The first incident happened at the Chick-fil-A just across the street from ABC7 Chicago's State Street Studio.
Chicago police said a man broke the side glass door at about 3:50 a.m. of the restaurant at State and Lake. It's unknown if anything was taken.
Aboud five minutes later, police said a man smashed the window at a business in the South Loop at 1200-block of Michigan Avenue.
The thief took cash from inside the business.
In both cases police said the offender drove off in a blue Kia Sol.
Nobody is in custody.
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