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The Cafe that Stopped Charging and Made a Profit

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Nearly half its customers paid nothing for their food and drink after a cafe in the US stopped charging customers and asked instead for voluntary donations.But since it switched to this curious model, the Post Modern Times cafe in Minneapolis is making a profit after mostly posting losses for years.Defying ‘fascists’In a statement shared on Post Modern Times’ Instagram account in January, the cafe’s owner, Dylan Alverson, said he had decided to …

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The American Dylan Alverson was in the middle of g s lacrimog neo and stun grenades, on the frozen street where Alex Pretti was shot dead by immigration agents in January. That's when he had the idea of what he later called "a decision to neg cels absurda". He decided to stop charging for food in the Modern Times, the caf in southern Minneapolis that runs h 15 years. Read more (06/14/2026

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UOL broke the news on Sunday, June 14, 2026.
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