First pub, two drinks, £10.70. Ouch, we thought. But that must just be what it costs round there nowadays.
Second pub, literally round the corner. Same two drinks came to £6 something.
I’m trying to be normal today and do my actual job instead of falling into a hyperfixated rabbithole of how pubs work and how they can possibly be so different despite being in essentially the same location and about the same size. But I can’t get it out of my mind!
Both of them had dogs in, so it can’t be that. The more expensive one was much more brightly lit, so maybe pub-grade lightbulbs are very expensive? 🤔
Any subject-matter experts hanging about who can put me out of my misery?
There’s a similar disparity round here. We were discussing it in my local. It seems like the higher prices are being charged in micro pubs with lines in craft ales (usually made in shorter runs) and speciality spirits (count how many varieties of gin they have) or pubs that also serve food.
We were originally planning to visit a relatively new micro pub place that’s popped up there. But after the sticker shock of the regular pub we sacked that one off pretty quick!