My Kind Of Bar
Genius
Nothing worse than those who sit on one tap beer. Taking up space for real punters who are profitable.
Racket has a laid back Cuban style atmosphere, a bar brimming with quality cocktails, and is joined to an outdoor lane with a massive fireplace, and agents and merchants, a restaurant with 200+ old and new world wines.
Excellent, I shall be visiting next time I am in Auckland.
Racket has a laid back Cuban style atmosphere, a bar brimming with quality cocktails, and is joined to an outdoor lane with a massive fireplace, and agents and merchants, a restaurant with 200+ old and new world wines.
Excellent, I shall be visiting next time I am in Auckland.
posted by Cactus Kate at 2:20 AM
20 Comments:
Apart from the young trendy bar staff that are more into themselves than making the quality cocktails on their menu this place has the potential to be great - someone just tell the bar staff to pull their heads in!
but plenty of stupid people with money. I suppose that's the point.
Perhaps you need to humour the staff anonymous. They probably can't afford to drink at retail price at their own bar. Staff are for pouring then ignoring.
Lance - it's all about paying a premium to drink surrounded by people who shower daily.
And now Cactus you're in the rich category aren't you? Or you just happen to elevate yourself as a rich person? What are you earning? More than Mark Weldon? I bet not.
Lawyers are well, at the bottom of the pay scale, just check out your colleagues in the profession in Auckland. Some had been caught dipping their hands into their client's money, because of what? Poor pay, that's right, no money since they (lawyers) pass themselves as so called lawyers, just to give an inflated view of themselves to the public.
Sounds like just my place...must go there when you're back Cactus. It's been a while since I had a good cigar.
Bronster
well fuck me Kate, I always thought I meet you one day, but it turn out unlikely, unless i stop drinking at bars,
And, to state the bleeding obvious, its LOUIS ROEDERER (christ, why are all black-board writers in NZ illiterate).
Still, might be worth a squiz whilst passing through next time .... thank CK
Poor person
I don't work in Auckland.
There are different, very unequal pay scales for lawyers.
My tax bill is close to nil.
You have absolutely no idea what I earn or how few hours I actually have to work to earn it.
I hate to shatter the illusion but the bar is no more expensive than any other standard inner-city establishment (RSAs excluded). The house bubbles (French but not real champagne) is a mere $45 a bottle and the wine list sits in the standard $8-$16 per glass range. Cocktails are $16 to $18.
And really, how classy can a bar be when the only cigarettes it stocks are Lucky Strike and Marlboro Red. Positively primitive.
That said, it does have a very nice outdoor area and fireplace when the wanker bankers from upstairs (it's located at the bottom of the Westpac building) have finally moved out/passed out.
"You have absolutely no idea what I earn or how few hours I actually have to work to earn it."
Yeah, cause you're part of the parasite layer--the legal fraternity--whose contribution to business efficiency is highly negligible relative to the obscene fees you charge. Down here in the engine room of capitalism, we actually have to sell our soul (time anyway) and get our hands dirty for success. I even think it's ironic that a friggin lawyer is so goddamn dogmatic about the superiority of the private sector, yet robbing it of its juice with a straight face.
Tanmedia
blablabla...lawyers...blabla.....
Every think why there has to be lawyers - POLITICIANS who make silly laws in the first place.
Again, there are many sorts of lawyers. I save clients more money than I cost them.
By definition, or they would not come see me in the first place would they?
Obscene fees? Gosh. Done a law degree, paid for overheads in an office, professional indemnity insurance? rents to landlords, hired people who cost more than teachers because they are smarter? Read 100 page documents, taken a risk in opining on it? No, thought not.
tanmedia Quit whilst you are ahead sunshine
As a CA we and the lawyers rely on the pollies some of whom are our fellow professionals to enact laws that allow us the opportunity of besting the State on behalf of our clients. Those like CK who practises the fine art contribute to our universial goal of maximisation and minimisation.
that is max for clinet min for State
gd
Tanmedia, swapping time for money is a recipe for staying poor. Forget the bitching, and do something about it,if you're unhappy about your inability to afford a $100 drink.
I bet they serve Pyrat near your favourite beach - another distillery I must get to.
Lawyers have zero commercial or business knowledge other than about their own leaching practices.
This bar is well suited for lawyers....
11.41pm - yep, bet you don't say that when you are up on a criminal rap and your lawyer saves your sorry arse. Or if you are in the turps with the IRD and your lawyer saves your life.
While everyone loves a Doctor who can save a life, laywers also met people at their lowest ebb in their life when the person is contemplating suicide for monies owed, revenue authorities picking on them, leaky homes, divorce or otherwise facing bankruptcy.
The difference between life and a death at their own hands is usually affording a good lawyer.
I've assisted in a major way saving now 7 clinically depressed clients from killing themselves by winning battles with fascist government authorities.
How many lives you saved?
Kate, at last we see you have a compassionate side :-)
So this should no doubt appeal to you
http://www.odemagazine.com/doc/print/62/microjustice
What an utterly shit looking sign.
"nO pezZants iz iN hEre"
*cue rich people queuing up*
Ludicrous! Money can't buy taste, evidently.
Hah ... this started out as a bit of a laugh for me based on the fact that a "good" NZ bar ***still*** couldn't spell Louis Roederer correctly on their black-board (whether said black-board was an outright piss-take or a real advertisement is immaterial... misspelling the name of the Champagne was a telling mistake) ...
but I cannot resist commenting on the following silliness:
>>"the legal fraternity--whose contribution to business efficiency is highly negligible relative to the obscene fees you charge."<<
hahahahahahahahahaha
My moniker is Pharmachick and I know more than my fair share about lawyers in our industry (Big Pharma as well as small and/or mid-sized Pharma *and* Biotech). I also own preliminary as well as filed patents. Tanmedia ... in my industry your statements re: lawyers are beyond laughable. Although lawyers can be used for abuse of power in our industry too, without them you'd not have Herceptin and any number of other drugs!
Please be more informed next time before making sweeping statements!
FarmingChick - what a load of crap
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