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by tastysandwich 1272 days ago
Not to mention the money you save.

I was recently at a cocktail bar for a party. I think the cheapest cocktail was $17, but most were between $20-$30. And most people had at least two.

Meanwhile a lot of these places have cheap food (to encourage you to drink more), so I'm there in the corner scoffing my $4 pizza and $3 diet coke. Heh heh heh, suckers...
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joshuamorton 1272 days ago
What were in these cocktails? Gold and gemstones?

The (really good, fairly pricey, good service) cocktail bars that I have gone to in SF and NYC charge less than $17 for their normal cocktails (and the only one I've seen that had a $30 price tag was because it used Remy Martin XO)

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tastysandwich 1265 days ago
I should probably have added (for an international audience), this is in Australia which has a pretty high alcohol tax. Plus the exchange rate - $17 AUD is $11.50 USD.
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listenallyall 1272 days ago
gone to in 2010
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joshuamorton 1272 days ago
I literally can't find anything on a menu of any bay area cocktail bars that is more than $17. Trick dog, true laurel, pagan idol, smugglers cove, house of shields, etc. Most are $15 or less.

I can find the occasional $18 drink in Manhattan.

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listenallyall 1272 days ago
15-16-18, does it really matter? You were all "gold and gemstones" Anyway, you're going to tip, right?
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joshuamorton 1272 days ago
I mean until they're $17 pre-tip, your drink is under $20.

And yeah, most good cocktail bars except the absolute fanciest (like, nationally known) are running at half the price this person was saying. It's in incredible exaggeration.

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listenallyall 1272 days ago
It's really not. Go visit Los Angeles. Or Las Vegas. Even the freaking Washington Post was complaining. Washington. In 2015.

I'm not going to argue definitions of a "good cocktail bar" but the point is, they ain't cheap these days.

And a karma tip, if a drink is $15-16 pre-tip, you should not consider that drink to cost "under $20"

https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/food/gulp-howd-we-g...

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bluedino 1272 days ago
Wait until you add in the recreational drugs, gambling with darts/pool, getting midnight pizzas delivered, drunk drivings...
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