Agnes Kim – who co-owns and operates Nana Sushi on Victoria Crescent with her sister Deborah – and her staff were serving meals at the restaurant at about 5 p.m.
The knife was one of the items missing along with hundreds of dollars in tip money, credit cards and bank cards after the suspect fled.
“We caught him a short distance away with the stolen money,” said Const.
The door the suspect entered and fled from Monday has been repaired numerous times, windows have been smashed and human waste has to be cleaned up regularly from around the entranceway.
“Nanaimo people were more kind and friendly,” she said.
Kim said her 12-year-old son and 7-year-old daughter are traumatized by what they experienced witnessing Monday’s robbery, and she worries about them.