Massachusetts Bar Keeps $5 Drink Price Since 2013

This is the kind of story that almost sounds impossible in 2026.

While prices seem to climb every time you blink, one Plymouth bar has quietly been doing the unthinkable: keeping a drink at the exact same price for over a decade. Not “roughly the same” or “close enough." I'm talking exactly the same.

At Speedwell Tavern, the now-famous House Punch has been locked in at $5 since the doors opened in 2013. Yes, that includes inflation, supply chain issues, and everything in between.

“I'm like, screw it. I’m gonna make a $5 drink and we’re always gonna have it,” owner Jordan Chabot told me, and that's just how his story about his $5 boozy beverage began.

A $5 Idea Born Out of Necessity

When Chabot opened Speedwell Tavern, he wasn’t walking into an empty market. Plymouth already had an established bar scene, and he admits he was coming in as an outsider trying to earn attention. “We opened up broke, in the red,” he said. “You can’t be giving stuff away.”

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So instead, he got creative. Chabot leaned into a loophole of sorts: promotional liquor. Distributors would often throw in extra bottles with orders. It was the stuff they wanted exposure for, but that customers weren’t asking for by name. “So I’m like, let’s just dump it in the punch bowl,” he said. “Make something fun, make it affordable, and get people in the door.”

The $5 House Punch was born, not from a grand marketing plan, but from necessity and a little bit of ingenuity.

From Punch Bowl to Draft Line

What started as a scrappy, behind-the-bar experiment quickly became a full-blown attraction. “It became popular obviously because it was $5, and people liked it,” Chabot said, recalling early flavors like lemonade, fruit punch and even themed batches for big events.

Then came the problem every business hopes for: it got too popular. “At one point, we’re going through two or three five-gallon batches a shift,” he said, laughing.

Eventually, Chabot took it to another level by hooking the House Punch up to a draft line. “I turned one of my draft lines into the house punch line,” he said. “Now it pours ice cold, different flavors all the time. Strawberry’s been a big one lately, it drinks like a daiquiri.”

As demand kept growing, so did the way people enjoyed it. “We serve it in pitchers now too,” he said. “You get six drinks for $25.”

The $5 Promise That Never Broke

Even when the free promotional liquor dried up and costs climbed, Chabot refused to touch the price. “I couldn’t take it away from people,” he said. “So I just embraced it.”

Instead, he adapted. By negotiating with distributors and buying in volume, he found ways to keep the margins workable without sacrificing the concept. “I’m still making money on it now,” he said. “Not a ton, but enough, and people appreciate it.”

That appreciation turned into something much bigger than a single drink. “It got people in the door,” he said. “Now we’ve got a loyal following. We’re one of the busier bars in Plymouth, and I owe a lot of that to the House Punch.”

He even compared it to one of the most famous value items out there. “It’s kind of like our Costco hot dog,” Chabot said. “We’re never gonna change the price.”

In a $15 Drink World, This Hits Different

Let’s be honest, finding a drink under $10 these days feels like a win. Finding one that hasn’t changed price in 12 years? That’s almost unheard of.

“We know it’s tough out there,” Chabot said. “People might not come here every day, but they know we’re doing honest business when they do.”

Whether it’s a single $5 punch at the bar or a $25 pitcher shared with friends, that consistency has become part of Speedwell Tavern’s identity.

It’s not just a drink, it’s a promise.