State laws re: corkage

[Thomas]

I don't know the laws in all states, mainly because they vary from state to state, but I do know that some restaurants use the excuse that it is against the law for patrons to bring their own wine when in fact it is not against the law. In New York, where alcohol laws are as Byzantine as any, as long as the restaurant allows it, and whether or not it charges a fee, it is not against the law for a patron to bring the wine. But it is against the law for a patron to leave a restaurant with an opened bottle of wine.



[This message has been edited by foodie (edited 11-06-2003).]