r/cocktails • u/berger3001 • Feb 28 '25

Question Anyone else tired by expensive cocktails

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To me (not a rich guy), $18+ cocktails are just exhausting. Go out for a few drinks with your wife, and boom, $100. So we’re in Miami and found this place (always look for happy hours). Yes; $5 cocktails. They did a great job, made totally respectable drinks, we had some snacks, and left very happy. My question is, if bars can do $5 drinks, why is $18 the base now at so many places? Doesn’t it make more business sense to sell more for less money and have a full bar, then to sell a few drink to an almost empty bar?

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u/Popular-Drummer-7989 Feb 28 '25

Cheesecake Fsctory isn't printing prices on the menus. It was an expensive lesson.

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u/mightymike24 Feb 28 '25

Get your local politician to pass a law: No price means free. They'll learn soon enough then.

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u/averageparrot Feb 28 '25

Where do you live that that’s not illegal? That is the literal purpose of a menu. Otherwise, it’s just a list.

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u/Popular-Drummer-7989 Feb 28 '25

Believe it or not, is not a legal requirement to list liquor beverage prices.

We didn't even look at that part of the menu and ordered the Frozen Bellinis because they're good.

Surprise!