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"Perhaps it's one of the many stupid alcohol-related laws in this state "

Wait it's not illegal in NC. I've seen it in dry county's and they've done it in Charlotte. One of my favorite restaurants had BYOB before they got their liquor license. Completely legal.

2/17/2011 9:42:12 AM

Haven't been for a couple years, but Barry's cafe off Tryon used to be BYOB. They'd even bring you a frosty glass and store your beers in the fridge for you

Plus they had top notch burgers

2/17/2011 10:17:02 AM

It's generally allowed, not advertised, and they may charge you a corking fee for bringing your own.

[Edited on February 17, 2011 at 10:30 AM. Reason : At Buku it's $10 for a 750ml and $20 for anything bigger]

2/17/2011 10:27:46 AM

To hell with wine, do any places charge you for bringing your own beer or liquor?

2/17/2011 11:48:34 AM

I would love to bring my own nice beer to a restaurant sometime...

2/17/2011 11:49:36 AM

do any restaurants let you bring your own food too?

2/17/2011 11:51:41 AM

I've been to bars that don't mind it (that serve food too, mind you)


I think as long as you are spending money there, they shouldn't really care (unless you bring in qdoba to ruckus and just order a soda... even then, I don't think most places like that would care).

2/17/2011 11:53:48 AM

Just like wine, restaurants ARE allowed to charge a corkage fee and let you bring in your own beer. The only way this would make any logically sense would be if you have some large format aged beer you've been waiting to celebrate with. Otherwise you will be paying the restaurant several dollars for each beer you wish to open.

2/17/2011 11:58:20 AM

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"do any restaurants let you bring your own food too?"

The lady at Waffle House gave me a plate to put my Taco Bell burritos on.

2/17/2011 12:06:01 PM

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"I think as long as you are spending money there, they shouldn't really care "

They shouldn't care if it doesn't happen that much. But alcohol can be half your tab, sometimes more depending on what you're drinking and how much.

Restaurants make a lot of their money of alcohol...they would much rather you buy from them than bringing in your own booze.

2/17/2011 12:35:50 PM

jbrick seems like the kind of guy who would smuggle Boone's Farm into Ruth Chris.

2/17/2011 12:38:41 PM

^That's a horrible troll from you.

A decent follower of my posts would reveal that I'm a huge wine/restaurant snob. I can't even bring myself to use coupons at restaurants, much less bring in my own booze.

2/17/2011 12:42:25 PM

And therein lies the humor.

2/17/2011 12:45:24 PM

You must be bored at work today.

2/17/2011 12:48:27 PM

Story of my life

2/17/2011 12:49:18 PM

FWIW there are lots of restaurants in NYC that are BYOB and they don't charge any gayass "corking" fees for beer and liquor.

2/17/2011 1:34:03 PM

Restaurants that don't serve alcohol are a lot more receptive to it--especially if you're with a large dinner party. I don't think we had a corking fee for bottles of wine at Wang's Kitchen and there were a dozen or more of us.

2/17/2011 1:41:42 PM

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"Wang's Kitchen"

Is this by any chance the same Wang that owns Wang's tailors near state?

2/17/2011 2:00:46 PM

the kitchen is actually attached to the back side of the tailor - one stop shop

2/17/2011 2:08:20 PM

antico in atlanta is the one i go to

2/17/2011 3:51:59 PM

Could anyone suggest an authentic Asian restaurant, in the city preferably, that allows you to byob.

I called Dalat and they said we could at a cost of 7 dollars. Is Dalat good eats?

2/18/2011 6:23:11 PM