And then there's the simple matter that at a busy bar you are going to be waiting way too long to pay the tab when you want to leave, if they'll even open one.
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And then there's the simple matter that at a busy bar you are going to be waiting way too long to pay the tab when you want to leave, if they'll even open one.
Geez, I haven't been to a bar where a drink is $4-5 in AGES. Where I go, drinks are $14 - $17Quote:
Originally Posted by Danno
edit: but then again, I live in the 42nd most expensive city...
Interesting, my city is at 22nd position... And hardly ever are the coctails more expensive than ~10 to 12 bucks (exceptions being stuff like Long Island Ice-Tea etc. with a lot of booze).Quote:
Originally Posted by yogachik
And peeps hardly ever tip here (but then again, waiters, bartenders etc. are paid pretty well)... Basicly you only tip the bartender if the bar is really, really busy:p.
I was having a bit of difficulty with this one. In England you WITHOLD money from the bill if the service doesn't measure up. If it's really bad, you just stab the waiter.Quote:
Originally Posted by Hayduke
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Originally Posted by yogachik
I would laugh if I was ever charged 17$ for a drink, then I would leave.
That's expensive even for London standards, swanky bars excluded. Even in central London there are great pubs where you can get a pint for about $6-7 but then you can go to places like China Whites where you pay $300 to have a bottle of spirit brought to a table which you can only sit at if you spend a minimum of $1000 that evening. Not to mention the $12 000 bottles of champagne on the drinks menu.Quote:
Originally Posted by yogachik
Unsuprisingly the place is full of wanabee tossers.
I feel that, Phily might smell like ass in summer but the most expensive drinks at 99% of the joints are 8-10 bucks. Drinkers still offers the 1.50 pbr and whiskey shot if you bong the pbr.Quote:
Originally Posted by AKA
You mean you don't establish Bar-Space? Rookie. ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by cj001f
Seriously - the only bartenders I've ever known that stick "innocents" with their handouts only do it to assholes. If you have a good rapport with your bartender (ie don't treat them like "the help" but as an equal) then you will rarely if ever get jacked.
Honestly, the worst thing you can do in a busy bar is sit there waving money like it's a lure or something. That was one sure way to get put at the "end of the line." No bartender is idiotic enough to think you'll leave the change on a 20 for one drink, unless you're in one of Yogachica's bars. Catch their eye, order succinctly and promptly. If you don't know what the fuck you want then clear the space for someone who does.
Christ Almighty! They should just hand you the bottle :)Quote:
Originally Posted by yogachik
Do they give you a free kick in the eggs too?Quote:
Originally Posted by yogachik
At that price.... they should!
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you gotta pay extra, they ain't givin nothing away.Quote:
Originally Posted by Odin
*faints*Quote:
Originally Posted by yogachik
Even in A$pen, drinks are under $10.
Maybe those are very large drinks ?
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In defense of Yogachik, if you order a nice glass of wine, $15 bucks a pop doesn't seem to be outlandish.
I know that in MT, beer at most places run 2-4 bucks depending. In Vail now most stuff is about the same, 2-4 bucks depending. I go to Vegas alot for work and play and beer is normally 6-8 bucks. I have paid as much as 17. At PURE one night, we had a cabana on the roof and the cheapest bottle service was 400 per and a 3 bottle minimum!!!!!
I would have to say that wine is in a different vein than simply ordering a mixed drink or cocktail.Quote:
Originally Posted by Stu Gotz
dang, you must hang out with all the cool people...Quote:
Originally Posted by yogachik
The ones where they hand you the bottle are $300 a pop.Quote:
Originally Posted by The AD
oh, this is TGR, all the cool people drink PBR at dive bars :rolleyes:
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Originally Posted by cj001f
Maker's and ginger ale, $4.75 last Saturday night at Pug Ryan's in Dillon (not a dive bar).
Oh, the humanity!Quote:
Originally Posted by Danno
You get 30 cans for the price of one!Quote:
Originally Posted by cj001f
BTW - I used to be in the $15/drink class but this was way before I began to appreciate the dives and find friends that bartended regularly at the $15/drink places (yes, you can all touch me, too). Also, my liver can't hold what it did when I was 21 so my wallet doesn't take the beating. Been in Denver for two months now and the most I was able to spend was less than $40.
My Sapphire & Tonics at the Union Street Grill this weekend were a hefty $8 a piece.
"oh, this is TGR, all the cool people drink PBR at dive bars"
Honestly cj001F, we must hang in completely different crowds. After a day of skiing/surfing/etc. do you head with the boys to the Sky Lounge for a mixer?
shall I tell you of the time I drank a delicious single malt and ginger ale? :DQuote:
Originally Posted by The AD
I can't believe that Las Vegas wasn't there. I was there Sun.-Mon. I couldn't a room for under $400 (I stayed at the Luxor). Sushi for 2 at Japonais was $160 (a few coctails, too).
Atleast, I still came home with more $$$ than I left with.
YES!!!
$12-$17 is just the price of any martini-type drink, a nice glass of wine, or a margarita with a decent tequila, in Los Angeles. Yes, I hang at dive bars too, but it's not much of a break in price, at $10-$12. $12 is the norm here. Bottle service is everywhere, in every bar that you read about in Us or People, but I don't partake in that nonsense.
I'm always so happy in ski towns (Mammoth especially) where my favorite drink (a Ketel One Gimlet) is only $7.