Popular Chicago Cubs bar becomes latest burglary target

The beloved Wrigleyville tavern Nisei Lounge became the most recent target in a series of bar and restaurant break-ins after a person removed a window and ransacked the bar early on Friday morning, tavern management said.

Pat Odon, Nisei Lounge’s director of beer and baseball operations, said someone removed a pane of glass, took cash and “totally tossed the back area looking for money and valuables” around 7 a.m. Friday.

The bar was closed and no employees were on the premises at the time, staff and management said.

The bar, an iconic hangout for Cubs fans at 3439 N. Sheffield Ave., has started keeping less cash on hand and leaving its cash registers open in what Odon said was a response to a string of restaurant and bar burglaries throughout the summer.

A bar near Odon’s home was robbed last week in the early morning hours, he said. Earlier this month, a string of break-ins, including one at an open establishment, made the rounds on group messages among bartenders and bar…