Comment on higher wages for the servers... by the customers. Fnbs
Exusia@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Found it by the “helens shazzy” www.jonandvinnys.com/menu I don’t live in LA so everything I see is based solely on the website.
It seems by their website that fee is ONLY mentioned on the wine page (not sure if that means it’s hidden or exclusive fee to wine buyers) where they also charge a $50 corkage fee (most normal restaurants are 20-40), and also stock rotates “so frequently we can’t maintain an updated list” which seems silly, but maybe stock at all 3 locations changes often enough that this really would would be a pain. The restaurant itself is…all over the place. Italian, and breakfast foods? But also there’s Helen’s Winery attached? And they have “pizza classes” for $650? Idk they have several “sister” type restaurants that are either owned by the same owner or its some kind of franchising thing, but they’re all equally VERY expensive for the food you get. Very upscale. For example [buttermilk pancakes, salted butter, maple syrup 16.25] compared to IHOP “chicken and pancakes” for $14 where you get not just 2 pancakes and butter, but 2 drumsticks.
For those wondering these are indeed all full dishes, in LA where everything costs more. Overall 0/10 I wouldn’t eat here based on all this above, before even being infuriated by the “we pass the bill to you” bullshit
ZarK@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 year ago
WTH is a corkage fee?
FitzNuggly@lemmy.world 1 year ago
A few charged for opening a bottle of wine. It used to only be charged if you brought your own bottle to the restaurant.
ZarK@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 year ago
How are they supposed to sell wine without opening the bottle? Is it optional? Can I open it myself instead?
FitzNuggly@lemmy.world 1 year ago
In most places its not legal to serve yourself alcohol you brought to the restaurant yourself. So as a compromise many restraunt owners will allow you to bring a bottle of wine that they dont carry, and then charge you a fee to serve it to you. This means they are staying within the law with respect to liquor laws.
For example where I it is illegal to give away alcohol tor free. If a restaurant serves it to you, even if you purchased it before hand, they would be serving it for free and thus a violation of the liquor laws; hence the corkage fee which allows restaurants to so serve you your wine within the law.
www.touchbistro.com/blog/corkage-fee/