Who Still Drinks With Lunch?
Mar 9, 2014, 5:18 pm
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I've never hesitated to drink a glass of wine with lunch, including on weekdays. Depending on the kind of place, I'll have a beer with lunch instead. On Fridays I may order a second if I had a particularly good (or bad) week.
Mar 13, 2014, 9:23 pm
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For me the issue of drinking with lunch is almost moot as I rarely order alcohol in restaurants anymore. I don't like the price markup. It's difficult to enjoy a $9 menu-price bottle of beer knowing that I could buy the whole six-pack at my local grocery store for $7.99 or a $12 shot of single malt Scotch when the liquor store sells the 750mL bottle for $35. Unless I'm in a "damn the prices, I'm going to celebrate" mood I'll enjoy my meal with water, tea, or cola and drink alcohol when I get home.
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Mar 14, 2014, 1:02 am
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Mar 14, 2014, 2:11 pm
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Not something I make a habit of, but when the company and the situation warrant, I see nothing wrong with the two beer lunch.
Mar 15, 2014, 3:40 am
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Mar 23, 2014, 3:38 am
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When I was younger, and worked 2nd shift 4-midnight, I would always have two beers and a shot of Wild Turkey, with two cheeseburgers for "lunch" around 7:30pm. If I tried that now there is no way I could go back to work.
Nowadays, if I'm at home I'll have a nice glass or two of high end Burgundy with lunch, followed by a brief nap. If I'm at a business lunch we may have wine, but always followed by an espresso and no nap.
Nowadays, if I'm at home I'll have a nice glass or two of high end Burgundy with lunch, followed by a brief nap. If I'm at a business lunch we may have wine, but always followed by an espresso and no nap.
Mar 24, 2014, 3:59 am
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Mar 24, 2014, 6:55 am
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Mar 24, 2014, 7:36 am
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Mar 24, 2014, 7:44 am
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Mar 25, 2014, 4:52 am
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Apr 5, 2014, 8:29 am
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Today beeing a non-working Saturday, we had some fish/seafood tapas for lunch and indulged in a couple of glasses of 2004 Puligny-Montrachet Premier Cru La Garenne. The normally slightly dull Saturday afternoon suddenly isn't.