Most very fancy restaurants allow you to bring your own wine, but they still need to make money, so they charge you a fee to remove the cork and pour it for you.
I don’t know how it is in the states, but in my country it doesn’t have to be a fancy place. The BYO license is a lower category than a full alcohol license and many cheap to medium price restaurants which don’t otherwise serve alcohol allow bringing wine, charge just a few dollars, and don’t pour it for you.
Corkage fees aren’t specific to high end restaurants entirely. I know plenty of restaurants, with an avg $15 a meal, that charge corkage because its a simpler permit to acquire than a full liquor license. A lot of my favorite restaurants are ones that have corkage fees because you get to buy cheap alcoholic instead of the upsell on $80 bottles of wine at a mid restaurant.
When I was in the military I had a buddy from new york and he would get a jug of carlo rossi every weekend, mix it like 50/50 with coca cola. He called it “gajoots” or something. (no idea on spelling, that’s what the word sounded like in *his accent)
I’ve never tried that, we used to put out pinky finger through the loop then kind of rest it in the crook of our arms to hoist it up and chug it faster. It seemed pretty awkward but it was effective.
Most very fancy restaurants allow you to bring your own wine, but they still need to make money, so they charge you a fee to remove the cork and pour it for you.
I don’t know how it is in the states, but in my country it doesn’t have to be a fancy place. The BYO license is a lower category than a full alcohol license and many cheap to medium price restaurants which don’t otherwise serve alcohol allow bringing wine, charge just a few dollars, and don’t pour it for you.
Corkage fees aren’t specific to high end restaurants entirely. I know plenty of restaurants, with an avg $15 a meal, that charge corkage because its a simpler permit to acquire than a full liquor license. A lot of my favorite restaurants are ones that have corkage fees because you get to buy cheap alcoholic instead of the upsell on $80 bottles of wine at a mid restaurant.
Jokes on them, I’m too poor for anything but a twist top bottle of wine. The Boone’s Farm and Gallo Fam rise up!!
Give me that gallon jug of Carlo Rossi
When I was in the military I had a buddy from new york and he would get a jug of carlo rossi every weekend, mix it like 50/50 with coca cola. He called it “gajoots” or something. (no idea on spelling, that’s what the word sounded like in *his accent)
I’ve never tried that, we used to put out pinky finger through the loop then kind of rest it in the crook of our arms to hoist it up and chug it faster. It seemed pretty awkward but it was effective.
Gallo is legit really good I’ll die on this hill
Ahh, makes sense. It seems I’m too poor to be acquainted with these customs
You probably don’t even have your own set of silver lobster forks.