# Modern Times drops prices

Business · Heat 1.1 / 10 · 2 shows · 9m airtime

Modern Times, a Minneapolis diner owned by Dylan Alverson, removed prices from its menu in spring 2026 as a protest against what he called a fascist economy, after the killing of Alex Preddy. On one visit about half the diners could not pay and did not. Alverson says donations after the change made the diner more profitable than when it charged, and it reopened in August with prices back at a zero profit margin plus 125 free meals a week funded by a grant. A later segment reports the restaurant, called Postmodern Times and attributed to Dylan Elverson, is closing.

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## Segments

- [The Daily](https://boilpoints.com/u/thedaily), 2026-10-04, 0:49 to 2:15: **Describes diners who could not afford to pay**. Brett Anderson describes visiting Modern Times, a Minneapolis diner that removed prices from its menu in spring 2026 as a protest against what owner Dylan Alverson called a fascist economy; about half the diners that day could not afford to pay. New angle: About half the diners at Modern Times on Anderson's visit could not afford to pay and did not.
- [The Daily](https://boilpoints.com/u/thedaily), 2026-10-04, 3:55 to 5:00: **Recounts finding the story during ICE reporting**. Anderson explains how he found the Modern Times story while in the Twin Cities reporting on the ICE operation, and relays Alverson's account that the restaurant has been unprofitable for years despite being busy and generating revenue.
- [The Daily](https://boilpoints.com/u/thedaily), 2026-10-04, 5:07 to 5:57: **Explains the math behind dropping prices**. Alverson explains the math behind removing prices: years of poring over numbers since the pandemic, busy and generating revenue but unable to pay bills or himself, and now more profitable on donations than he was charging. New angle: After dropping prices, donations made Modern Times more profitable than when it charged for food.
- [The Daily](https://boilpoints.com/u/thedaily), 2026-10-04, 6:48 to 7:37: **Recaps the price removal and donation windfall**. Recaps the Modern Times price removal and the donation windfall that made it more profitable than when it charged for food, then pivots to the broader history of restaurant economics. Stays inside the deltas already on record.
- [Adam Carolla Show](https://boilpoints.com/u/adamcarollashow), 2026-10-21, 1:30:40 to 1:35:41: **Reports the no-price restaurant closing**. Reports that Dylan Elverson's no-price Minneapolis restaurant is closing and argues the location made paying customers unlikely, then drifts into a long digression on the lack of German, Polish and Hungarian food in Los Angeles. New angle: Dylan Elverson's no-price Minneapolis restaurant Postmodern Times is closing.