A coffee shop in Canada that operated on a “pay what you can” model has decided to shut down just a year after starting operations as the business failed to generate enough revenue.
The Anarchist coffee shop is located in Toronto and began operations in March 2022. In an update on the shop’s website, owner Gabriel Sims-Fewer announced that The Anarchist would shut down on May 30. Sims-Fewer termed running The Anarchist “an amazing experience” that sparked “desperately needed debate” while raising the “blood pressure of Conservatives.” The Anarchist sought to operate in ways that did not “enthusiastically embrace the pure misanthropy of Capitalism,” the owner said while blaming a lack of wealth for the shop’s failure.
