The Los Angeles Instances reported Friday that just lately opened NFT-themed burger joint Bored & Hungry not accepts cryptocurrency as a type of cost for its meals.
When questioned, one Bored & Hungry worker informed the Los Angeles Instances “Not at this time — I don’t know.” The person didn’t give any indication of when the choice was made to chop crypto from the menu of cost choices, nor did they know if crypto funds can be making a return.
Bored & Hungry initially launched again in April of this yr. On the time, one employee informed the Los Angeles Instances that almost all of its clients didn’t appear to care about crypto cost choices, additionally noting that clients had been typically detached to “the restaurant’s constancy to the crypto trigger.”
One other Bored & Hungry restaurant patron informed the Los Angeles Instances “Folks need to maintain onto their ethereum. They’re not gonna need to use it.” Buyer Richard Rubalcaba mentioned, “I don’t understand how [crypto purchases] would work, with the crash.”
Most of the restaurant’s patrons acknowledged that they don’t seem to be hardcore crypto lovers, and easily frequent the institution for the meals. Buyer Jessica Perez mentioned, “We price this up there with In-N-Out, possibly even higher.”
Adjustments to venue’s cost insurance policies appear to fall in step with the overarching crypto and macro economical meltdown transpiring throughout the globe. However by no means concern, hungry crypto customers! You possibly can nonetheless go to Chipotle, which began accepting crypto payments earlier in June by way of Flexa. A number of nations are facing relentless regulations and scrutiny and there are issues of contagion in the crypto market.
Cointelegraph reached out to Bored and Hungry proprietor Andy Nguyen for clarification on the restaurant’s crypto acceptance, however didn’t obtain a response previous to publication.
