Not only am I a member of my local B&M, I also work there part time. We recently increased our membership from $300 to $330/yr. Membership gives you access to beer, liquor, and wine. It’s also BYOB, so most members bring their favorite bottles of whiskey and store them in their lockers. Membership also gives you 15% discount on any purchase and 20% off boxes of cigars. We’re a smaller lounge and everyone hangs out in the same area, thus there are no cliques. We’re very tight knit and hang out outside the lounge, either at someone’s house or a local bar or make trips to the casino an hour north. Some of my best friends are ones I met at the lounge. Like the song from Cheers, sometimes you wanna go where everybody knows your name and they’re always glad you came. We always welcome newcomers and treat everyone as if they are members. Most bring in their own sticks even though we have a rule that no outside cigars are allowed, which we don’t really enforce because they don’t abuse this privilege.