Faraday's Pub was on the verge of closing down when the owner's nephew Edgar, had an idea: why not turn it into an old fashioned bar and grill with a twist — a joint where people actually meet other people without the aid of their digital twins or the latest in-earpod from Heathkit or Fairchild Facsimile assessing and analyizing what their would-be date is saying.
Skeptical, but with nothing to lose, the owner, who goes by 'Pinky' (this reporter could not determine if Pinky was a Faraday — or even who or what was the neighborhood pub's namesake), decided to give it a shot.
“We were two weeks away from completely shutting down. I was basically done. I had tickets for Cabo, that's how done. There was nothing to lose,” said Pinky. “I thought, what the hell, let’s give it a shot..I told Edgar, ‘sure why not?’”
Edgar got some friends together and started spreading the word. They found a friend from high school who worked as a data decommissioning technician and had experience radio proofing spaces. She came in and did a quick job of turning the space into a homebrew, well — Faraday cage.
“No signals in. No signals out. No WiFi. No cell service. No Bluetooth. No nothing,” said technician decommissioner Alana Hall. “You'd be surprised how many people need a room or even their entire apartment Faraday'd. We get these kinds of jobs all the time.”