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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?

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (6 children)

Who owned the two respective pubs, and what drinks did you have? The latter could've had them on promo for some reason. I'll say that whilst you can get price differences between venues they're rarity that extreme

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (5 children)

Well this is what I thought, but then I looked on Google for reviews and everyone was just saying "go here for cheap drinks" so it seems like a long term thing.

Afaik they're both independent rather than chain pubs. Both had pool and darts. Although I did just find out (yeah the getting on with work thing isn't going so well) that the more expensive one doubles as a b&b with a couple of bedrooms upstairs so I wonder if it's a bit of a "captive audience" type situation.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I agree with LameSauce that it may just be down to having a smaller crowd that will “pay a premium” to have a quieter/less crowded place to hang out and drink.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Yeah, probably. Whatever it is, people seem happy to pay it. We walked back past on the way home and it'd filled up nicely 🤷‍♀️

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