It is not an unusual practice in the San Francisco Bay Area to bring a bottle of your wine to a restaurant and pay a corkage fee ($20 - $40) to open. Is it common in France or Paris?

One local place, which I won’t name yet, caught my eye by having a corkage fee when they have no liquor. Has anyone heard of a byo with a corkage fee before?

Can you please list restaurants that you know of that have no to low corkage fees. Thanks

If you are talking about the Patrick’s in Santa Monica I have the feeling that as long as they allow outside booze they won’t have any corkage, but you can always check directly to double check. However, since they...

Does anyone know what the corkage policy is at Sriraphai in Woodside? I’m going there tonight with friends, but they’ve been closed for a week... so I haven’t been able to talk to someone there about it. I’m...

Found this link that lists restaurants with no corkage in Napa. http://www.napavalleylifemagazine.com/pub_display.htm?ID=17 They mention - Bleaux Magnolia - Compadres Rio Grill - Downtown Joe’s (first bottle) - Foothill Café -...

I was looking in my wine storage and realized we have about four bottles that might be better sooner rather than later. Not a bad problem to have! Of course, we can drink them at home, but I remembered that Spin has $1 corkage on...

Does anyone know the corkage fee for this place? Thanks!

looking for interesting-sharing style, (tapas?) ,small plates menu on the eastside with no/low corkage.

Can anyone tell me their policy? Thanks.

Being a big proponent of bringing a fine bottle of wine to lunch or dinner, and picking fine restaurants based in part on their corkage fees or lack thereof, I was wondering if there is anywhere I can find a listing of corkage...

Hi there. We used to go to La Cachette all the time for their free corkage nights. They had great food, and nice stemware. We’ve been to Houston’s (not very nice stemware) and Josie’s for their free corkage...

and a set mark up, or corkage, is applied to each band. You can read more about our experience of L’Absinthe at www.thebigblackpudding.com. So is this the way we would like to see restaurants go? Would it encourage us to...

I’m planning on eating here this week, and wondered if anyone knew the corkage policy. I would call, but I believe they are closed on Mondays. A second question, as a back up plan, how is the wine list?

We’re moving to Vail for a winter of skiing and I was reading the posts about restaurants in Colorado generally. There was a comment in a thread that said Colorado as a state forbids corkage. What I want to know is if most...