Thieves have snack while burgling Lyon 鈥榮pread bar鈥�
A Lyon caf茅 dedicated to sweet spreads was burgled this week, and the culprits managed to swipe some spreads and appeared to enjoy a quick taste before escaping.
The owners of Le Sweet Spot in Lyon (Rh么ne) found it had been burgled overnight between Monday 5 and Tuesday 6 February, and noticed that - as well as cash, money safes and an iPad - the thieves had made off with two pots of spread, one of dark chocolate, and one of caramel.
Another pot and tasted, suggesting that the burglars had enjoyed a quick snack in the middle of their raid.
The shop, which closed after the incident on Tuesday, re-opened on Wednesday this week (February 7).
The owner posted on its Facebook Page in reference to the event, saying: 鈥淲e are seeing this event with a philosophical eye, even if we would have preferred not to have these problems.鈥�
The shop is the second cafe in its group, and has been dubbed the 鈥渇irst bar 脿 pate 脿 tartiner鈥� in Lyon.
It has a stock of around 80 pots at any given time, and focuses on spreads and spiced meals, including strawberry and chocolate 鈥渏am鈥�; 鈥渘ougat creme鈥�; homemade hazelnut spread; almond, pistachio and orange flower cream; coconut spread, and other favourites.
Its in-house kitchen also cooks main meals with similar spices and flavours, including - most recently, according to the Facebook Page - spiced lamb with couscous, a veal blanquette, and duck breast with turmeric-spiced carrot pur茅e.
