When planning their heists, the group usually meets in the back room of the O.J. Bar and Grill (whoever gets there first gets the chair at the circular table facing the door; Tiny is the only one who doesn't mind sitting with his back to the door). At these meetings, Andy and Dortmunder drink Amsterdam Liquor Store Bourbon (labeled "Our Own Brand") over ice, Murch drinks beer and salt (due to his status as a driver, he prefers to nurse one beer, and the salt restores the head on it), Ralph Winslow drinks rye and water with many ice-cubes which he keeps clinking, and Tiny drinks a tincture of red wine and vodka (described as looking like "flat cherry soda"). Scenes set in the public areas of the O.J. usually involve the unnamed "regulars" at the bar, who provide comic relief by engaging in heated arguments on various topics of which they are ignorant.