29 July 2010, 6:50 am
Why is it that in Birmingham you can get a pint of lager for £1.49 in a straight pub just 5 minutes walk from the gay area, but when you get in the gay area the cheapest pint you can buy is £2.49 and that is a week night special offer and on a weekend the drinks go up to around £3.70 a pint. On the other hand in pubs like Weatherspoons you can buy pints for £1.75 on any night of the week. I remember that in Newcastle's gay scene the situation was similar and the same people owned almost all the gay bars and they were monopolised. However this situation has not always been a problem. I noticed that in Newcastle gay bars used to charge the same for pints as in straight bars, but the prices then just shot up. In Manchester and in Liverpool the pints in gay pubs are still cheap, but some gay scenes seem to be charging higher prices. Does anyone think that its a bit unfair? Does anything think that people on lower incomes and students are being ''priced out'' of the gay area? Finally, what is the business incentive for charging more for drinks? Surely if drinks were just a little bit more affordable and reasonably priced ie, £2.50 a pint then more people would use the bars. I mean to say, sheesh £3.70 is the sort of price you would expect to pay in the Hilton Hotel and I would not pay that unless I was getting luxury!... Read More »
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