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Originally posted by maleficent
Most restaurants have a "corkage" fee if you bring in your own bottle of wine. Did that for a friends birthday, we brought in 2 really nice special bottles of wine that the restuarant didn't serve -
The restaurant charged us 15 dollars per bottle. Which was actually fine by us...
If someone brings in food from the outside, they should be charged a "foodage" fee. The table still needs to be cleaned up, the staff still has to be attentive.
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the reason the corking fee is charged is because it violates their liquor license if you consume alcohol they didn't sell you. by charging you a fee for it, they've "sold" it to you, and therefore have not violated the laws regarding liquor/wine sales in their state. they did it to cover their rear-ends with the law. slightly different concept with food. I personally thinks it's a better idea to forbid outside food in a sit-down restaurant period. Saves time and effort enormously.