Always amazed me that out of all the bars that Blind Bob would pick one that required you to navigate steep, slippery stairs.
my guess would be that there were a couple of things at play here.
1)maes had pretty cheap well drinks.
2)maes used to open at 1:00 every day. not all places would open that early.
3)bobby was allowed to run a tab.
4)it was not uncommon for bobby to order drinks and then have the bartender at the time "forget" to put the drink on his tab.
5)the bartenders would also makes his scotch and sodas in rock glasses that would include about a seven count of scotch, so he was getting doubles for the cost of a single and only actually being charged for about half of what he ordered.