re: What whiskeys do you expect to see at a nice restaurant?

I have my hands on the TA bottle you helped to select.

Realistically, if I'm at a "nice" restaurant I'm likely to order a whiskey cocktail, rather than a neat whiskey. And if it's going in a cocktail it doesn't need to be a $100+ bottle, I'm good with something around the $60 price point or less (Old Forester Whiskey Row, Sagamore Double Oak, Willett Family Estate Rye, Eagle Rare, Noah's Mill, Four Roses Single Barrel, Baker's 7 Year, etc...). Hell, I'm good with Wild Turkey 101 or Sazerac Rye in a cocktail. I never expect a restaurant to have what I consider a "good" selection, unless I'm specifically going there because of their whiskey selection. Somewhere like Social in Lafayette, Cure in New Orleans, Jack Rose in DC, etc...

I have a good whiskey selection at home, I'm not going to pay $40 for a pour of a bottle that I already own.