Funny that I mention the unreasonable crackdown on drinking in New York last week, since at the very same time, a favorite Brew York beer spot, Spitzer’s Corner, fell victim to the NYPD crackdown, Eater reports.
Not to stay on my high horse, I find a police crackdown on underage drinking in New York City to be a complete waste of resources. The main reason for the raising of the drinking age from 18 to 21 in the 1980s was to reduce drunk driving deaths. That’s not exactly a problem in a city with a mass transportation system that runs during all hours of the night. And to top it all off, if an 18 year-old is going to go out to a bar to get wasted, I highly doubt they’re going to pick a place like Spitzer’s Corner, where there’s nary a frat-pack beer in sight, and craft beers run $6-7 a pint.
