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quote: Originally posted by steve8:
Sweatred, unfortunately for you, I think you live in one of the few places where you are not allowed to bring an open bottle into the restaurant.
This is true in California as well. |
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| Posts: 1771 | Location: San Diego, CA | Registered: Nov 19, 2005 | |
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seriously? i have never had anyone point that out in the trizillion times i've byob'd a decanted wine...  quote: Originally posted by SD-Wineaux:
This is true in California as well.
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| Posts: 6336 | Location: Park Slope, Brooklyn | Registered: Nov 20, 2002 | |
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quote: Originally posted by steve8:
Sweatred, unfortunately for you, I think you live in one of the few places where you are not allowed to bring an open bottle into the restaurant. Hopefully, some of the other Ontario forumites will chime in, but I seem to recall going to several off-line events in Ontario and the locals told us we couldn't decant.
Steve is correct. Some restaurants will even make a point of telling you to make sure the bottle has not been opened before you hand it over to them. In many other jurisdictions they seem to rely more on common sense than we do here in Ontario. |
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| Posts: 3242 | Location: Toronto, Canada | Registered: Feb 14, 2003 | |
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quote: Originally posted by TBird: seriously? i have never had anyone point that out in the trizillion times i've byob'd a decanted wine... quote: Originally posted by SD-Wineaux:
This is true in California as well.
It happened to me at an otherwise very BYOB-friendly restaurant. I brought in a double-decanted wine with the cork only half pushed back in and, for maybe the first time ever, didn't carry it in my bag. The waitress eyed it, went and talked with the manager, and came back to say the bottle couldn't be allowed in due to ABC rules. At the time, I had my doubts about this. But after investigating it the next day I couldn't find anything to confirm or deny their reading of the law. But based on your question, I shot an e-mail to the kind folks at the CA ABC and here's their response. quote: Neither the Alcoholic Beverage Control Act nor our business regulations specifically allows the practice of an adult customer bringing a personal bottle of wine into a properly licensed premises (“BYOB”). On the other hand, nothing specifically precludes the practice. A licensee may or may not permit BYOB as he or she sees fit. While a restaurant manager may not have any problem permitting BYOB, it is possible that for other (non-ABC) reasons these managers may insist on his/her wait staff opening the bottle of wine inside the restaurant. You may want to discuss this matter with the restaurant owner or manager if you have not already done so.
So it looks like I (and the waitress) were wrong. It's not against the law, but is completely at the discretion of the restaurant. |
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| Posts: 1771 | Location: San Diego, CA | Registered: Nov 19, 2005 | |
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quote: Originally posted by SD-Wineaux: quote: Originally posted by TBird: seriously? i have never had anyone point that out in the trizillion times i've byob'd a decanted wine... quote: Originally posted by SD-Wineaux:
This is true in California as well.
It happened to me at an otherwise very BYOB-friendly restaurant. I brought in a double-decanted wine with the cork only half pushed back in and, for maybe the first time ever, didn't carry it in my bag. The waitress eyed it, went and talked with the manager, and came back to say the bottle couldn't be allowed in due to ABC rules. At the time, I had my doubts about this. But after investigating it the next day I couldn't find anything to confirm or deny their reading of the law. But based on your question, I shot an e-mail to the kind folks at the CA ABC and here's their response. quote: Neither the Alcoholic Beverage Control Act nor our business regulations specifically allows the practice of an adult customer bringing a personal bottle of wine into a properly licensed premises (“BYOB”). On the other hand, nothing specifically precludes the practice. A licensee may or may not permit BYOB as he or she sees fit. While a restaurant manager may not have any problem permitting BYOB, it is possible that for other (non-ABC) reasons these managers may insist on his/her wait staff opening the bottle of wine inside the restaurant. You may want to discuss this matter with the restaurant owner or manager if you have not already done so.
So it looks like I (and the waitress) were wrong. It's not against the law, but is completely at the discretion of the restaurant.
I remember that day SD, but I think we won out in the end....  I have had it happen at another restaurant in my hood.. Although they claimed it was the law, I felt at the time it was more their policy. |
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| Posts: 458 | Location: San Diego | Registered: Apr 12, 2007 | |
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I often double decant red wines before taking them to restaurants that permit BYOB/corkage. I've never had any problem here in the Los Angeles area.
Doug Collins
Hermosa Beach, California
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| Posts: 425 | Location: Hermosa Beach, California | Registered: Oct 19, 2007 | |
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