Basically, he’s joking about charging a fee for preparing the beverage she brought 😁
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xavier666@lemmy.umucat.day 3 days ago
I know these words individually but not in the sequence as presented here
Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 days ago
LastYearsIrritant@sopuli.xyz 3 days ago
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.
xavier666@lemmy.umucat.day 3 days ago
Ahh, makes sense. It seems I’m too poor to be acquainted with these customs
ikidd@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 days ago
You probably don’t even have your own set of silver lobster forks.
Bluewing@lemmy.world 2 days ago
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!!
TrollTrollrolllol@lemmy.world 2 days ago
Give me that gallon jug of Carlo Rossi
janewaydidnothingwrong@lemmy.world 2 days ago
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 hus accent)
porous_grey_matter@lemmy.ml 2 days ago
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 a few dollars, and don’t open or pour it for you.
Aneb@lemmy.world 2 days ago
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.