Thieves peeled the round marker off the brown brick, said Joren Peterson, who owns the building at 210 S. University St. “It’s unfortunate that someone decided they needed it.”
Peterson hopes the theft — which occurred several months ago but was posted on social media Thursday — was just a prank by one of the nearby fraternities at the University of Utah and that a good Samaritan will return it soon.
“I’m sure it’s hanging in someone’s room right now,” he said. “It would be great to get it back.”
The sign’s disappearance is one more mystery surrounding Big Ed’s — a hole-in-the-wall restaurant beloved by U.