The restaurant accepts any type of cryptocurrency, including"shitcoins," owner Ricardo Varona told the newspaper. Varona, who has helped visitors open accounts on crypto exchange, said he hopes the bistro can be a place where common misconceptions about digital assets can be eliminated.
Varona's son is behind the inspiration for his restaurant. The entrepreneur first ignored his 24-year-old son when he told him about cryptocurrencies years ago, saying he was crazy and"that's not worth anything." But during the pandemic, he wanted to start a restaurant that accepted crypto as payment.
"Maintaining the profit margin was hard and we know the supply chain issues and all that," he told Tampa Bay Times.He then left another venture in the food business to open Crypto Street."So far the younger crowd loves it and come back," he said."With the older crowd, there's a lot of people that have interest and similar stories to mine where their son or grandson taught them something. So it creates pretty cool conversations.
Varona said the"dogedog" hotdogs are among the most popular, and customers don't refer to the club sandwich by its dull name. "People rarely tell us to make a club sandwich," he said."Instead customers say 'I will get a blockchain.' They're just having fun with it and that's pretty cool."
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