Rum Runners in Wilmington, NC, for one. Wednesday night special when I was in college. Needless to say I was there every week.
No dude. When you're a regular at a bar and another one hits the poker machine, they buy a round for the other regulars that (normally) sit at the bar. Hell I was there the other day, one of the bartenders had won the football thingie, like 150 bucks or something. She called from her hairdresser and told the bartender on duty to give everyone at "that" end of the bar a free one on her and that she was on her way in. She did it for the afterwork crowd and it was great. I can't tell you how many freebies I've gotten because a friend has hit a machine big. One day I was there like 5 hours and my tab was $14 because one kept hitting. Thanks Lottery!
I was in Austin, TX for a concert at Stubb's BBQ a couple of years back, and since we got into town really early we decided to cruise 6th street and find a bar to get some drinks at. This was mid afternoon still so the place was still pretty empty, and so the bigger bars had their most attractive waitresses standing outside the door trying to draw in anyone that walked by. We walked by one place that got our attention when the girl told us they were doing $1 "you call it"s for the next couple hours. This isn't well drinks mind you, I was drinking Gin and Tonics and Long Island Ice Teas with all top shelf liquor for $1. They weren't all that big, but still it was pretty damn nice. If only I had been a whisky drinker back then... Needless to say I got pretty shitty that night. The concert was great, of course, but other highlights were being denied entrance to Coyote Ugly, and getting up on stage with a little rock band that was playing in a tiny little bar and singing with them.
This brings me back, while I was at college one of the bars would do a $10 cover, penny drafts and well drinks all night. We would walk up, order 4 Guinness and leave a dollar for tip, I miss that deal. Another bar on the same strip would do $5 cover and 50 cent pitchers all night. Miss that one too.
To be fair, I figured it had to be south of Mason-Dixon and east of the Mississippi, where they habitually encourage people to kill themselves by selling liquor at low, low prices. Plus, you type Southern.
Ahh college. The best part is that this particular bar/restaurant is located within walking distance of my dorm. My friend Matthew has lovingly nicknamed me Lightweight. I lived up to the name last night as he and another friend escorted me home after a pitcher of beer and 4 whiskey and cokes. I could hardly see straight, let alone walk. I have never had a hangover in my life though. Suck it, Matthew!
It's "y'all," if you want to be all accurate and stuff. The love child between "you" and "all" is completely legit!
But think about how much that is in terms of percentage of cost. We were actually some of the biggest tippers there, a lot of people would just throw a nickel or dime in when they ordered drinks to offset the cover charge. The first night they did the special we were the first people using bills.
$1 domestic bottles at my friend's dive bar tonight. It's not a bad place... just interesting and a little rough around the edges. Tomorrow night a old friend of mine thinks he's bartending but he isn't. His co-workers are going to fill in for him while the rest of us get him shit faced to celebrate(?) his leaving for life in the Army. Side note, his girlfriend isn't going with him and I can't count the number of guys who have said they can't wait to take a shot at her. She is a legit 9 so I can't blame them. It's 3PM on Friday and I wish I'd brought a joint for the ride home. Fuuuuuuck.
In college, CJ's used to have $0.05 beer nights. And Rosebud's used to have "Anything with a Handle Night". $10 cover and they would fill up whatever you brought in, as long as it had a handle all night long. Empty milk carton? Sure. Huge plastic pitcher? Why not.
Drink tipping is weird. If I'm ordering from the bar, I tend to tip not based on the price, but on how difficult the drink was to make. Usually a dollar or two per beer, and two if I order something complicated like a mojito (which I never do, anyway). Even if the drinks are crazy cheap, I still tip what I would have anyway. In my opinion, the cover charge offsets the cheapness of the drinks, and you're probably better off just tipping a dollar per beer or whatever. Maybe 2-3 if you order a bunch of the same beer and they're not difficult to pour/open.
Quick guide to Southern contractions: Y'all = You all All Y'all = Each and every one of y'all W'all = We all Ya'll would mean "Ya will," if it were a word, which it's not. Those contractions can take on more contractions. For example: Y'all's = Possessive of Y'all. Y'all's trailer's all rusted. Y'all'll = You all will, as in Y'all'll have tuh move out. W'all'd = We all would. W'all'd have you over if Grandma Jean hadn't've died in the living room. Bless her heart. "All w'all" is not a valid construction.