Police say at least 17 businesses across several neighborhoods have been targeted since mid-January.
Just Sunday, thieves smashed their way into Super Food and Liquors on Bryn Mawr near Kenmore.
ABC7 obtained surveillance video showing them trying to take the store's ATM.
It was secured, so the manager says they're now just trying to clean up the damage.
The burglars have hit businesses in the Near North, Chicago Lawn, Rogers Park, Lakeview East, Lincoln Park, Brighton Park, Armour Square, West Town, Logan Square, Uptown, Bridgeport, Lincoln Park, and Edgewater neighborhoods.
Police say the thieves have used sledgehammers or pry bars to take cash registers ATMs, or merchandise.
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