As JerseyJim noted, commuters in search of potent potables have an alternative option to the overpriced-albeit-convenient beer & booze guys situated on the Grand Central platforms.
Yes, Rite Aid has a wide selection of beer for those who have the time and patience to wait in a New York City chain drugstore cashier line. I poked in earlier this week for a glimpse at the selection. While the Grand Central beer guys specialize in the 16 oz. tall boys, Rite Aid’s got the really tall (and wide!) boys–many totaling 22 or 24 ounces.
A Bud Light 24 ounce monster sells for $1.69. A Coors Light counterpart is a little smaller (22 ounces) and cheaper ($1.59).
The last time I checked, a 16 oz. Bud from the Grand Central blueshirts was $2.50, and a 12 oz. fancy beer, such as Sam Adams, ran you $3.50.
Among the premium offerings over at Rite Aid are the Foster’s oil can and the Beck’s 24 oz. at $2.29, a handsome Guinness 22 ozzer at $2.59, and the Heineken 24 oz. can that’s shaped like a cute little keg at $3.29.
If you’re not in the mood for a bomber, Rite Aid had a few six-packs that could surely be broken up. Heineken ran at $9.69, and a sixer of the King of Beers went for $6.59–or presumably $1.10 for a single 12 oz. pop.
Finally, kids, today’s repurposed Word of the Week is Booze it or Lose it.
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Nice photo. Beers on the train – one of the joys of public transit.
I was thrown off a NJ Transit train on Halloween in 1987(?) for drinking in public. No, I was not being a nuisance, but the cops saw fit to remove me from the train.