Thieves have broken into a beloved Sheffield bar and restaurant and caused expensive damage - just to make off with some joints of beef.
Kapital, a huge European beer hall that opened in the city centre last year, said that the vandals in question stole four beef joints that were meant to be for their Father's Day service.
Sharing the news with followers, the business wrote: "Now, we know our Sunday roasts are really good…
"But smashing a massive window and crawling through it at 5am? We’re flattered, but come on FFS."
Kapital has shared photos of the damage inflicted in the incident, showing a joint of beef lying on a bed of broken glass.
The break-in happened overnight on Thursday, with staff arriving on Friday to find that the huge window had been smashed in.
The joints of beef stolen had been bought in especially for a fully-booked Father's Day service this weekend.
Kapital said: "It’s not even the beef we’re most bothered about. It’s the smashed window. The repairs. The clean-up. The hassle. We’ve spent all week grafting to get ready for Father’s Day and now we’re dealing with this instead…
"A tough one to swallow for any independent business, ahead of one of the busiest days of the year."
Kapital was broken into just before Father's Day. Credit: The Sheff
In their full statement, they wrote: "Someone stole our beef. Woke up this morning to find someone had smashed their way into Kapital overnight and helped themselves to four joints of beef we’d bought in for our fully booked Father’s Day service
"Now, we know our Sunday roasts are really good… But smashing a massive window and crawling through it at 5am? We’re flattered, but come on FFS.
"Maybe a disgruntled Dad who couldn’t get a table for Father’s Day. Maybe not. We’ll probably never know.
"It’s not even the beef we’re most bothered about.
"It’s the smashed window. The repairs. The clean-up. The hassle. We’ve spent all week grafting to get ready for Father’s Day and now we’re dealing with this instead… A tough one to swallow for any independent business, ahead of one of the busiest days of the year.
"Anyway, we’re open as normal today. Just with a slightly more boarded-up aesthetic than usual.
"And if you’re joining us for Father’s Day on Sunday, don’t stress. Replacement joints are en-route and every booking will be looked after exactly as planned .
Get ready for ‘Sip Fest’ - a new citywide celebration of coffee and café culture.
Taking place in sunny Sheffield from Monday 28 September to Sunday 4 October 2026, Sip Fest will bring a full week of free citywide events alongside a major weekend at Trafalgar Warehouse.
Founded by Matt Cottrill of Steam Yard and Corner Store and Neil Midgley of Motore Cafe, you just know you're in good hands.
The festival programme is built around three parts, so let's break it down.
Images: The Sheff
From Monday 28 September to Sunday 4 October, Sip Fest will host a free citywide fringe, with events taking place across more than 40 coffee shops, cafés, bars, brunch spots, roasteries and spaces in Sheffield.
On Friday 2 October, Trafalgar Warehouse will host a free industry party for people working across coffee, hospitality, food, drink, events and the wider independent business community and on Saturday 3 October, Trafalgar Warehouse will become the main Sip Fest hub for a ticketed public event, split across morning and afternoon sessions.
The Saturday programme will feature more than 30 stalls, talks, tasters, freebies, Sheffield’s biggest latte art competition, Coffee School sessions, street food, DJs and the UK’s biggest coffee run.
The festival has been created to celebrate Sheffield’s independent coffee scene and the people behind it, and we're sure it's going to do just that.
Matt Cottrill said: “Sheffield has one of the most exciting independent coffee scenes in the country and we want to showcase this to the city and beyond.
“Sip Fest is about celebrating the places, people and energy that make Sheffield’s coffee culture what it is. We want it to feel like something people genuinely look forward to every year, with a sense of fun but also something meaningful behind it.”
‘Silly sausages’ – Sheffield cafe pokes fun at clumsy burglars after break-in
Daisy Jackson
A cafe in Sheffield has addressed the burglars who broke into the business this week, in a surprisingly light-hearted statement.
Birdhouse Tea Co. seems to be looking on the bright side of the break-in, which saw the criminals make off with the staff's cash tip as well as some 'interesting choices from the bar'.
In a statement shared online, the beloved cafe described the burglary as bring like 'something out of Home Alone', describing the CCTV that caught one of the criminals falling through a mop bucket.
They also wrote that their choice of alcohol to steal - pink gin, Aperol, and Chambord - had them thinking they'd 'been robbed by Gemma Collins on her way to bottomless brunch'.
Birdhouse has passed the CCTV over to the police in the hopes that the crew will be caught, assuring followers that they have 'beautifully clear footage of all the silly sausages involved'.
Their full statement said: "Sadly, we were broken into last night, and they got away with the staff cash tips, along with some interesting choices from the bar
"Out of all the booze they could have taken, they left with Pink gin, Aperol and Chambord.
"If I hadn’t watched the CCTV footage (yes, you silly sausages… we have cameras inside and outside, so turning one around achieved absolutely nothing) of a bloke carrying them out, I’d have assumed we’d been robbed by Gemma Collins on her way to a bottomless brunch.
"Hope they enjoy drinking warm Aperol straight from the bottle. Some crimes really do punish themselves.
"Police have been informed, and we’ve handed over some beautifully clear footage of all the silly sausages involved, including the chap who pressed his face right up against the window while his mate tried to climb through another one by standing on a mop bucket which immediately collapsed under him it’s giving Harry & Marv from Home Alone tbh.
"Thankfully, there’s very little damage, so it’s business as usual today. And don’t worry, we’re professionals. We have emergency backup Aperol.
"Half price Aperol Spritz today with every vajazzle."
Daisy Jackson -
21st June 2026 
