明尼阿波利斯餐厅 Modern Times Café 曾尝试取消标价，现已宣布将于年底彻底关门。
Modern Times Café, a Minneapolis restaurant that attempted to eliminate prices, has announced that it will be closing for good by the end of the year.
店主迪伦·阿尔沃森周六在社交媒体上写道：“过去六年里，我一直在试图证明 Modern Times 可以继续生存下去。在不妥协 Modern Times 核心根本的前提下，我已尝尽了所有办法。”他补充说，计划在未来两个月里庆祝这家已有 16 年历史的店铺，并探讨如何让这类生意得以延续。
"For the last six years, I’ve been trying to prove that Modern Times can continue to exist," owner Dylan Alverson wrote on social media on Saturday. "I’ve exhausted every option without compromising the core fundamentals that make Modern Times what it is." He added that he plans to spend the next two months celebrating the 16-year-old business and discussing ways for a business like his to continue.
阿尔沃森写道：“像 Modern Times 这样的地方若想在未来生存，唯一的办法就是主动挑战它不再能生存的原因。”
"The only way for places like Modern Times to exist in the future is to actively challenge the reasons why it can no longer exist," Alverson wrote.
阿尔沃森今年 1 月曾在 Instagram 上宣布，他的生意在更名为 Post Modern Times 后，将作为一家“免费且基于捐赠的餐厅”运营，欢迎所有人光顾，“唯独不欢迎 ICE（美国移民和海关执法局）”，以抗议该州发生的移民和海关执法行动，这在一定程度上是对蕾妮·古德和亚历克斯·普雷蒂遇害事件的回应。
Alverson previously announced on Instagram in January that his business, which rebranded as Post Modern Times, would operate as a "free and donation based restaurant" where everyone would be welcome "except ICE" in protest of the Immigration and Customs Enforcement operations happening in his state, in response partly to the killings of Renee Good and Alex Pretti.
阿尔沃森写道：“我们绝不能继续像现在这样。我厌倦了为街头的士兵和一个不保护我们的政府赚钱——一个正在每天主动伤害公民的政府。从明天起，我们不再为占领我们城市的法西斯分子赚钱。”这一决定是在普雷蒂被边境巡逻人员枪杀后做出的。
"We absolutely cannot go on as we have. I am sick of generating money for the soldiers in our streets and for a government that won't protect us — a government who is actively inflicting daily harm on its citizens," Alverson wrote. "Effective tomorrow we are done making money for the fascists that occupy our city." The decision was made after Pretti was shot and killed by Border Patrol agents.
Modern Times Café 无标价运营了约六个月，于 7 月短暂关闭。8 月重新开业后恢复了标价，但宣布将继续每天供应 25 份免费餐食。
The Modern Times Café operated without prices for about six months until it briefly closed in July. The establishment returned to using prices once the store reopened in August but announced that it would continue serving 25 free meals per day.
据阿尔沃森 10 月对《纽约时报》表示，他当时是在“零利润率”下运营，希望自己的店能成为其他餐厅的榜样。
By October, Alverson told The New York Times that he was operating under a "zero profit margin," hoping that his place could be used as a model for other restaurants.
“如果我能建立一个筹款机制来筹集资金提供款待，我们就可以把那个项目推广到其他餐厅，”阿尔弗森说。
"If I can create a fundraising mechanism that can raise money to provide hospitality, we can take that program and add restaurants to it," Alverson said.
不过，他承认这一过程让员工不堪重负，并导致顾客等待长达两个小时才能用餐，其中通常有一半餐食是免费提供的。邻居们也表达了担忧，认为无家可归者和吸毒者会利用这一优惠。
However, he acknowledged that the process was taxing for his staff and led to customers waiting up to two hours for a meal, half of which would usually be given for free. Neighbors also expressed concerns that homeless and drug-addicted people would take advantage of the offer.
在接受福克斯新闻数字版采访时，阿尔弗森坚持他对《纽约时报》的言论，并表示更大的问题是其他正在挣扎的餐厅。
In a comment to Fox News Digital, Alverson stood by his remarks to The New York Times and suggested that the bigger issue was other restaurants that were struggling.
“我认为现在更大的问题是，有多少独立餐厅濒临倒闭？”阿尔弗森说。
"I think a bigger question right now is how many independent restaurants are close to collapse?" Alverson said.