Food, like maybe 30 bucks
can't imagine spending more than $5 on a drink, unless I'm somewhere drinks are overpriced like a sporting event
I spent $45 for a martini in Vegas but it was like bigger than my head
In Qatar, a bottle of beer costs around 9-10 usd.
A cocktail is 20
Even in London a pint of Guinness costs $7! You've got it easy man.
A standard-sized meal designed for one person
Also I've been in the restaurant business for almost 15 years and I understand what actually goes into food cost, beverage cost, and labor. Anyone currently serving a cocktail for over 18ish is clearly either ripping you off or using stuff that should be just drank neat and charging you out the ass to say you had an old fashioned with some very rare whistle pig.I did have a nice $20 old fashioned once with a smokey mushroom extract, and they showed me the infusion and explained how they made it. Then I easily recreated it at home. That kind of education is worth it, but it's rare.
COSMOGRONI
grey goose l'citron. noilly dry luxardo. bitter bianco rose & cranberry 19
That sounds incredible
But yeah 50 Best Bars tends to be very weird in their selections, and it seems like it is highly influenced by money/connections from I've heard (just like everything else, I guess).
Was it 50 Best Bars that nominated them? Because I've come to highly distrust their choices
Also I feel like most places that I've seen that have charged $20 for cocktails, it's either extremely touristy or extremely good. And it's pretty easy to differentiate.
I'm pretty firm in my belief that if you go past maybe $80 for a single person's meal (including drinks), you're purely paying for prestige/atmosphere/other things unrelated to the dish itself. Some of the most delicious and life-changing food I've ever eaten was barely more than what fast food costs these days.That's way too low. Tasting menus start at like $100.
I dont think theres ever been a time where I regret spending some absurd amount of money on a dish. Its always been worth the price. Of course, this only applies to when money was not a big factor. I would certainly have regrets it I bought a 200 dollar steak and I was late on rent or something
I dont think theres ever been a time where I regret spending some absurd amount of money on a dish. Its always been worth the price. Of course, this only applies to when money was not a big factor. I would certainly have regrets it I bought a 200 dollar steak and I was late on rent or something
this honestly doesn't surprise me. i mean i'm always down to try places and have had my share of 'good but not great' types. biggest issue i've found with any "top bar" is that there's always something they claim to be good at but aren't really. in the case of Dante, i wouldn't bother with the Negroni personally. the signature stuff is consistently great but that category of drinks, even the bartenders are aware isn't their best offering.
Something I find interesting is how people view different types of food and how much they "should" cost.
I keep seeing a bunch of posts about a $22 birria burrito in SF. When I see how many people are outraged about it, I wonder if they would be similarly outraged by a $22 sandwich that advertised itself as a wagyu brisket sandwich with an artisan bun baked in-house. I also wonder how many of those same people would say that a banh mi should be no more than $3.50, while not applying the same standards to other sandwiches.