What I find funny is that people out West think eating out is more expensive closer to the City. I'm going to a pub in Leichhardt today where the beer is $3 a schooner between 5 and 7. James Squire is normally on tap for $4. And meals are $10 for Thai. Contrast that with The Winston (at Winston Hills), where the price of anything not Tooheys or VB is OVER $5, and the meals are $22 for a small pizza [not really shareable], and upwards for anything else.
Look, let me explain it another way:
You can drink here [see link below] and pay $3 between 5 and 7pm, and $4 a schooner for James Squire (both amber and golden) any other time. And, get good meals for $10
http://www.universalehotel.com.au/home/default.htmOR, you can eat here and pay OVER $5 a schooner for anything not VB or Tooheys and around $20 a meal.
http://www.thewinston.com.au/And, The Winston WON Hotel of They Year 2008 at some (stupid) Hotel Industry Awards!
These (expensive) Pubs owned by large corporation like Woollies and Coles are spreading like a cancer everywhere. They're basically run by Accountants, not people with an interest in providing good quality product at a reasonable price. This is our pub culture that is slowly but surely being eroded by these greedy large corporations.
People should vote with their feet, but like the morons you see in line on Tuesdays getting their discounted petrol at Wollie and Cole service stations...
...enough of my rant.
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