OPEN INDOOR DINING AND BARS NOW (so people can blow their savings)
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Reminds me of two cheap dives I used to go to in my partying days. People face down on the bar snoring, a scuffle here and there and patrons right out of a Bukowski story. I remember one regular I was friendly with walking in, downing a shot and running out to puke in the plant by the door outside.
I found and would still find those places more intetesting then a fancy rooftop bar.
Whether or not a person wants to blow their “savings” on indoor dining , outdoor dining, at bars , at supermarkets, on onlyfans, or through amazon, that is their prerogative. A dollar spent is a dollar earned.
The situation is more potentially dangerous. The more people run out of money the more potential for social unrest. There is a tipping point
$2 beers exist. I was doing $3 in the LES. You can spend that much, but you don't -have- to. Rudy's on 46th st is still $2 beers and free hotdog if you get the cheapest.
Feel free to share lol.
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Originally Posted by jonbenson
Opening indoor dining and bars would help businesses and bring back jobs
but cross your fingers that the people who go to restaurants and bars will continue to have their jobs of be financially secure enough to continue to maintain their standard of living.
But it all depends on how frequently somebody goes to restaurants and bars in a given month.
-- The unemployment rate is 10.2% is worse than the worse point of the Great Recession which started in
December 2007 -2008. New York hit harder?
- --The job growth rate has significantly slowed and, without fiscal stimulus, could fall further.
---People who usually work part-time increased by 803,000 to 24.0 million.
---About a third of the additional jobs came in leisure and hospitality, and those are the ones likely to get hit hard again as big states that have seen virus resurgence find themselves having to reclose businesses.
We have been living in an economy based on a lot of non-essentials
It would be prudent to tell people that the future could be uncertain so save your money, cut down on eating out and buying $8-14 drinks too frequently
But it's a catch 22, the other message is go out to restaurants and bars to support local business and the jobs they create
It's all true
Good point and thanks for reminding me. I don't always have to go to a bar. I can go to a bodega sometimes.
Good point and thanks for reminding me. I don't always have to go to a bar. I can go to a bodega sometimes.
People are acting like there are all these bars with $3 beers around that aren't few and far between non-scuzzy dives with 20 year olds and crap on tap.
Check out the 6 packs at trader joe's . They have various brands mainly and their own. A bottle will come out to be $1.50 - $ 2 and no tips necessary. Go near closing to avoid lines. They don't have most of the beer on the website. Watch the gut
Maybe drinks and food can become reasonably priced then more people would eat out. The last beer I purchased at a bar in NYC was maybe 2005 at $6. By the time I left in 2015 it was around $10 so I heard. Never bothered to go out much after the smoking ban.
Food ? In 2015 it was $20 to brown bag it and wish you had more to fill your stomach. What's it like now ?
REALITY needs to make a comeback.
Drinks and food still be reasonable price the day landlords give business owners reasonable rents....
People are acting like there are all these bars with $3 beers around that aren't few and far between non-scuzzy dives with 20 year olds and crap on tap.
Check out the 6 packs at trader joe's . They have various brands mainly and their own. A bottle will come out to be $1.50 - $ 2 and no tips necessary. Go near closing to avoid lines. They don't have most of the beer on the website. Watch the gut
Thanks for the suggestion. I don't drink much but will definitely consider these more affordable options. I was able to find 3 dollar beer. It tasted pretty good. The outdoor seating wasnt too bad either though the street was literally right there.
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