Ex-cop kills three, wounds six at California biker bar
Ex-cop kills three, wounds six at California biker bar
The former police officer opened fire at a famed bar before he was shot dead by police late on Wednesday. He targeted his ex-wife, who was wounded but survived, local media reported.
The shooter went into the bar targeting his ex-wife, who was wounded but survived, local media including the Los Angeles Times and the Orange County Register reported, citing law enforcement sources. She had been a regular at the bar and its weekly $8 spaghetti night, they said.
Tragedy aside, that $8 spaghetti has to suck.
Pasta and red sauce are ridiculously cheap, especially in large quantities. Imagine buying the sauce for $5 in a massive can, the pasta for $0.25/pound dry, and then some garlic bread which is like $1 per loaf. Add it all up and you’re likely paying roughly $2.25 a person for the food that you’re selling for $8, plus you can move liquor, wine, and beer which have even higher markups. Heck, add in the cost of labor for the kitchen staff, and the markup on the spaghetti is probably only 75-100%. As for quality, it’s probably decent, because spaghetti, marinara sauce, and garlic bread are all easy to nail and somewhat difficult to mess up.
That’s exactly what people mean when they say $8 pasta is going to suck. There are a lot of people who find a $5 massive can of marinara inedible. It’s not only entirely possible to fuck up marinara. Rap’s, which is pretty good for a jarred sauce, goes from $10-15 for a jar.
Same thing with the pasta. There’s a world of difference between freshly made pasta, refrigerated pasta, and dry box pasta. There’s again differences by brand and price within those tiers.
And as someone who loves for bread, we’re not even going to address the kind of mushy grocery store loaf you can get for $1.
It’s not that the meal is easy to nail, it’s that you like very cheap Italian food. That’s not a dig - I grew up eating it and it’s a comfort food for me. If I pay $1.50 for a taco, I know I’m not getting a $26 for a plate of 3 kind of taco. I’m fine with that, because I love cheap tacos.
Imagine having $8 spaghetti night a highlight of your week, and then your ex, pig husband, comes in to shoot you. Sad situation.
Sounds over priced if they're serving stuff from a bottle
the article says biden has been briefed on the situation. Do you think they told him about the spaghetti ?