Seattle restaurant Life on Mars creates ‘Mayhem Fund’ to stay open amid constant vandalism

Life on Mars, a well-known, plant-based vegan, restaurant and bar in Capitol Hill has started a ‘Mayhem Fund’ to cover the costs of reported reoccurring vandalism.

“Life On Mars has made the decision to not give up and continue to fight the good fight to stay open but we will need your help,” the business’ website says. “Small businesses like ours have had a lot to contend with in the last few years and the continued vandalism, tagging, broken doors, and windows leave us no choice but to ask our community to join us in countering all this bad stuff. We removed all the rocks around the bar only to have someone…find a different rock…and put it through our window.”

The money will go toward fixing past and future destruction and upgrading protection, like getting overnight security, the business says.

An Instagram post by Life on Mars says they are deciding to be loud for the sake of all small businesses struggling right now.

“We appreciate how much people care about this place,” its website says. “We are not alone.”

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