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Pointe-Claire restaurant offering free sushi to anyone who can bring back stolen letter ‘A’

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On the hunt for the letter A
WATCH: A custom-made decoration of the letter A has gone missing from a Pointe-Claire Village sushi restaurant. As Global's Cora MacDonald reports, Avocado's owners are asking for the public's help to locate the beloved work of art – Jun 19, 2018

A sushi restaurant in Pointe-Claire Village is offering free sushi to whoever can bring back its letter “A.”

Last Sunday, when co-owner and chef, Sylvie Longtin, went in to start her shift she said she noticed it was gone.

“We just posted it on our Facebook page – just mentioning that we lost our “A” on the front of the building,” she said. “And, that we would offer an reward to anyone who brought it back to us.”

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The restaurant says the letter disappeared from its storefront last week.

“We are so disappointed that someone stole our beloved ‘A,’ which adorned the front of our restaurant,” it wrote on Facebook.

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“It was crafted by Bonnie from Îles de la Madeleine. If anyone (knows) anything about this and can help bring back our signature sign, we would be immensely grateful.”

Chef and co-owner Sylvie Longtin told Global News the “A” disappeared over a week ago and a police report was not filed.

The decorative “A” has disappeared from the entrance of Avocado Sushi in Pointe-Claire, Tues. June 19, 2018. Cora MacDonald/Global News

Bonnie Major, who custom-designed the “A”, also says she hopes those who took it come forward.

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“I think it would be okay if they brought it back and I think it would be a nice lesson to everyone that’s not just something that we do,” she said.

 

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