Minneapolis restaurant closing after six-month free meal experiment

Summarised from 2 outlets · Updated 22 Oct, 09:44 · Archive

Modern Times Café in Minneapolis is closing by the end of the year after operating for six months without prices.

Modern Times Café in Minneapolis will close by the end of the year, owner Dylan Alverson announced on social media. The 16-year-old restaurant had operated as a free and donation-based establishment for approximately six months, under the rebranded name Post Modern Times, in protest against Immigration and Customs Enforcement operations in the state.

Alverson announced the shift to a priceless model in January, stating the restaurant would welcome everyone 'except ICE'. The establishment briefly closed in July before reopening in August, when prices were restored. However, it continued serving 25 free meals per day.

In his announcement, Alverson wrote that he had spent the last six years attempting to prove the model could work and had 'exhausted every option without compromising the core fundamentals'. He plans to spend the next two months celebrating the business and discussing how similar ventures could continue in future. He stated that 'the only way for places like Modern Times to exist in the future is to actively challenge the reasons why it can no longer exist'.

How it is being reported

• Minneapolis restaurant that offered free meals to protest ICE raids announces closureModern Times Café, a Minneapolis restaurant that attempted to eliminate prices, has announced it will be closing for good by the end of the year.New York Post · 22 Oct, 09:28
• Minneapolis restaurant that offered free meals to protest ICE raids announces closureModern Times Café in Minneapolis is closing after owner Dylan Alverson's experiment with a free and donation-based restaurant model proved unsustainable.Fox News · 21 Oct, 21:22

In this story: Modern Times Café · Dylan Alverson · Minneapolis · Immigration and Customs Enforcement

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