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Get ready to pay $40 for a martini
Business Insider ^ | 2/29/24 | Kelsey Vlamis

Posted on 03/01/2024 7:18:47 PM PST by Callahan

-Martinis costing anywhere from $30 to $150 are popping up in places like New York and San Francisco.

-The maximalist martinis encapsulate "loud luxury."

-Loud luxury, in contrast to "quiet luxury," is about spending a lot and owning it.

Martinis are having a moment — so, naturally, that means someone has to start charging exorbitant prices for them.

Enter: The $40 martini.

Recent stories from Eater SF and Punch have dug into the rise of "maximalist" martinis popping up in cities such as San Francisco and New York at wildly high prices.

In Manhattan, there's a $45 citrus martini at Ilis and a $34 martini at Monkey Bar. Across the country, in San Francisco, you can find a $150 martini at Empress by Boon, and in Miami a $55 martini at Cote.

(Excerpt) Read more at businessinsider.com ...


TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Food; Hobbies; Society
KEYWORDS: alcohol; consumerism; inflation
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To: mass55th
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.

Well, thanks for coming here and spoiling the party for all of us < hic! > imbibers here!

Real < hic! > "buzz-kill!"

/humor

Regards,

41 posted on 03/01/2024 10:31:36 PM PST by alexander_busek (Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.)
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To: Callahan

Fools and their money...


42 posted on 03/01/2024 11:14:17 PM PST by Sequoyah101 (Procrastination is just a form of defiance)
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To: BradyLS

You may remember Jeff Smith, the Frugal Gourmet. He would have guests over to the the Chaplain’s Pantry Restaurant and Gourmet Shop where he would cook a dinner for them. The cost was beyond my budget.


43 posted on 03/01/2024 11:19:55 PM PST by jonrick46 (Leftniks chase illusions of motherships at the end of the pier.)
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To: alexander_busek
"Well, thanks for coming here and spoiling the party for all of us < hic! > imbibers here!"

LOL!! There always has to be a spoil sport right?

44 posted on 03/01/2024 11:41:40 PM PST by mass55th (“Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway.” ― John Wayne)
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To: lee martell
It’s time to Shake and Stir your own martini.

Shaken, not stirred? 😆

45 posted on 03/02/2024 12:39:55 AM PST by Mark17 (Retired USAF air traffic controller. Father of USAF Captain & pilot. Both bitten by the aviation bug)
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To: Callahan

For the record, where it really mattered after a mission, the word is pronounced:

Martin-”I”


46 posted on 03/02/2024 12:49:58 AM PST by linMcHlp
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To: Callahan; Rummyfan; Fuzz

The Vesper Martini: Three measures of Gordon’s, one of vodka, half a measure of Kina Lillet. Shake it very well until it’s ice-cold, then add a large thin slice of lemon peel.

Original recipe from Ian Fleming’s James Bond in Casino Royal. I can’t recall if it was in the books, I read them as a kid but the shaking not just makes it ice cold (due to surface area contact with ice) but it also dilutes the drink; increasing the volume of water in the mix.

I was in a fancy steakhouse bar years ago, ordered a martini. The guy just shook vodka and ice. Might as well have ordered a vodka rocks.


47 posted on 03/02/2024 3:10:52 AM PST by monkeyshine (live and let live is dead)
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To: FamiliarFace

Yes. I don’t drink or smoke, let alone do drugs.


48 posted on 03/02/2024 4:31:23 AM PST by EEGator
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To: BipolarBob

I went to see George Thorogood in a tavern in Philadelphia years ago. Biker bar type of place. Fun night.


49 posted on 03/02/2024 4:45:18 AM PST by Texas resident (Biden=Obama=Jarrett=Soros)
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To: Callahan

You're charging me what? How much do you think I earn on a international spy's salary?

50 posted on 03/02/2024 5:27:28 AM PST by lowbridge ("Let’s check with Senator Schumer before we run it" - NY Times)
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To: All

Mrs. BBB333 and I went to Manny’s Steakhouse in Minneapolis about 3 summers ago.

I had a Heineken, $5.00, and Mrs. BBB333’s Ketel One martini was $25.00.

It was served in an ice cold large glass that was filled to the rim — really 3 or 4 martinis in one glass...

Great steaks!


51 posted on 03/02/2024 5:29:17 AM PST by BBB333 (The Power Of Trump Compels You!)
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To: Callahan

San Francisco is a failed city so they availability might not last very long.

New York is not doing so well either but is not yet sunk to the level of San Francisco


52 posted on 03/02/2024 5:34:39 AM PST by bert ( (KE. NP. +12) Hamascide is required in totality)
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To: Callahan

Not only would you be paying for your drink(s), you’re also expected to go along with the notion that you’re paying for “atmosphere” and a “quality” public martini “experience”. For this, you will need a pair of martini goggles. After your first two, overall atmospheric conditions and quality will seem to have improved, and you’re gonna feel pretty damned good by the time you’re finished.


53 posted on 03/02/2024 5:55:33 AM PST by equaviator (If 60 is the new 40 then 35 must be the new 15.)
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To: Callahan

Or a free martini at home. 😏


54 posted on 03/02/2024 6:20:32 AM PST by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
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To: Callahan

I remember getting martinis for $5 each, pay for two, third one on the house every Friday at the Pied Piper Room at the Sheraton Palace in San Francisco, buffet of snacks included.


55 posted on 03/02/2024 6:52:01 AM PST by Jolla
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To: BradyLS

My wife and I did that on New Years Eve, a nine course dinner that took a couple of hours or more. Ended up after a few years with 6 guests, it became a wonderful event everyone looked forward to.


56 posted on 03/02/2024 7:00:17 AM PST by Jolla
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To: Callahan

If I have a drink, it is Scotch straight. I don’t care for mixed drinks, particulary sweet ones.

Now a tiny little Scotch costs too much. So I don’t drink.


57 posted on 03/02/2024 7:14:40 AM PST by dforest
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To: dforest

Scotch and cigars is the way to go. I am an Isley guy myself with in your face peat. Lagavulin 21 the 1985 vintage is the Islay single malt by which all others are judged by. In 2006 it was $500 or more a bottle today it’s five grand the 1991 is good too but it’s not in the same league as the 85. You can get an 85 in The City it will make these $40 martinis seem like well drink prices. You don’t get sparklers or dancing girls with the glass it’s most assuredly quiet luxury. Worth it if you happen to be in The City and smoking a quality stick and not on a budget.


58 posted on 03/02/2024 8:46:46 PM PST by GenXPolymath
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