The Brief
- Modern Times Café owner, Dylan Alverson, posted on the restaurant’s Facebook page that they are closing by the end of the year.
- Alverson said in the post they have been trying for the last six years to stay open while not comprising the restaurant’s core values: creativity over cost and kindness over profit.
- During Operation Metro Surge, Modern Times Café served food for free to the community.
MINNEAPOLIS (FOX 9) – Modern Times Café once served free food to the community as federal immigration agents flooded Minneapolis. Now, the restaurant is closing by the end of the year.
Modern Times Café closing
What they’re saying:
Modern Times Café owner, Dylan Alverson, posted on the restaurant’s Facebook page that after nearly 16 years of operations, they are closing by the end of the year.
“For the last 6 years, I’ve been trying to prove that Modern Times can continue to exist. 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. This has been an incredibly difficult decision and one that did not come lightly. 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,” Alverson said in part on Facebook. …