150-Pound Pig, Alcohol Stolen From North Austin Restaurant

AUSTIN, TEXAS — Business thefts are an all-too-common scourge. But when the larceny involves the theft of a pig weighing 150 pounds and half the alcohol inventory at a local restaurant, the crime takes on a different layer of uniqueness altogether.

Some 30 minutes after the owners of North Loop restaurant Foreign & Domestic, 306 E. 53rd St., left for the night this past Sunday at around 3 a.m., a truck pulled up to the alley behind the eatery, KXAN reported. The motion of the truck triggered a surveillance camera that started to record the incident.

According to the account, a man emerging from the vehicle proceeded to steal a 150-pound pig used for charcuterie, half of the alcohol inventory, three gallons of milk and uncured bacon. Video posted to the restaurant's Instagram account shows the caper in slow motion.

Nathan Lemley, the restaurant's co-owner and chef, was struck by the fact that only food and alcohol were stolen with the establishment's electronics left untouched, he told the station. A suspect has yet to be located or identified.

>>> Read the full story at KXAN

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