Sounds nasty! I don't go to fancy bars. I don't drink pickle juice or olive juice, and hate "dirty martinis." Won't drink cheap tequila, and for the price of good tequila I can get a single malt, so I do! Tequila shots around here are served generally with a little salt & lime.
I do most of my drinking at home in the evening. A lot better on my pocketbook. I prefer quiet pubs, if I can find them--I don't like to have to shout at people at my table. And I usually stick with beer, because some bartenders are pretty stingy with the liquor, and they charge more than for beer.
Going to pick up a bottle of bourbon on the way home, and some beer. Will probably pick up something that was being brewed before I was born. Too many damn microbreweries on every corner, and I have not been impressed with most of them. None of them taste better than Guinness Extra Stout.
For a minute, I thought I was in the beverages thread! So, without further eloquence: