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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]https://www.reddit.com/r/washingtondc/s/BFYt5s7t2p

I work for an alcohol distributor. Part of my job is collect information, sales and otherwise, and push it to the suppliers. August is typically a down  month but last weekend was BAD. Orders weds-Friday when most On premise(bars and restaurants) gets their orders show 40% decline vs previous week. The only time I’ve seen that in my 6 years of doing this is weather related. What alarms me is normally we see a lift going into a restaurant weekend (people out early in the week plus the weekend load in). Owners/managers report foot traffic is down and there was a noticeable amount of  cancelled reservation last weekend. The major impact is on alcohol sales which represents a significant amount of revenue for a restaurant and everything for a bar. Doesn’t matter the type of venue, area of the city or demographic the account caterers to. Simply put no one wants to drink and walk past dozens of LEO’s.[/quote]

It's not law enforcement. The biggest issue is price. Bars live off twenty-somethings. And right now, two beers are $25/30 with tip. Mixed drinks are $40/50 for two drinks with tip.

The era of $5 dollar pitchers is long gone. Drinking is expensive. Add in the easy availability of cannabis and all the health concerns with alcohol and yeah, bars and the alcohol industry are losing young people. Drinking is too expensive for young people, and they have cheap and legal ways to get addled these days.  [/quote]

All of this would make sense to explain long term trends- except the declines are week over week, and most noticeable after the military takeover of the city.

People who are paying $200 or more on a night out don’t want to have to tangle with some inbred yokel from West Virginia on a power trip. I’m a completely unthreatening middle age white suburban soccer mom and I’ve said no thanks to that hassle. Can’t imagine what minorities or the youngsters are thinking.

I’d feel bad for the restaurant owners, but then I remember how many of them voted for Trump, and I don’t feel bad any more. Enjoy your tax cuts.

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