What comes after meditation

So after I was putting my meditation chair away, the leader mentioned a few of the group were getting together for dinner after class. “Really?”, I questioned. “Where?” The leader responded with the name of a popular wings and beer chain in the area. Somehow this did not jive with my preconceived ideas about where a serious meditation student would eat, but I wasn’t about to complain.
As we sat around the table and placed our drink orders, I noticed I was the only one who ordered an alcoholic beverage. Oh, yeah, it’s in the Buddhist precepts, that you should not take intoxicants, since it ruins your meditation. Not off to a good start…