Update on the quick review of Blue Smoke Bistro — I haven’t been back there, but I drove by Blue Smoke in the parking lot recently and noticed they now have writing on the doors noting which is an exit and which is the entrance. This would have been nice from the start, but hey, everyone and everything can always get better. Is it a coincidence that I moaned about the confusing entrance and then they fixed it pretty quick? Probably.

The place still sucks. And I heard they still charge $5 for PBR draft. So, I guess if I’m ranting about paying $5 per draft for PBR, what business do I have living in Hamilton? Trust me, the rich bastards that live around me are 100 times cheaper than I could ever be. As for the money made off beer by that bar, they can’t possibly spend more than $60 (actually $30 I found out) for a keg of PBR. They can pour around 95 or so pints out of a keg. Think about that profit margin. I know, I know, what about the high rent they must be paying? Well, plenty of places in Boston have much higher rent and still don’t charge $5 per draft of PBR. The kicker is that they probably won’t sell a lot of PBR in that place. Which means the keg will get old and taste like ass. Not much different from fresh PBR, but hey. Cha-ching! The rich get richer. Yankees suck.

One Response to “Blue Smoke Bistro – UPDATE”

1. LB says:

   October 14, 2007 at 7:59 pm

   Hi J.

   Just started a blog about North Shore dining and my first entry is about Blue Smoke. Not good.
   http://restoranter.blogspot.com/

   Your blog is great!