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Originally Posted by ernie
Sorry don't buy it. Many restaurants don't even offer alcohol or serve very little of it. If all businesses are losing liquor sales because of it the market responds by adjusting other prices. The customer has x amount of money to spend for the evening they will spend it. Buying more appetizers etc which coupled with greater margins compensates. I think you'll find that while markups are high the actual income derived from alcohol for most restaurants is low. Certainly nothing compared to the income and profit derived from a soft drink which is by far the most ordered drink at every restaurant.
Restaurants and bars concentrating on nightlife aren't going to be adversely affected because one person in a group is not drinking (which tends to have the effect of the other people drinking more).
Everybody I know does. It's just not worth it even if you are technically under the limit you are affected far before hitting that limit. I think you'll find that places with zero tolerance laws have not had the negatives that have been mentioned.
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Sorry, you have no idea what you're talking about.
And nobody I know does. So that leaves us where exactly?