What Happens When a Restaurant Has No Prices? Plus, the Local Dinner Series Run by Grandmas

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A Twin Cities dinner series is turning immigrant home cooking into radical acts of storytelling. Mecca Bos, founder of BIPOC Foodways Alliance and creator of the Immigrant Kitchen dinner series, joins to talk about why grandmas and aunties are the real culinary experts, plus a new print zine called Matriarch. Then, Dylan Alverson, owner of Post Modern Times, shares what seven months of serving 30,000 free meals taught him about poverty, dignity, and why the most psychotic business plan he ever ran might have saved his restaurant. Learn more about the topics discussed in today's episode: Post Modern Times’ promise of free meals may have been too good to last (Star Tribune) I couldn't make my restaurant's numbers work. So I took prices off the menu. (Business Insider) We Have a 'Zine! (BIPOC Foodways with Mecca Bos) Immigrant Kitchen by BIPOC Foodways Become a City Cast Twin Cities Neighbor Learn more about the sponsors of this August 24th episode: Xcel Energy Want to get in touch? Follow us @CityCastTwinCities on Instagram, or email us at [email protected]. You can also call or text us at 612-217-0637. For more Twin Cities news, make sure to sign up for our morning newsletter, City Cast Twin Cities. Looking to advertise on City Cast Twin Cities? Check out our options for podcast and newsletter ads at citycast.fm/advertise.

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