Where did you encounter such a restaurant?
I'd estimate that 99.9% of restaurants accept credit in the US based on the anecdote that I've only had to pay 1 restaurant in cash over the last decade.
How would a restaurant refuse both credit and cash? Do they make you pay before eating?
I haven't been there in almost 3 years so it must have gotten a lot worse now, I doubt I can survive next time I visit.
Isn’t this true everywhere, just not effectively enforced?
You are generally supposed to provide ID and a street address to the phone company when your number is activated. Some places treat that as just a formality and will take any number and address in the right format, but at least in the EU it’s the law and they have to “require” it.
Are straight-up burner phones a la “The Wire” still a thing in the US?
Of course. Why would you have to provide an ID to buy a prepaid SIM card?
Might have been at a Czech place. ;)