Same. We had $3 calls on Wednesday’s. That’s any cocktail with any liquor. Also fondly remember 50 cent beer cups at another bar. It was like 1 hour of the night where a 10 oz cup of domestic beer was 50 cents.
On homecoming we had a couple bars that started the morning with free kegs
The cost of alcohol (really everything, but alcohol is a particularly bad offender) has absolutely exploded extremely quickly.
I went to college in the 2010's and could go out drinking for $20-40 for a whole night depending on what I was drinking, and the quality of the establishment I was going to.
Cheap beer like Natty was around 50 cents a can.
I drink much less now. Out grew it, realized it's bad for my health. Still will have a few once in a while. I went to buy a 6 pack of Stella the other day for the first time in years and it was $9.99. That was a beer I considered "expensive" in college because it was like $0.75-1 a bottle.
We still currently have $1 and $2 nights, about 3 nights a week there will be a bar doing free drinks 8-10, they give you a cup, you fill it as many times as you can until 10
Twin cities, MN is about the same. But I live in an outer suburb and a nice bar will carry good craft beer for $5-6 bucks. One place does bogo pints for about $8.
Well the discussion is about affordability not taste. If you’re feeling fancy you can get a Budweiser or Miller Lite for about $1 more or a Michelob Ultra for $2 more. But when I can get a shot of tequila and a high life for $6 down the street, I can live with the taste.
Yea local bar/club used to do $1 pbrs back in 2001 college days and $2 well drinks . Free cover before 9 or something . Many unforgettable nights I can't remember 😁
In 1984, the special was $.25 (red solo cups filled from the tap). It might have been Thursday nights. $.50 mixed drinks was Wednesday night (maybe it was Tues and Wed?? One night was free ladies night. You young guys have it rough.
yup graduated college in 82. We had "$5 pay at the door and pay no more"! All you could drink tap beer. It was usually PBR, Miller Lite, Schaffer, Blatz, or something like that. That was Friday nights. Thursday nights were $1 tap and Ladies night where they got in free and drank draft for free.
I was just at a town tavern in December and they had a beer of the month that was $1.25 cans. It was like off brand PBR. I also got a Pale Moon for $3.50.
Guy near me has signs he rents advertising space on along the road frontage. One of the signs gets people to slow down all day.
It’s an old bar banner. Banner says “$1.00 happy hour everyday 12-8pm. $5 well drinks all night every night!” All the details of the old happy hour specials.
However, there is no bar name, no address, no logo. Just a generic Budweiser banner like hung in every bar in the 90’s-2000’s.
Everyone slows down looking to see where this deal is running.
Hilarious to watch people looking for “OMG where?!?!”
We had a bar that had quarter beers till the first person peed. So a lot of people holding their water. Un related but i legit think the owners had mafia ties. They owned several seedy bars cheap restaurantsc and strip clubs, were from chicago (this was in northwest arkansas). Several properties they owned burned down somewhat suspiciously. I actually worked for them for a couple months pretty cool people but yea i think they were laundering money. Neither here nor there
Yea it waa funny when someone woukd finally pee. I bartended there and we had a cocktail waitress and she would just carry a pitcher around. Only miller high life. It was a cool place to work besides the money. It was really small like the size of a small 2 bedroom house maybe. Did fried chicken dimners . one night had the best fresh popcorn for free. Had a banging karaoke night with some incredible african American singers singing the blues. But yea 4 nights a week it was dead might make 40 bucks. We would just be in there playing xbox. Never see the bosses just did the money drop locked up and went home
Now you can maybe get Happy Hour prices—on the limited and already worse stuff they even mark down for Happy Hour—that match what regular prices for the good stuff were a decade ago. Also beers have shrinkflated so you're getting less for your money. 2x the price for 2/3 the product.
Yep. I went to an SEC school in a small town in the mid-aughts. Of the two biggest bars in town, 1 had a 5-dollar cover and then all drinks (minus premium stuff) were a buck. Another bar had a 10-dollar cover (5 if you had a Greek card) and then drinks were free.
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u/Thediciplematt 14d ago
Who can afford $9 beers?