# A gin and tonic is $9.00 at Olive Garden?

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [April 2, 2023, 11:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-gin-and-tonic-is-9-00-at-olive-garden/982020 "2023-04-02T11:30:40Z")\
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**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\
**Post date:** [April 4, 2023, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-gin-and-tonic-is-9-00-at-olive-garden/982020/61 "2023-04-04T17:08:05Z")

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> [@Dr\_Paprika](#):
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> Iceland is the only place I’ve been where the local people _go to the airport_ to buy booze at reduced prices.

Once we get our renewed passports, we’ll have to go to Canada and stop at the duty-free shop on the way back.

In Anaheim, I paid $29.99 for a 750 ml bottle of Maker’s Mark, so just over $32 after sales tax. This was from a little liquor store, and not a chain that would probably have less-expensive sauce. I don’t recall how much Maker’s Mark is up here, but I think it’s over $40 – and then there’s the high ‘spirit tax’ and the sales tax. Seems like a bottle is about $50. I really should have hit up a Bevmo! while I was in California.

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**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\
**Post date:** [April 4, 2023, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-gin-and-tonic-is-9-00-at-olive-garden/982020/62 "2023-04-04T17:12:47Z")

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$23 at the Bevmo by me if you are a member of their club whatever that entails.

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**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\
**Post date:** [April 4, 2023, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-gin-and-tonic-is-9-00-at-olive-garden/982020/63 "2023-04-04T17:33:13Z")

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I have a Bevmo! card. What state do you live in?

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**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\
**Post date:** [April 4, 2023, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-gin-and-tonic-is-9-00-at-olive-garden/982020/64 "2023-04-04T18:05:53Z")

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I’m in Santa Barbara, CA

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