RIVER WEST — A cocktail bar in River West was robbed twice in three days this week — the latest in a string of criminal incidents at the business going back to 2023, a co-owner said.

Patrons and staff at The Dandy Crown, 694 N. Milwaukee Ave., were attacked and robbed on both Monday and Wednesday night, co-owner Julia Shell and police confirmed on Thursday.

Around 10:40 p.m. Monday, a man wearing a mask entered the business and told a bartender he had a knife before taking the phones and purses of two people, one who was working behind the bar, Shell wrote in an email.

“The offender was unsuccessful in taking proceeds from the register and took a female victim’s bag before fleeing the scene,” a police spokesperson said.

Then at 8:15 p.m. Wednesday, a man wearing a mask told a bartender

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