# How much is a drink where you live? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 17, 2010, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-is-a-drink-where-you-live/564527 "2010-12-17T17:09:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2010, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-is-a-drink-where-you-live/564527/1 "2010-12-17T17:09:37Z")
At a typical bar/restaurant/nightclub where you live, what would you say is the average price for 1 drink? Nevermind happy hour or other specials, nevermind what you would tip, nevermind server comps, I’m interested in the actual charged price of 1 drink? For these purposes: Drink = alcoholic beverage. 1 drink = 1 beer, 1 glass of wine, or 1 cocktail. So how much and where do you live? ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2010, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-is-a-drink-where-you-live/564527/2 "2010-12-17T17:19:40Z")
In DC it’s generally about $8.00 a drink. ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2010, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-is-a-drink-where-you-live/564527/3 "2010-12-17T17:21:54Z")
I put $5 - $7 here in Ottawa. ---
**Author:** ![Inner\_Stickler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inner_stickler/32/318_2.png) [@Inner\_Stickler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inner_Stickler)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2010, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-is-a-drink-where-you-live/564527/4 "2010-12-17T17:23:07Z")
3-5 and I live in Bumfuck, Minnesota. ---
**Author:** ![Bosstone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/22d042/32.png) [@Bosstone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosstone)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2010, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-is-a-drink-where-you-live/564527/5 "2010-12-17T17:23:15Z")
I usually accompany folks who pick up the tab at bars, so it wasn’t until I went to a bar by myself for the first time this week that I realized drinks are freaking expensive. I thought $9 for a six pack of bottles at the store was expensive, but both a beer and a Captain and Coke were $4 and change. And apparently that’s on the _low_ end. Damn. ---
**Author:** ![eenerms](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/cdc98d/32.png) [@eenerms](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eenerms)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2010, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-is-a-drink-where-you-live/564527/6 "2010-12-17T17:34:20Z")
Depends here in Firenze…\*\*Savoy \*\* **Hotel** 12 euroes Friends Irish Pub 5 euroes. ---
**Author:** ![Antinor01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecae2f/32.png) [@Antinor01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antinor01)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2010, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-is-a-drink-where-you-live/564527/7 "2010-12-17T17:44:33Z")
The bars I go to in west Hollywood usually charge 6. But at the trendier bars like the Abbey the same drink can be 14. ---
**Author:** ![Suburban\_Plankton](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suburban_plankton/32/219_2.png) [@Suburban\_Plankton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Suburban_Plankton)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2010, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-is-a-drink-where-you-live/564527/8 "2010-12-17T18:09:04Z")
I don’t honestly pay a lot of attention, but if I think really hard I seem to recall a pint in my favorite pub being $3.50, so I went with that. ---
**Author:** ![TheMerchandise](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b487fb/32.png) [@TheMerchandise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheMerchandise)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2010, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-is-a-drink-where-you-live/564527/9 "2010-12-17T18:28:14Z")
The places I regularly drink, beers are $5 or $6 and mixed drinks are between $6 and $9. I’ve been to places here in NYC where a drink is $12 to $18. Luckily, I’m not a very classy dame, so I don’t have to go to those kinds of places often. ---
**Author:** ![Claptree](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/58f4c7/32.png) [@Claptree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Claptree)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2010, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-is-a-drink-where-you-live/564527/10 "2010-12-17T18:45:43Z")
A beer would run from 4 to 9 USD, and a mixed drink (4cl) 6 to 10. Göteborg, Sweden. ---
**Author:** ![Bosstone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/22d042/32.png) [@Bosstone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosstone)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2010, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-is-a-drink-where-you-live/564527/11 "2010-12-17T18:48:17Z")
> [@Bosstone](#): > > I usually accompany folks who pick up the tab at bars, so it wasn’t until I went to a bar by myself for the first time this week that I realized drinks are freaking expensive. I thought $9 for a six pack of bottles at the store was expensive, but both a beer and a Captain and Coke were $4 and change. And apparently that’s on the _low_ end. Damn. Oh yeah, I should have mentioned this was in Phoenix, AZ. ---
**Author:** ![joebuck20](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/74df32/32.png) [@joebuck20](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joebuck20)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2010, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-is-a-drink-where-you-live/564527/12 "2010-12-17T18:48:49Z")
I love in a mid-sized city in the south and it varies, depending on whether you’re ordering a beer or mixed drink. I’d say for a beer, about $3 is average, and for a mixed drink $5-$7. ---
**Author:** ![bouv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bc8723/32.png) [@bouv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bouv)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2010, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-is-a-drink-where-you-live/564527/13 "2010-12-17T19:08:26Z")
Live in a small city and it’s $3-$5 for a beer (depending on whether you get macrobrew pilsner like Bud/Miller/Coors or a craft/microbrew), and $5-$6 for a well drink. ---
**Author:** ![Trom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/958977/32.png) [@Trom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trom)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2010, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-is-a-drink-where-you-live/564527/14 "2010-12-17T19:15:07Z")
I said $5-$7, but it really depends on what neighborhood you’re in and what type of establishment. I’m in Chicago. ---
**Author:** ![LH75](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lh75/32/4438_2.png) [@LH75](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LH75)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2010, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-is-a-drink-where-you-live/564527/15 "2010-12-17T19:16:57Z")
I can’t remember the last time I bought a mixed drink, but average price for a beer here seems to be $3.50 in Omaha, NE ---
**Author:** ![Icarus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/icarus/32/72_2.png) [@Icarus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Icarus)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2010, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-is-a-drink-where-you-live/564527/16 "2010-12-17T19:23:48Z")
L.A. - Regularly pay $12-15 for a mixed or wine. We don’t go real high-end, usually, more high-middle (chains - like Roy’s, Flemings). ---
**Author:** ![Brad\_the\_Impaler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8dc957/32.png) [@Brad\_the\_Impaler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brad_the_Impaler)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2010, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-is-a-drink-where-you-live/564527/17 "2010-12-17T19:45:52Z")
Depending on the bar and night, between $1 and $7 for a regular bottle of beer and about $2-$10 for mixed drinks. ---
**Author:** ![Sattua](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sattua/32/11906_2.png) [@Sattua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sattua)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2010, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-is-a-drink-where-you-live/564527/18 "2010-12-17T19:49:17Z")
Thinking of the fly downtown restaurants in this midwestern college town… a mixed drink would be $4 - $8. ---
**Author:** ![Oredigger77](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/oredigger77/32/3181_2.png) [@Oredigger77](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oredigger77)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2010, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-is-a-drink-where-you-live/564527/19 "2010-12-17T19:50:42Z")
At my favorite bar I get a great discount and vodka redbull doubles run me about $3 but for the rest of the town it will run about $6. A typical round of 4 drinks will run $20-25 so I went with the $3-5 range but it really varies more then that. Lucky none of the bars have a cover or I’d be pissed about the expensive drinks. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2010, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-is-a-drink-where-you-live/564527/20 "2010-12-17T19:51:09Z")
> [@DCnDC](#): > > How much is a drink where you live? Round these parts, someone asking a question like that picks up the tab. So. . .are you paying? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-is-a-drink-where-you-live/564527.md?page=2)