On Tue, Feb 23, 2010 at 10:20:21AM -0800, Alex Chamberlain wrote: > On Tue, Feb 23, 2010 at 8:56 AM, Dillon, Meade M CIV > SPAWARSYSCEN-ATLANTIC, 53310 <[email protected]> wrote: > > So, if you'd like a beer or bottle of wine, that's a different liquor > > license (usually), easier to find at restaurants. > > Also note that there is no American equivalent to Australian BYOB. If > you bring in your own bottle of wine and ask to be served it, you will > probably get a laugh, a stare of incomprehension, a polite escort to > the door, or all three. Fancy restaurants here make a big chunk of > their profits on ridiculous markups on wine---$30 for a bottle you can > buy for $10 in a grocery store, etc.
Sort of. Most restaurants with a wine license will generally allow you to bring your own bottle, but charge a $10-15 corking fee. Even then, if you do the math, it's cheaper to bring your own and know what you're getting rather than rely on the distributor the restaurant works with. Not a good idea to do that with low end wine, though. If the wait staff knows wine at all, they'd probably see through it and treat you like a cheapskate because of it. _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
