Kinsey Donner believes that $ 18 is a “reasonable” price for a drink in the city, but honestly, he will pay anything.
“I just accepted that drinks in New York are faces,” Virginia’s 28 -year transplant told The Post. He said he has become his “normal” after living in Manhattan for 2 and a half years.
Donner said things in New York even live only because they are probably top -notch, Donner said: “Because expectations in New York are much higher than anywhere else.”
Only employees, where cocktails go through $ 23, has become one of their favorite places in the city, but was reduced to a $ 30 Martini at the Bemelmans bar and does not regret it.
“I wanted to try the bar, they have a live jazz, and it is a well -known establishment that has been forever,” justified Kips Bay’s resident.
Neoyorcan people may complain -at high prices, but at the end of the day they still deliver cash.
As the post reported in 2004, neoyorcan people complained to pay $ 14 for a Margarita, now they would be more than happy to see any cocktail less than $ 15.
In 2010, the average price of a drink in the city was $ 10.78, according to Zagat. The publication reported at the time that prices were realistic to a few higher dollars, but they have never been more expensive than they are now.
At Baccarat Hotel, the Baccarat Rouge of the Bar and Baccarat, each $ 50, are the main vendors, the employees said in The Post. And people constantly ask the Martini of $ 60 Polo Bar, which is served on a silver dish with oysters and caviar in the exclusive room.
Marcelo Gigliani, fifty, appreciates a good cocktail with a good company, so he will fall when he feels right.
“There are times when it should be really cheap, and then there are times when I am ready to pay $ 20 or 30 for a cocktail, in the right situation with the right people in the right environment,” Gigliani told The Post.
“A cocktail is used for different purposes. It depends on what you are later, so it is difficult to put a price on it.”
José María Dondé, manager of drinks and a head -on -head mix in Bedford Stone Street in the Financial District, said some of the nuances of price fixing in New York City.
“Most bars aim to keep drink costs around [four to five times] the price [it costs to make]. Therefore, if a cocktail costs $ 3 to do, it usually has a price of about $ 12 to $ 15. This keeps the lights on and the bar in operation, “said Dundé on the post.
New site cocktails range from $ 17 to $ 20.
“When you buy a cocktail, not only do you pay what is on the glass, but also pay the whole experience that is achieved,” said Wed.
There are those who are willing to pour some cash for an inventive drink in a place with “keys”, especially if it is something they cannot do at home.
“If this is a personalized cocktail, I will pay a premium,” said Shannon Tweed, 30, in The Post.
“I’m there for the experience.”
But other customers are not so willing to sprout a drink, no matter how circumstances.
“Once in Soho, I saw a Espresso Martini for about $ 30 to $ 50, and I left the bar immediately. We sat down, looked at the menu and immediately said no,” said Ashley Stewart in the post.
Nick Smith, 30, agreed that “if a cocktail [price] It starts with a 3, is too expensive. ”
All in all, most of the people in Manhattan are ready to pay $ 15 to 20 for a cocktail in the city.
“A normal normal cocktail should cost $ 15,” Chris Morales stated in the site. He charged $ 21 for his drink after work at The Bryant Park Grill this spring and thought that the price was “a little tall”.
He confessed to paying $ 50 for a fashion old man made with Whisky Bulleit or Baker’s Rye Bourbon, but said he was a “silent movement.”
“I should not have done it,” Morales said, shaking his head.
Some older and wisest have learned their lesson.
Former restaurateur Darrell Mapin says he has been priced from the city. “I don’t want to have a subhuman life,” he told The Post.
“I rarely go out to restaurants because I can’t afford them. I prefer to buy a bottle for $ 30 to spend $ 30 on a drink.”
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