roadfix
Chef Extraordinaire
Beer is getting expensive so I think I'm going to stop buying beer.
Well, I'll stop buying some stuff then..but not beer..The economy will crash if we stopped buying everything.
Everything is getting expensive, so I think I am going to stop buying everything..:p
You beer drinkers would faint if I told you how much a medium glass of French white "house" wine cost in the deli last week. Fortunately, I wasn't paying (look, I'll go out with anyone who'll feed me - I'm just a bit picky about who I stay in with!).
Whether I'm buying beer or wine for home drinking, I think of how much that glass of brew or wine would cost if we were out. Right then, the price looks like a real bargain!
Restaurant prices for alcohol is about 4 to 5 times what you can buy it in a store. Unlike food, there is practically no labor required to prepare and serve alcohol. I recall reading that the restaurant markup is less on quality beef than on other foods, as the menu price would be too high. There is a high priced steakhouse in town that has a couple of steak dinners over $50 (who can eat a 20 oz. prime cowboy ribeye at $72?), but most good restaurants here have entrees in the $25 - $40 range.Hey, that goes double for a good steak. I can buy a USDA prime ribeye for about fourteen bucks, cook it to perfection, grill some asparagus and make some garlic mashed potatoes -- total cost, less than 20 bucks.
Same meal at a prime steakhouse, around 100 bucks. Not to mention what you said about wine -- add 20 bucks at the prime steakhouse for that glass of wine.
CD
Jeez, Larry..First the no meat thing, and now you hate beer? You're really pushing it, bud!!I think beer tastes like crap, so the price won't affect me a bit
Beer is getting expensive so I think I'm going to stop buying beer.
Well, I'll stop buying some stuff then..but not beer..
Hey, that goes double for a good steak. I can buy a USDA prime ribeye for about fourteen bucks, cook it to perfection, grill some asparagus and make some garlic mashed potatoes -- total cost, less than 20 bucks.
Same meal at a prime steakhouse, around 100 bucks. Not to mention what you said about wine -- add 20 bucks at the prime steakhouse for that glass of wine. CD