I once went to New Orleans for a wedding. A guy on Bourbon street asked me for a couple of bucks to get some whisky. I said How do I know you won’t spend this on gumbo? I will offer doggie bag unless its like Peter Luger or... (8 replies, last updated by sparkareno September 8, 2009)

When I was a chld, my mom would always bring home a doggie bag, but it usually just had the rest of her meat in it; sometimes a potatoe she’d fry up the next morning. I’d start nibbling on the meat by about 2 a.m. and... (18 replies, last updated by The Rogue April 10, 2002)

In a number of states when you see the bottle in a wine doggy bag, it is considered a closed container. It’s great to know you can enjoy the balance of your wine at home. (10 replies, last updated by zin1953 June 27, 2009)

look from the server. Yes, I agree “wasting food is a sin” but I have to confess that I do sometimes commit such sin when I travel oversea. First, it is not easy to bring doggie bag to the hotel room where there is no... (70 replies, last updated by cimui June 12, 2009)

There was a recent online WSJ article about taking leftover food home from restaurants and it contrasted the different attitudes between American and Euros. I’m curious, amongst chowhounds ... do you doggie bag? I almost... (117 replies, last updated by xanadude October 3, 2008)

://www.bookofjoe.com/2004/09/waiter_id_like_.html Halfway down at the above link, it says: "However, just because it’s legal to doggie-bag that Chianti, doesn’t mean every restaurant automatically allows it. It’s... (10 replies, last updated by lcool August 1, 2008)

likely to have leftovers. Others? What’s in YOUR doggie bag? (4 replies, last updated by wild child June 7, 2006)

Let’s say you are traveling and you have a great lunch but it is huge and you have leftovers and for logistical reasons you won’t be going to your car for a number of hours. Can you ask the restaurant to hold your... (6 replies, last updated by Tracy L. December 11, 2005)

this happened to us today too, a customer called to say that they got all the doggie bags from last night except for her penne vodka (half eaten). She made the biggest fuss about it. I have just sold my restaurant so the new... (9 replies, last updated by jfood May 16, 2007)

They are legal – but the law doesn’t help much until restaurants get the super special bags. So, for now finish that second bottle! (4 replies, last updated by macca April 28, 2006)

leader used to entice people to order drinks — a high margin item. The "no doggy bag" or “take out” rule prevents abuse by customers. That said, would you frown on someone who grabbed a stack of napkins, and... (13 replies, last updated by Linda VH September 3, 2009)

So, living in the Northwest as I do, it’s very easy to be enviro-conscious. When I go to a coffee joint, I bring my own travel mug. When I go to the supermarket, I try to bring my own bags. But the next step I’d like... (1 reply, last updated by Tracy L. August 20, 2005)

There is a quite good, white table cloth, fairly new, Indian restaurant, Indus Valley, at Broadway and 100 street.However the food “doesn't go”. No doggy bag is house policy. We protested and wonder what do they do... (0 replies, last updated by M.Schiffrin June 20, 2004)

a doggy bag from my lunch at Bloomingdale’s 40 Carrots cafe. While sitting on the bus I put the bag down and saw a huge roach crawl out of the brown bag and scurry across the floor. Everybody looked at me like I did it on... (34 replies, last updated by Jaylea July 24, 2002)

They make biodegradable bags for your doggie duties — opaque, too, so they’re a little less unattractive: http://www.biobagusa.com/biobag_dog.htm (25 replies, last updated by Ruth Lafler January 11, 2008)