In 2009 someone stole the pink goat that hung above the door of Cabrito in the West Village. Later that year, miscreants absconded with the Statue of Liberty replica from progressive Ditmas Park cafe Vox Pop. Now the latest establishment to lose iconic furnishing to theft is Park Slope's Barbes, where someone filched a small bust of Venezuelan physicist and do-gooder José Gregorio. Luckily, the bar has a pretty detailed description of the perp. In an e-mail to City Room, waitress Grace Kendall provided this description of the slightly drunk guy she thinks stole Gregorio:
The suspect is a white male in his 20s. He is tall (between 6’1″ and 6’2″) and lean, but slouches a little. He has ash-gray/light blond hair, which was slicked back into a very clean retro-style haircut of the 1920s and ’30s. The hair was cut short on the sides, and the longer hair on the top of his head was combed back, possibly with gel (think Jimmy Darmody of ”Boardwalk Empire”). His face was clean-shaven, and he had a clear complexion. His eyes are a grayish blue with a kind of crystalline quality to them — not a solid color. And he has fuller lips. He was dressed neatly and gave the aesthetic impression of a hipster; he was “put together.”
Well, that certainly narrows it down! Better lay low until the heat dies down, young hipster with retro haircut and drinking problem—you stick out like a sore thumb in this town.
