Sure....
Or, “Uh, just NO!”
I’m more of a Gibson man, myself.
It’s time to Shake and Stir your own martini.
I like my martinis.... but at $40? No.
Because of climate change?!
Bought my son in law and I a martini each at a Cheesecake Factory and shocked to find out they were 18 each.
I’ll drink at home.
Bought my son in law and I a martini each at a Cheesecake Factory and shocked to find out they were 18 each.
I’ll drink at home.
Bars buy some bath tub gin and cheap vermouth and charge an arm and a leg.
I predict that cooking at home and hosting dinner parties will become a big(ger) hobby as restaurants become unaffordable. Folks will leave gratuities that help to cover the host’s costs so everyone can enjoy dinners out at one another’s homes...and grand dinners in their own homes.
Not even a 40 CENT martini for me.
A fool and his money are soon parted.
Seeking status is a fool’s errand. It’s meaningless and impresses no one. It just makes the fool think he’s better than everyone else and that they are jealous of him.
I’ll have a diet coke with lots of ice and a slice of lime, por favor.
I don’t drink anymore, but paying the full price of a whole bottle of Vodka at a bar for just 1 martini drink? Nope!
I had a total of two beers last year. It wouldn’t bother me in the slightest to go to zero alcohol.
Haven’t had any alcohol since I was diagnosed the Type II diabetes over 25 years ago. I did enjoy a Bloody Mary, or Margarita before dinner when I ate out.
This is what the younger generation calls a “flex” as in to flex in poors. It’s no different than then you buy a bottle of liquor at the night club for $800 or more and they come out with the bottle and sparklers shooting flames too the sky so every one sees that your private table spent that amount. It also signals all the younger females you have the disposable income to spoil them in exchange for their uh time.
That said the best Manhattan cocktail I have ever had was on the rooftop bar of the Hudson hotel overlooking central park. It was made with whistle pig rye 18yo and was worth every penny of the $60 it cost for a double pour. Hand crafted cocktails in Manhattan island are already going to always be in the $20 to $35 range that’s just the price point of The City.
The more things change, the more they stay the same.
Loud luxury is just the new way of saying conspicuous consumption.
$40 I can buy a bottle of good Vodka and be happy for a week.
For the discerning alcoholic.