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.
Right, I finally got it now. I thought a customer had been charged this fee on top of their bottle of wine, but I see now that “corkage fee” is just something that was found on their wine menu, and then it makes sense with your context. Thanks!
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/
ZarK@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 year ago
Right, I finally got it now. I thought a customer had been charged this fee on top of their bottle of wine, but I see now that “corkage fee” is just something that was found on their wine menu, and then it makes sense with your context. Thanks!