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After nearly 16 years in business, a woke restaurant owner has been forced to close his doors, despite having spent six months feeding customers for free in an unusual act of generosity.
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owner → force → generosity
Dylan Alverson was once the proud owner of a pay-what-you-wish restaurant named Post Modern Times, located in South Minneapolis.
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you → pay → Minneapolis
His unconventional business idea came shortly after the polarizing deaths of George Floyd, Renée Good and Alex Pretti, all of which took place in nearby neighborhoods of Minneapolis at the hands of local police.
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all → come → police
Alverson decided to take food prices off the menu at his eatery and ran a menu-free restaurant for six months in support of the protests against the injustices faced by Minneapolis citizens.
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Alverson → decide → citizens
For the first month of his unconventional business model, Alverson took prices off of every item the restaurant sold, making Post Modern Times a 'for-profit business that had zero prices.'
Alverson told journalists of Cocktails & Capitalism: 'It's been successful in all the ways that we intended, which is feeding people for free with public donations as long as we could.'
Nearly 85 percent of the restaurant's clientele consist of 'people experiencing homelessness or addiction or some form of problem that has given them limited access to restaurants or food,' according to Alverson.
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that → take → Alverson
On October 17, Alverson took to social media to regrettably announce his decision to close up shop.
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Alverson → take → shop
Dylan Alverson is the owner of Post Modern Times, which is a pay-what-you-wish restaurant located in South Minneapolis
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you → pay → Minneapolis
A generous business owner is closing down his restaurant of nearly 16 years after feeding guests for donations in exchange for prices for six months
Alverson's business idea came shortly after the deaths of George Floyd, Renée Good and Alex Pretti, which all took place in nearby neighborhoods of Minneapolis at the hands of deadly force by police
In an Instagram post, Alverson stated: 'For the last 6 years, I’ve been trying to prove that Modern Times can continue to exist.
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Times → close → years
'I’ve exhausted every option without compromising the core fundamentals that make Modern Times what it is.'
'Because of this, we have made the choice to close at the end of the year.
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we → exhaust → year
This has been an incredibly difficult decision and one that did not come lightly,' Alverson continued.
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Alverson → come → ?
'I announce this decision now, with the hope that we can spend the next two-plus months celebrating the nearly 16 years that Modern Times has stood for creativity over cost, kindness over profit, and uncompromising values as a business in this country.
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Times → announce → country
Users took to the Post Modern Times Instagram page to voice their thoughts on the pay-what-you-wish business motto.
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you → take → motto
One user commented: 'Minnesota seems insufferably woke.'
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Minnesota → comment → ?
Another user wrote in support of a saying: '6 months.
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user → write → saying
Post Modern Times is taking a brief pause to breathe, rest and re-center.
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Times → take → pause
I'm joining the team to fundraise for the rest of the year - it only costs $25 per meal!
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it → join → meal
You can pay it forward at givemn.org/postmoderntimes.'
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You → pay → givemn.org/postmoderntimes
Alverson decided to take food prices off the menu and ran a completely free restaurant for six months in support of the protests against the injustices faced by Minneapolis citizens
Nearly 85 percent of the Post Modern Times clientele consist of 'people experiencing homelessness or addiction or some form of problem that has given them limited access to restaurants or food'
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that → decide → restaurants
Another user commented, 'Good intentions but what does free food have to do with police brutality??
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food → comment → brutality
Another user said, 'Performative business model.'
Still, Alverson admitted that he had 'never regretted feeding someone paid or unpaid'
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he → say → someone
'I’ll start to explain how we got to this point and what the next couple months will look like,' he wrote on social media.
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he → start → media
'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.'
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it → exist → reasons
The Daily Mail reached out to Post Modern Times for further comment.
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Mail → reach → comment
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