A few weeks ago I went to this hire for a birthday and had a great dinner and tied one on at the bar. The meal was excellent, and the bar churned out anything I ordered.

Based on my bank account the following morning, it doesn't seem so far-fetched for his hotel to be a front for bribes. I don't have a problem paying for the top shelf on special occasions, but it just felt unreasonably expensive to pay for food & booze, regardless of how good it is. However, a more likely scenario is that Trump charges competitive prices at his business, and I'm thing to avoid feeling responsible for consequences bright on by liquor.

Unrelated on The hotel... On the Thursday I went, the clientele was mostly either i) underdressed tourists motivated to visit the hotel by politics. Or, ii) one of the 2 dozen people in business attire sitting alone at the bar, checking work emails, and periodically giving 360-degree scans of the entire atrium, trying to size up the unusual environment. Between the supporters and bewildered businessmen, my party seemed like one of a handful of groups that were the target audience for the restaurant and bar at the hotel. However, before closing the old post office was an ugly and awkward tourist spot with cheap stores and cheap food that most visitors would remember as a glorified rest stop. The renovations really are a credit for the whole city. Hopefully politics will eventually settle and more folks can appreciate its historical value.