Comments on: Village Whiskey Around the Web http://foobooz.com/2009/09/village-whiskey-around-the-web/ Your guide to food, drink and deals in Philadelphia Sun, 21 Mar 2010 05:02:26 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Dude http://foobooz.com/2009/09/village-whiskey-around-the-web/comment-page-1/#comment-63544 Dude Tue, 22 Sep 2009 20:06:05 +0000 http://foobooz.com/?p=11299#comment-63544 This has always been my beef with Garces' places. Chifa pulls the same move, charging $7 for a glass of Allagash White that looks to be less than 12 oz. A full pint of that Allagash White is 5 bucks at Tria. Even giving Chifa the benefit of the doubt that it's a 12 ounce glass, they're still charging almost twice Tria's price per ounce. I don't mind paying a premium for the food at his places, because it's almost always completely worth it. The booze, on the other hand, just shouldn't be marked up that much. I might be able to swallow the markup if his places had fantastic service, but my experience with that has been very spotty. Sometimes great, sometimes laughably bad. I'll still go to his places, because the food is just that good, but the feeling that I'm being gouged on the booze always detracts from the experience. This has always been my beef with Garces’ places. Chifa pulls the same move, charging $7 for a glass of Allagash White that looks to be less than 12 oz. A full pint of that Allagash White is 5 bucks at Tria. Even giving Chifa the benefit of the doubt that it’s a 12 ounce glass, they’re still charging almost twice Tria’s price per ounce.

I don’t mind paying a premium for the food at his places, because it’s almost always completely worth it. The booze, on the other hand, just shouldn’t be marked up that much. I might be able to swallow the markup if his places had fantastic service, but my experience with that has been very spotty. Sometimes great, sometimes laughably bad.

I’ll still go to his places, because the food is just that good, but the feeling that I’m being gouged on the booze always detracts from the experience.

]]> By: least important person http://foobooz.com/2009/09/village-whiskey-around-the-web/comment-page-1/#comment-63524 least important person Mon, 21 Sep 2009 05:14:21 +0000 http://foobooz.com/?p=11299#comment-63524 VW charges $8 for a12 ounce Bear Republic Stout Lets do the math a 1/2 keg costs $164 and you get 164 12 oz pours from that keg 164 x 8 = $1312 minus 164 for the keg EQUALS $1148 profit for a HALF KEG !!!! that is crazy Memphis tap has the same beer for $5 highway robbery my friends i dont mind people making a profit but this is just a scam VW charges $8 for a12 ounce Bear Republic Stout
Lets do the math
a 1/2 keg costs $164
and you get 164 12 oz pours from that keg
164 x 8 = $1312
minus 164 for the keg
EQUALS $1148 profit for a HALF KEG !!!!
that is crazy
Memphis tap has the same beer for $5
highway robbery my friends
i dont mind people making a profit but this is just a scam

]]> By: Marty B. http://foobooz.com/2009/09/village-whiskey-around-the-web/comment-page-1/#comment-63395 Marty B. Tue, 15 Sep 2009 20:25:57 +0000 http://foobooz.com/?p=11299#comment-63395 So, Ive been looking for a review of this whiskey bar, but all I find are write ups of this place that I guess is called Village Enormous Burger and Beers Found Elsewhere in Philly Bar. So, Ive been looking for a review of this whiskey bar, but all I find are write ups of this place that I guess is called Village Enormous Burger and Beers Found Elsewhere in Philly Bar.

]]> By: Superfecta http://foobooz.com/2009/09/village-whiskey-around-the-web/comment-page-1/#comment-63390 Superfecta Tue, 15 Sep 2009 16:07:16 +0000 http://foobooz.com/?p=11299#comment-63390 It must be Village Whiskey Review Day! http://bit.ly/ihkxU It must be Village Whiskey Review Day!

http://bit.ly/ihkxU

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