MINNEAPOLIS — Modern Times Cafe will close at the end of the year, its owner announced on Saturday.
“For the last 6 years, I’ve been trying to prove that Modern Times can continue to exist,” wrote the restaurant’s owner Dylan Alverson in an Instagram post. “I’ve exhausted every option without compromising the core fundamentals that make Modern Times what it is.”
Just months ago — during Operation Metro Surge — Modern Times switched to a free, donation-based restaurant, inviting customers in need to eat and drink for free. In response to the ICE surge, the restaurant temporarily adopted the name “Post Modern Times”…