(Among cities with population of 100,000 or more)

A few weeks ago I was in Rome, where $$$$ on TripAdvisor equates to Ballard prices, I started to wonder how expensive is Seattle for dining? Is it top 10? I thought it must be but had no data to back it up. Results on Google weren’t too helpful. I wanted to understand the cost in absolute terms (not adjusted to local cost of living or purchasing power), like a traveller’s perspective.

A quick google shows that the entire internet says that Everclear 190 is illegal (or “banned”) in Washington state. There’s even an /r/seattle post from 2015 that says the same thing.

Open and shut case, right? Not really. You can order it for pickup straight from Total Wine’s website. Right now it says it’s in stock.

Curious about this discrepancy, I go to Interbay Total Wine to verify. It’s right there, next to a bunch of other high-proof liquors, at “Aisle 04, Left, Bay 26” just like the website says.