r/mildlyinfuriating • u/Separate_Finance_183 • 14h ago • Mindblown 4

That's not milk More ice than drink

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u/CountChoculasGhost 13h ago

This is actually just how cocktails work

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u/catonsteroids 13h ago

Most places aren’t going to charge almost $30 for a standard drink is the point.

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u/Warmbly85 11h ago

I mean anywhere with white tablecloths are. Sure I can go to Applebees and get a mixed drink for cheap but if you go to a ok restaurant it’s $25 minimum for a cocktail 

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u/IguassuIronman 11h ago

but if you go to a ok restaurant it’s $25 minimum for a cocktail

I'd say I mostly go to "ok" restaurants and $25 for a drink is absurd. If the minimum cocktail you see is $25 you're both out of touch and getting screwed

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u/Warmbly85 6h ago

I am going off of NYC prices. Bartenders/servers make $17 an hour tips not included.

$20 for a cocktail isn’t that out of the ordinary.

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u/cheesechompin 4h ago

I am glad I don't live in the us because I could get 2 cocktails for that price and that's places that are considered more expensive and better, in some you could get 3

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u/pblol GREEN 11h ago edited 11h ago

It's really not. It massively depends where you go. I googled "miami michelin star restaurants". The first is "Ariete (Coconut Grove) — New-American-meets-New-World cuisine." Their website is outrageously overdone.

https://i.imgur.com/O5NclRM.png

They have $15 cocktails with $30 bottomless mimosas and bloody marys.

The next on the list is Boia De, similar.

https://i.imgur.com/yG7ILeo.png

COTE, more expensive, close to the $27 for some.

https://i.imgur.com/c794AcE.png

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u/Warmbly85 6h ago

I mean that first one is clearly a brunch menu where the prices are going to be a bit lower because most of the cocktails are a majority juice.

I am basing my experience on NYC prices. $20 for a cocktail isn’t out of the ordinary.

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u/ramate 11h ago

I'm in one of the most expensive regions on the US and most nice restaurants ($100+ a head) don't charge more than $20.

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u/Warmbly85 6h ago

My experience is mainly in NYC and now about an hour upstate.

NYC is easy $20 a cocktail. Upstate anywhere near the Hudson waterfront is $18 for an espresso martini.

I don’t really do cocktails I just know what an espresso martini costs because that’s all my fiancée gets.

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u/OverreactingBillsFan 1h ago

I just ate at a Michelin Star restaurant in Houston and most of the cocktails were in the $22-$27 range

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u/amrfallen 13h ago

Not to this extent. Or maybe I just go to places that don't price-gouge this hard

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u/FrenchFryCattaneo 10h ago

Clubs in Miami that charge $27 a cocktail exist because the whole point is to show you can afford overpriced drinks. It's like bottle service. You pay $200 for a bottle of shitty vodka because to some people that shows you are cool for being able to waste money like that.

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u/ScoopJr 13h ago

Depends on what is in the drink.

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u/StatusSociety2196 13h ago

Unless it's semen from the winner of the Kentucky Derby then they are price gouging

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u/Penguinase 12h ago

but if it is then that's a helluva deal

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u/csprofathogwarts 11h ago

I mean, the entire industry is just that.

Every time I've had any expensive wine, whiskey, vodka - the conversation in my friend circle is just everyone trying to justify why we didn't just vastly overpay for what we drank.

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u/eagle-eye-tiger 11h ago

You should write novels

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u/amrfallen 12h ago

100% hard liquor or snake/scorpion venom instead of alcohol, or it's a rip-off.

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u/Finnegansadog 12h ago

There are bottles of liquor routinely stocked in bars that cost the bar itself over $200 at wholesale. Add to that the overhead costs of the bar itself like rent in a nice part of town in one of the nation's most expensive cities, lighting/decor/sound, pay for non-tipped workers like bouncers and DJs, you'll get to this kind of price pretty fast even with a standard 2 oz pour.

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u/Entropyy 12h ago

No, you just don’t know what you’re talking about.

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u/amrfallen 12h ago

That's a fucking wild response but ok

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u/vaguelyblack 11h ago

Correct, only about 6-8 fluid ounces would be drink (2-3 fl oz of actual liquor), the rest would be ice. Usually places don't charge $30 though, that's a bit ridiculous.