Beer Goggles: NY Optometrist Serves Beer Before Eye Exams
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Published: February 12, 2013
| Updated: April 10, 2025
I’ve always thought this would be a better idea with a dentist, but why not have a drink before you get your eyes examined. Details from Fox News:
A Park Slope eye doctor is offering booze to customers to help them unwind before exams — but not every client is impressed by the nutty hops-tometry.
“I was offered a beer on my first visit,” griped one patient, Mark T., on Yelp. “Seriously, alcohol before an eye exam? And in a medical environment?”
But Dr. Justin Bazan says that after 5 p.m., it’s happy hour.
“Don’t worry. None of the team is drinking! We are not a sterile [hospital],” Bazan wrote in his defense. “We are friendly, helpful and like to have fun! We have beer/wine tastings all the time.
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