{"id":2637385,"date":"2026-07-29T17:06:01","date_gmt":"2026-07-29T21:06:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/minneapolis-breakfast-spot-tries-no-prices-socialist-model-ends-in-catastrophe-for-staff-customers-and-allegedly-dogs\/"},"modified":"2026-07-29T17:12:39","modified_gmt":"2026-07-29T21:12:39","slug":"minneapolis-breakfast-spot-tries-no-prices-socialist-model-ends-in-catastrophe-for-staff-customers-and-allegedly-dogs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/minneapolis-breakfast-spot-tries-no-prices-socialist-model-ends-in-catastrophe-for-staff-customers-and-allegedly-dogs\/","title":{"rendered":"Minneapolis Breakfast Spot Tries &#8216;No Prices&#8217; Socialist Model, Ends in Catastrophe for Staff, Customers, and Allegedly Dogs"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">34<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fminneapolis-breakfast-spot-tries-no-prices-socialist-model-ends-in-catastrophe-for-staff-customers-and-allegedly-dogs%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2637385&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The content discusses a controversial Minneapolis restaurant originally called Modern Times Cafe, which was transformed into Post Modern Times Cafe.The owner, Dylan Alverson, implemented a pay-what-you-want model as a protest against taxes and to address social issues like food insecurity and immigration enforcement. He claimed the model allowed him to avoid sales taxes and boost community support, even though critics noted many patrons did not pay. <\/p>\n<p>After six months,Alverson decided to end this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/d-w-wilber-fundamentally-transforming-america-into-a-communist-hellhole\/\" title=\"D.W. Wilber: \u201cFundamentally Transforming\u201d America Into a Communist Hellhole\">social justice experiment<\/a>,citing that many customers faced hardships such as homelessness and addiction,which impacted the restaurant&#8217;s environment. The article criticizes the model for leading to safety and cleanliness issues, as reported by dissatisfied customers. <\/p>\n<p>It also references a similar initiative by New York City\u2019s mayor to provide discounted groceries at city-run stores, mocking these plans and warning about potential failures. The tone is critical of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trade-bud-light-for-bourbon-well-odds-are-your-favorite-liquor-brands-also-support-trans-activists-drag-queens\/\" title=\"Trade Bud Light For Bourbon? Well, Odds Are Your Favorite Liquor Brands Also Support Trans Activists, Drag Queens\">leftist social policies<\/a>, portraying them as naive and ultimately problematic, with the author drawing parallels between the restaurant&#8217;s experience and municipal policy proposals, suggesting they are misguided efforts that could lead to increased chaos.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><br \/>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_0)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s been called \u201cthe worst and most psychotic business structure, maybe, in America.\u201d And that\u2019s by the owner.<\/p>\n<p>But let\u2019s back up a second. Months ago, Dylan Alverson made headlines after he converted the Modern Times Cafe in Minneapolis into the Post Modern Times Cafe, a pay-what-you-can model which was meant to protest (somehow) the deaths of George Floyd, Renee Good, and Alex Pretti, all left wing <em>causes c\u00e9l\u00e8bres <\/em>associated with Minnesota\u2019s most populous city.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor the remainder of the government occupation, we will function as a free and donation-based restaurant,\u201d he wrote in a social media post, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2026\/06\/08\/dining\/post-modern-times-minneapolis-free-food.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The New York Times<\/a>. (He was referring to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/trump-calls-administration-use-bit-softer-touch-immigration-enforcement\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Immigration and Customs Enforcement<\/a> actually enforcing immigration law, which apparently is equivalent to Vichy France.)<\/p>\n<p>The reasoning is that with a pay-what-you-wish model, he would avoid paying sales taxes because the \u201csales\u201d would be counted as donations instead. This tax, he claimed, was \u201cactively inflicting daily harm on its citizens.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>This tax goes to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/one-agency-tried-stop-somali-welfare-fraud-early-2020-activists-used-dei-intimidate-silence\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the state of Minnesota<\/a>, which has no jurisdiction over the federal government and does not pay ICE, so it\u2019s unclear he understood how taxation works.<\/p>\n<p>Even <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/money\/2026\/jun\/10\/pay-what-you-wish-restaurant-where-customers-can-eat-free-if-conscience-lets-them\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Guardian<\/a> reported on it, noting that the restaurant was \u201cstill making a profit.\u201d However, they noted the pay-what-you-want model has its flaws \u2014 as it noted by reporting that up to 50 percent of people don\u2019t pay.<\/p>\n<p>How does that work? \u201cIn part it\u2019s because running on donations means the cafe doesn\u2019t have to pay tax on sales\u2026 And the staff are also volunteers working for d tips and community donations.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have succeeded more than I ever did when I was running a conventional business employing 22 people,\u201d Alverson told The New York Times for an article last month. \u201cI think that\u2019s proof that something is wrong.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Yes. You\u2019re a terrible restauranteur. We get it. And a socialist tax dodge at the same time! Impressive, that.<\/p>\n<p>Well, after six months, he\u2019s ending the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/curriculum-standards-mandate-teachers-teach-truth-socialism\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">socialist experiment<\/a>, telling an interviewer that \u201c85 percent probably of our customers are people experiencing homelessness or addiction, or some form of problem that has given them limited access to restaurants.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Yeah, funny how that works:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">After 6 months of conducting a social justice experiment, which included free food to anyone, this Minneapolis restaurant is taking a \u201cbreak\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The owner removed all menu prices and ran a donation-based model to fight food insecurity and local immigration enforcement surges.<\/p>\n<p>The\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/WF2W5evBsW\">pic.twitter.com\/WF2W5evBsW<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 AmyLouWho (@perseverare1776) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/perseverare1776\/status\/2081756607097004035?\">July 27, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>And this can be corroborated by one reviewer on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/reviews\/@44.944635,-93.2628443,17z\/data=!3m1!4b1!4m6!14m5!1m4!2m3!1sCi9DQUlRQUNvZENodHljRjlvT2t4WVJuQXlPWHBJZVhCdWFqbDBWMDV0YmxOUVpuYxAB!2m1!1s0x0:0x28be4c0331f991c3?hl=en-US&#038;entry=ttu&#038;g_ep=EgoyMDI2MDcyNy4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Google<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><em>This used to be my favorite breakfast spot. As someone who follows a plant-based diet, having a nearby restaurant with delicious vegetarian and vegan-friendly options was something I truly appreciated. The food, service, and value were consistently excellent, and I happily recommended this place to others.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Unfortunately, since the business model changed, the overall experience has declined significantly. While I genuinely respect and support the mission of serving the community, the current environment has made it difficult to continue visiting. During recent visits, there were dogs inside the restaurant that appeared to be fighting, creating both safety and sanitation concerns. On another occasion, I encountered someone actively using IV drugs in the restroom. I\u2019ve also experienced waiting in line before opening, only to be repeatedly pushed aside by people trying to access food service.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>I admire the compassion behind helping those in need, and I believe businesses can absolutely make a positive impact in their communities. However, there needs to be a way to balance that mission with providing a safe, clean, and welcoming environment for all customers.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Well, he\u2019s balanced that, all right \u2014 by going back to the good old fashioned capitalist model.<\/p>\n<p>Now, to the extent that this was a donations-based business, the fact that it kept running in the city of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/cant-make-islamic-activist-behind-muslims-waterpark-day-also-runs-learing-center\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Quality \u201cLearing\u201d Centers<\/a> already raises some eyebrows as to where the money was coming from, but it turns out that once you get past the good press and good vibes generated by a move to a model that got international coverage, people just take advantage of being able to steal without repercussions. It\u2019s almost like you could predict it.<\/p>\n<p>On a wholly unrelated note, it seems that New York City\u2019s socialist mayor, Zohran Mamdani, plans to apply something vaguely like this model to groceries, undercutting local establishment prices by 30 percent at city-run bodegas:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">At our five-borough municipal grocery stores, New Yorkers will get a 30% discount on eggs, milk, chicken, fresh produce and other everyday essentials.<\/p>\n<p>In the wealthiest city in the richest country in the world, no one should have to wonder how they\u2019ll afford the food they need\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/zbNVS735bg\">pic.twitter.com\/zbNVS735bg<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani (@NYCMayor) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/NYCMayor\/status\/2081847809696059888?\">July 27, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>I can\u2019t imagine how this could possibly fail. Good luck, comrade! And make sure to keep the IV drug users away from people who write Google reviews.<\/p>\n<p>In the meanwhile, this is a helpful reminder that leftists are like toddlers. We warn them over and over that if they follow their bleeding hearts, they\u2019re going to end up hitting their heads. They look at us contemptuously, set their jaws, and proceed off to split their heads open. And then they blame us, of course.<\/p>\n<p>These are children, plain and simple. At least this guy only runs a cafe. Mamdani runs a city, and pretty soon they\u2019ll be looking to run states, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/aoc-quietly-takes-first-steps-toward-potential-2028-presidential-run-report\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">even the country<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f7f7f7; color: #171717; display: flex;font-size: 16px;font-weight: 600;line-height: 1.5;margin: 24px 0;padding: 18px 20px 18px 30px;text-align: left;\">\n<div style=\"align-self: stretch;border-left: 3px solid #171717;flex-shrink: 0;padding-left: 20px;\"><\/div>\n<p><a style=\"text-decoration: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/\">Choose The Western Journal as your preferred source on Google and never miss reporting that defends truth, protects freedom, and advances Western civilization<\/a><\/div>\n<p style=\"border: 1px solid #f5f5f5; padding: 16px;\">Advertise with The Western Journal and reach millions of highly engaged readers, while supporting our work. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/advertise-us\/?wj_source=article\">Advertise Today<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey == typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts = { \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs = [ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i = 0; i < inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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