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WEBVTT MUCH.HE HAS DECIDED TO CLOSE HISDOORS.ANY TIME YOU GO THROUGH ATRIM ATTIC LIKE THAT IT TAKES ATOLL ON YOU.-- THROUGH A DRAMATIC PICKS --TRAUMATIC EXPERIENCELIKE THAT, IT TAKES A TOLL ONYOU.LOWELL: A TIME OF REFLECTION FORDAVID HART OWNER OF THE PARKCAFE AND COFFEE BAR IN BOLTONHILL AFTER ALMOST 2 AND A HALFYEARS IN BUSINESS HE'S DECIDEDTO CLOSE THE POPULARNEIGHBORHOOD HANGOUT.HART TELLS 11-NEWS THE THOUGHTOF CLOSING WAS PLANTED IN HISMIND BACK IN JANUARY WHEN HISBUSINESS WAS ROBBED AT GUNPOINTA FIFTH TIME IN THREE MONTHS.>> FOR ME, IT RE-JIGGERED MYPRIORITIES.LOWELL: WHILE POLICE DID MAKE ANARREST, THE TRAUMA REMAINED FORHIS EMPLOYEES AND HE HAD TO MAKESOME CHANGES.>> WE DID HAVE TO REPLACE SOMESTAFF ARE TREATED HAVE TO GOCASHLESS.IT TOOK A TOLL, BUT NOT ENOUGHTO DISRUPT THE BUSINESS.LOWELL: HART SAYS WHAT HELPEDKEEP HIM IN THE GAME WAS THECOMMUNITY WHICH CONTINUED TOSUPPORT THE BUSINESS.IN THE END IT'S MORE IMPORTANT, TO SPEND TIME WITH HIS FAMILYAND NOT HAVE TO DEAL WITH THEHEADACHES THAT COME WITH OWNINGA RESTAURANT.I AM PROUD OF THE POLICE WHOCAUGHT THIS INDIVIDUAL, PROUD OFTHE COMMUNITY.PEOPLE REALLY PULL TOGETHER.LOWELL: THERE IS A SILVERLINING.THE CAFE IS FINANCIALLY SOUNDAND IN THE PAST COUPLE OF WEEKSHE HAS RECEIVED HALF A DOZENOFFERS TO BUY THE BUSINESS.HE IS PRETTY CONFIDENT IT WILL

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A popular Baltimore coffee shop is closing its doors after a string of five robberies in three months earlier this year.In January, 11 News reported on the robberies at the Park Cafe and Coffee Bar, which has been a Bolton Hill staple for about two and a half years. While police caught the suspect, the owner said, for him, the trauma of those events may have been too much, so he's closing his doors."I think anytime you go through a traumatic experience, it takes a toll on you mentally, it takes a little bit of a toll on you physically," said David Hart, the cafe's owner. "To think about the fact that you were robbed five times in three months, I don't think the likelihood of that ever happening again -- that's like a one in 1 million shot. I try to take it with a sense of perspective."Hart told 11 News that the thought of closing was planted in his mind back in January when his business was robbed at gunpoint a fifth time in three months."I think, for me, what it did is it sort of rejiggered my priorities," Hart said.The trauma remained for his employees and he had to make some changes."We lost staff and we had to replace staff. That was surmountable. We then we made a decision to go cashless and that took somewhat of a toll, but not enough to disrupt the business," Hart said.Hart said what helped keep him in the game was the community, which continued to support the business. But ultimately, it's more important to spend time with his family and not have to deal with the headaches that come with owning a restaurant."I'm proud of the city. I'm proud of what the police did. They caught this person. I'm proud of the community that came together, and they could've thrown up their hands and said, 'Oh, we're not going to go to the Park Cafe. It's a dangerous place to be.' But it was none of those things, and people really pulled together," Hart said.Hart told 11 News that, in recent weeks, he has had half-dozen offers to buy his business, so he's confident that a new store will open up within the next month or so.