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$10-15 for a drink? Of liquid gold?

ghaff 9y ago
Pretty typical price range for a cocktail in a major (or even not so major) city. Even a beer is, outside of happy hour prices, getting near $10 with tip.
- wlesieutre 9y ago
  I'm in New Haven which is pretty minor as far as cities go. $10 with tip is par for the course for cocktails here. Beers are a couple bucks cheaper.
- wolco 9y ago
  For a pitcher?
  - btian 9y ago
    For a bottle. Or in a German restaurant, 500ml. 1 liter of beer goes for $16-18
wtvanhest 9y ago
In most 'city' markets, beers tend to be $6, drinks tend to be $10. Add tip and you are at $12. Go to a higher end bar, you are at $15.
theyregreat 9y ago
$8 for a beer in a lot of places these days, $15+ for a cocktail. Another reason the bar scene in expensive cities is pointless. In small towns, a beer can be as cheap as $2 or free if the beverage vendor rep is passing out samples (ie whole bottles of beer). Big-box stores for beer by the case and make your own beer.
- EpicEng 9y ago
  Access to alcohol is not really the driving motivation to go to a bar
lucb1e 9y ago
I was thinking the same thing, especially when a bus across town is €1.50 or so. But I also hear stories about high rent and high salaries... I suppose it makes sense if everything there is just very expensive.
ibejoeb 9y ago
$10 for a drink in Los Angeles is absolutely not out of the ordinary. A $10 cocktail is happy-hour price. A $10 glass of wine is going to be basic stuff. $15 for a good cocktail or wine is the going rate. I also mentioned Atlanta and Houston. Both of those are within 10%. I'm picking these because they are large, urban, car-dependent areas that, at least in my opinion, are more livable with ridesharing than without it. A quick addition: the numbers will be higher in NYC and SF, but I don't get a lot of value from Uber in either. Uber in SF proper is slow and expensive, and the transit is pretty good. Cabs are better than rideshare in New York, and the transit is also good. Rideshare is nice for for the outskirts of either city, but, anecdotally, it certainly hasn't changed my behaviors in either. Rideshare totally changed the game in LA.
- curun1r 9y ago
  Ride sharing is of tremendous value in the Bay Area since BART irresponsibly stops service at 12:30am. People living in the East Bay often go into SF to drink, so getting home after bars close is a lot easier now. Of course the somewhat ironic thing for people living in the East Bay is that Oakland's social scene has emerged at roughly the same time as ride sharing, so people don't need to go into SF to drink as much as they used to. But ride sharing is still useful for getting to/from Oakland.
  - FullMtlAlcoholc 9y ago
    I never understood that about BART. Why were its hours never extended? It seems like that'd be a sure thing to pass if it makes even a small impact on driving fatalities. I doubt that the taxi union had sway over this?
    - gcr113 9y ago
      BART does not have duplicate tracks, unlike the transit systems in most other major metropolitan areas. The few hours that it stops overnight are required for maintenance. It's basically not an option for BART to run 24/7.
schrodinger 9y ago
Don’t come to New York. It’s at least that for a cocktail or glass of wine.
FullMtlAlcoholc 9y ago
More like a hastily made, watered down well drink.
wpietri 9y ago
On the one hand, you're 20 and live in a small city in Scotland, so I can see how you might not be up on LA cocktail prices. (Although the Internet informs me that cocktails are circa $10 in Edinburgh and $15 in London, so maybe this shouldn't be hugely surprising.) On the other hand, you're 20, and so presumably know how to look things up. So next time, maybe try that first before dragging a discussion off topic? http://lmgtfy.com/?q=los+angeles+cocktail+price http://lmgtfy.com/?q=los+angeles+cocktail+price
EpicEng 9y ago
Ever been to a large city?

Pretty typical price range for a cocktail in a major (or even not so major) city. Even a beer is, outside of happy hour prices, getting near $10 with tip.

wlesieutre 9y ago
I'm in New Haven which is pretty minor as far as cities go. $10 with tip is par for the course for cocktails here. Beers are a couple bucks cheaper.
wolco 9y ago
For a pitcher?
- btian 9y ago
  For a bottle. Or in a German restaurant, 500ml. 1 liter of beer goes for $16-18

wtvanhest 9y ago

In most 'city' markets, beers tend to be $6, drinks tend to be $10. Add tip and you are at $12. Go to a higher end bar, you are at $15.

theyregreat 9y ago

$8 for a beer in a lot of places these days, $15+ for a cocktail. Another reason the bar scene in expensive cities is pointless. In small towns, a beer can be as cheap as $2 or free if the beverage vendor rep is passing out samples (ie whole bottles of beer). Big-box stores for beer by the case and make your own beer.

EpicEng 9y ago
Access to alcohol is not really the driving motivation to go to a bar

lucb1e 9y ago

I was thinking the same thing, especially when a bus across town is €1.50 or so. But I also hear stories about high rent and high salaries... I suppose it makes sense if everything there is just very expensive.

ibejoeb 9y ago

$10 for a drink in Los Angeles is absolutely not out of the ordinary. A $10 cocktail is happy-hour price. A $10 glass of wine is going to be basic stuff. $15 for a good cocktail or wine is the going rate. I also mentioned Atlanta and Houston. Both of those are within 10%. I'm picking these because they are large, urban, car-dependent areas that, at least in my opinion, are more livable with ridesharing than without it. A quick addition: the numbers will be higher in NYC and SF, but I don't get a lot of value from Uber in either. Uber in SF proper is slow and expensive, and the transit is pretty good. Cabs are better than rideshare in New York, and the transit is also good. Rideshare is nice for for the outskirts of either city, but, anecdotally, it certainly hasn't changed my behaviors in either. Rideshare totally changed the game in LA.

curun1r 9y ago
Ride sharing is of tremendous value in the Bay Area since BART irresponsibly stops service at 12:30am. People living in the East Bay often go into SF to drink, so getting home after bars close is a lot easier now. Of course the somewhat ironic thing for people living in the East Bay is that Oakland's social scene has emerged at roughly the same time as ride sharing, so people don't need to go into SF to drink as much as they used to. But ride sharing is still useful for getting to/from Oakland.
- FullMtlAlcoholc 9y ago
  I never understood that about BART. Why were its hours never extended? It seems like that'd be a sure thing to pass if it makes even a small impact on driving fatalities. I doubt that the taxi union had sway over this?
  - gcr113 9y ago
    BART does not have duplicate tracks, unlike the transit systems in most other major metropolitan areas. The few hours that it stops overnight are required for maintenance. It's basically not an option for BART to run 24/7.

schrodinger 9y ago

Don’t come to New York. It’s at least that for a cocktail or glass of wine.

FullMtlAlcoholc 9y ago

More like a hastily made, watered down well drink.

wpietri 9y ago

On the one hand, you're 20 and live in a small city in Scotland, so I can see how you might not be up on LA cocktail prices. (Although the Internet informs me that cocktails are circa $10 in Edinburgh and $15 in London, so maybe this shouldn't be hugely surprising.) On the other hand, you're 20, and so presumably know how to look things up. So next time, maybe try that first before dragging a discussion off topic? http://lmgtfy.com/?q=los+angeles+cocktail+price http://lmgtfy.com/?q=los+angeles+cocktail+price

EpicEng 9y ago

Ever been to a large city?