{"id":3947,"date":"2009-06-11T12:20:53","date_gmt":"2009-06-11T17:20:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/?p=3947"},"modified":"2009-06-11T12:20:53","modified_gmt":"2009-06-11T17:20:53","slug":"whats-the-big-deal-about-a-cover-charge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/2009\/06\/11\/whats-the-big-deal-about-a-cover-charge\/","title":{"rendered":"What’s the big deal about a cover charge?"},"content":{"rendered":"

I’ve had a couple of people respond to my post on Wednesday night at the Red Rooster, saying, “The 25 cent PBR and Miller Lite is awesome, but there’s a cover<\/em>? If there’s a cover charge I’m not going.”<\/p>\n

I don’t get that. Look, let’s do a little math here. I drank 8 PBRs last night. That means my total cost would have been the $5 cover + (8 x 25 cents) for beer = $7.00 before tip.<\/p>\n

Compare that with Calhoun’s, a bar Downtown known for cheap PBR. Suppose I had gone there for 8 beers instead. My cost would have been $0 cover + (8 x $2) for beer = $16.00 before tip.<\/p>\n

Even if you were to have as little as 3 PBRs, you’d still come out ahead – $5.75 Rooster vs. $6 Calhoun’s.<\/p>\n

So, who cares if there’s a cover? You make it back on the beer.<\/p>\n

Nothing against Calhoun’s by the way, they’re a great place to hang out too.\u00a0 They were just the logical bar to use for a comparison, since PBR is involved.<\/p>\n

I had fun last night and plan on going back next Wednesday. Hopefully Christina started a trend and there will be lots of tube tops there next week.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"