Modern Times Cafe closing at end of year after providing 30,000 free meals in wake of ICE surge

A south Minneapolis staple that made headlines after offering free meals in response to Operation Metro Surge will be closing its doors.Modern Times Cafe will close at the end of the year in what the owner says is an "incredibly difficult decision.""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," owner Dylan Alverson said. The cafe rebranded as Post Modern Times and began to serve free meals in January after a Border Patrol agent shot and killed Alex Pretti in the streets of Minneapolis. After six months of operating without prices, the restaurant temporarily closed in July before returning the next month under a new model, bringing back prices and offering 25 free meals each day. In those six months, Modern Times said it served over 30,000 free meals with the help of over 2,000 dona