2 p.m., and it’s unclear whether the shop will reopen Wednesday. Mission Local’s report from Wednesday morning describes a storefront “smashed to pieces,” whose “windows and two doors were covered in plastic, and shards of glass were visible on the pavement, as well as inside the shop.”
The parklet outside Smitten was not affected or damaged, and we did not observe any notable vandalism to any adjacent Valencia and 20th street storefronts.
