DS9: we have food replicators
DS9: machines that will create any food you want
DS9: for free
DS9: at all times
DS9: there’s one in your room
DS9:
DS9: or you can go to this bar and pay for it

— bletchley punk (@alicegoldfuss) October 3, 2019

In this world, people go to bars and pay $5-$12 for a beer that they can drink at home for $2. Not that different from the above.

People don’t go to bars, for the most part, to drink.