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re: can a restaurant charge a cork fee without a liquor license?
Posted on 8/12/12 at 9:47 am to HeadyMurphey
Posted on 8/12/12 at 9:47 am to HeadyMurphey
The place tells you to bring your own booze because they have NO choices. Are you confused?
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Posted on 8/12/12 at 9:49 am to GRTiger
#Poorpeopleprobelms
Posted on 8/12/12 at 9:50 am to HeadyMurphey
Well in this specific case, the restaurant encouraged bringing own wine with byob sign. It stops with having license or not. It's not that difficult.
What revenue is lost? Cleaning glass filled with wtater costs same as cleaning glass filled with wine. By that logic, shouldnt every ticket have a glass fee?
What revenue is lost? Cleaning glass filled with wtater costs same as cleaning glass filled with wine. By that logic, shouldnt every ticket have a glass fee?
Posted on 8/12/12 at 9:50 am to HeadyMurphey
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I certainly wouldn't be shocked if they tried to recoup some lost revenue.
I imagine the added revenue from opening before all their licenses are in order will more than make up for it.
Sorry about responding to your other post. Although I imagine he was saying he would have asked for it to be removed from the bill, which I considered for about five seconds before letting it go.
It was just annoying that they invite you to bring your own alcohol and then add a charge to the bill without telling you about it.beforehand.
The worst was when we let the male server who brought us the bill know we didn't know about it (we had a female.server who disappeared for a while) he told the female server and she was bitching about it in easy ear shot of us.
Posted on 8/12/12 at 9:51 am to GRTiger
what restaurant is it?
Posted on 8/12/12 at 9:52 am to Rouge
You are assuming that every person that brings wine would have drank water otherwise. I am sure there were also water glasses on the table.
Posted on 8/12/12 at 9:52 am to Winkface
No sounds like you are
Posted on 8/12/12 at 9:53 am to HeadyMurphey
Then charge cost of a soft drink, so $4 for two people?
This post was edited on 8/12/12 at 9:54 am
Posted on 8/12/12 at 9:53 am to lighter345
Restaurant is in Humble, TX.
Posted on 8/12/12 at 9:56 am to GRTiger
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It was just annoying that they invite you to bring your own alcohol and then add a charge to the bill without telling you about it.beforehand.
I guess I can understand that, but I have learned in life that nothing is free.
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The worst was when we let the male server who brought us the bill know we didn't know about it (we had a female.server who disappeared for a while) he told the female server and she was bitching about it in easy ear shot of us.
Now that is a whole different story. I may have told the server that his bitchy coworker lost his tip.
Posted on 8/12/12 at 9:57 am to Rouge
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Then charge cost of a soft drink, so $4 for two people?
Fair enough. I never spoke about the amount, just the fact that people are shocked they were charged anything.
Posted on 8/12/12 at 9:59 am to HeadyMurphey
$10 is an absolute price gouge. I don't think the rate can be defended
Posted on 8/12/12 at 10:03 am to Rouge
The answer is simple.
If a place does not have a liquor license but allows byob, they shouldn't charge a corkage fee, imo. However, they have the legal right to do so.
If a place does have a liquor license but you choose to bring your own wine, they have every right and should be able to charge a corkage fee with no bitching from the customer. They are dependent upon revenue from wine sales.
If a place does not have a liquor license but allows byob, they shouldn't charge a corkage fee, imo. However, they have the legal right to do so.
If a place does have a liquor license but you choose to bring your own wine, they have every right and should be able to charge a corkage fee with no bitching from the customer. They are dependent upon revenue from wine sales.
Posted on 8/12/12 at 10:04 am to GRTiger
Just drink that shite out the bottle next time.
Posted on 8/12/12 at 10:05 am to Rouge
They also added it before tax, which is just a little more wtf 
My ultimate beef was that it was nothing more than a BS charge. And it seems short sighted for a new restaurant to do that during a critical time for them. And they are discriminating against wine drinkers damnit.
I should have drank it from the bottle like I usually do. So much for public civility.
My ultimate beef was that it was nothing more than a BS charge. And it seems short sighted for a new restaurant to do that during a critical time for them. And they are discriminating against wine drinkers damnit.
I should have drank it from the bottle like I usually do. So much for public civility.
Posted on 8/12/12 at 12:38 pm to GRTiger
I'm okay with the corkage fee (although $5/person seems high) but do agree they should have informed you beforehand.
Posted on 8/12/12 at 12:45 pm to ViaCavour
Drink from the bottle, like a Frenchman.
Everybody wins.
Everybody wins.
Posted on 8/12/12 at 12:55 pm to HeadyMurphey
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They have to wash them. Sounds like you are being difficult
It's not that they have to wash them. It's that they have to have them.
Posted on 8/12/12 at 12:57 pm to GRTiger
The charge seems high and them not telling you ahead of time is horse shite.
Posted on 8/12/12 at 12:57 pm to Rouge
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I think we can all agree that it's a business practice that is not advisable for a new restaurant
Good way to get an early unfavorable reputation
You just think that because you're cheap
The way I see it, you're still going to come out cheaper than if you bought wine from them
10 dollar fee for 2 people to drink byob wine is acceptable IMO
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