Crime & Safety
Popular East Nashville Dive Dino's Vandalized, Robbed
The manager of Dino's posted evidence of the damage on Instagram but stayed open for business.
EAST NASHVILLE, TN — Popular East Nashville dive bar Dino's was broken into, vandalized and apparently robbed sometime overnight Saturday, but kept on pouring beer anyway.
Kitchen manager Joey Molteni posted pictures of the damage inside the bar at 411 Gallatin Avenue on Instagram. He told The Tennessean that anything that might contain money had been broken into and robbed: the jukebox, a tabletop arcade game, the ATM, the cash register and two small safes.
The burglar or burglars had forced open a back gate and taken a door off the hinge, ripped apart the alarm, dismantled security cameras and cut wires to phone and cable.
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"Someone spent a lot of time scoping it out," Molteni told the newspaper.
Police dusted for fingerprints, but even a burglary and ongoing investigation couldn't keep Dino's close for long. The bar opened at 5 p.m. and operated as cash only.
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Thank you to everyone for the kind words and support! You mean the world to us. And with help from the community and our staff, we've cleaned up and are back in action. OPEN now until 3am!!! #cashonly2nite #cantnobodyholdusdownohnowegottokeeponmovin
A photo posted by Dino's Restaurant (@dinosnashville) on Jan 15, 2017 at 2:50pm PST
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