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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
by tastysandwich 4y 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...
- bluedino 4y agoWait until you add in the recreational drugs, gambling with darts/pool, getting midnight pizzas delivered, drunk drivings...
- joshuamorton 4y agoWhat 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)
- listenallyall 4y agogone to in 2010
- joshuamorton 4y agoI 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.
- listenallyall 4y ago15-16-18, does it really matter? You were all "gold and gemstones" Anyway, you're going to tip, right?
- joshuamorton 4y agoI 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.
- listenallyall 4y agoIt'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-get-to-the-22-cocktail/2015/02/13/c374695c-b192-11e4-827f-93f454140e2b_story.html https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/food/gulp-howd-we-g...
- joshuamorton 4y agoI'm really wondering in what world you think a 20% tip is in need of a "karma tip". And that article is bemoaning $12 and $15 cocktails. I'm not arguing that those are cheap. I am arguing that they aren't 20-30 dollar drinks, which is what the original post said. You've backed off from that by 30-50%. And I agree you can find 16 or 18 dollar drinks in many places, I never argued otherwise. But you can't find $30 dollar drinks, much less pre tip, which is what the original post implied. And I'm not interested in you arguing for arguments sake. The original claim was that the cheapest drink on the menu was 17 and that most were 20-30. Find me a bar with those prices. I'll wait. But until then, don't pretend that a menu of mostly $14 cocktails fits the bill.
- listenallyall 4y agoBeauty and Essex LA. > I'm really wondering in what world you think a 20% tip is in need of a "karma tip Because only "that guy" pays for a $16 drink with a $20 and demands a dollar in change. Lol. But you're immune, because, I can already tell, you go to bars and pay the slammed bartender with a credit card.
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- tastysandwich 4y agoI 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.