The Story of the Little Marxist SJW Vegan Restaurant that Couldn't

By popular demand, here's the full story of Bartertown, the marxist sjw vegan restaurant that became the laughing stock of the internet and was...

By Hakik

Published 6 years ago in Facepalm

By popular demand, here's the full story of Bartertown, the marxist sjw vegan restaurant that became the laughing stock of the internet and was eventually closed down.

Bartertown, a vegan diner in Michigan, gained internet fame for it's unusual marxist approach to running a restaurant. Everything from opening hours to wages was decided collectively. It was hailed as a "workers run" establishment. Employees also had to be part of a union of the 'Industrial Workers of the World'.



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As soon as you entered the restaurant, you were greeted by a red marxist mural with Che Guevera. The restaurant also had a picture of Anthony Bourdain getting roasted... 


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There was also a board highlighting all their SJW rules. 

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Here's their trailer and look at what the restaurant was about:

As for the food....

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Yea...not exactly mouthwatering. 


So how did a vegan SJW restaurant that rejects capitalism managed to not be a commercial success? What can possibly go wrong when you let your employees make collective decisions for you, especially when you hired Shiloh the vegan and Tegan the SJW? As a result, customers often had to wait 40 minutes to get a sandwich, that is if the restaurant was even open. Operating hours were completely random. Here's a review that probably sums up the entitlement of the staff and sums up the restaurant:


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The Bartertown cafe went the way of so many other gimmicky restaurants and closed down. The hyper-idealistic views of the place made its shuttering all the sweeter, or bitter- depending on who you ask.