Close your doors black out your windows. Accept Bitcoin for food and service, any crypto currency for that matter. No government money exchanged hands. In the eyes of the law you did a private transaction through private means. None of their business. Pay no direct salaries cash only. They cannot tax or remove a license because you committed zero crime. Any customers that come in paying cash say you don’t accept it. Call it a peaceful protest or demonstration on your property. In fact call it “assembly” all courts have agreed assembly cannot be restricted in virtually every state so far. Bonus points no tax money needs to be paid out in Lieu of payment as it wasn’t federal currency. For extra protection call your restaurant a church and get a tax exempt status from the IRS just to really dig in the knife.
Close your doors black out your windows. Accept Bitcoin for food and service, any crypto currency for that matter. No government money exchanged hands. In the eyes of the law you did a private transaction through private means. None of their business. Pay no direct salaries cash only. They cannot tax or remove a license because you committed zero crime. Any customers that come in paying cash say you don’t accept it. Call it a peaceful protest or demonstration on your property. In fact call it “assembly” all courts have agreed assembly cannot be restricted in virtually every state so far. Bonus points no tax money needs to be paid out in Lieu of payment as it wasn’t federal currency. For extra protection call your restaurant a church and get a tax exempt status from the IRS just to really dig in the knife.