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corkage

[kawr-kij] / ˈkɔr kɪdʒ /
NOUN
service charge
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Some restaurants base corkage on the market value of the wine brought in.

From BBC Sep. 8, 2024

L’Avant-Garde offers corkage for $50 per bottle and, unusual for a lot of establishments, doesn’t limit the number of bottles a diner can bring to the restaurant.

From Washington Post Feb. 10, 2023

Napa Valley’s French Laundry charges a $150 corkage fee just for the privilege of bringing in your own wine into the eatery.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 10, 2022

Buy a bottle and it’s just a $10 corkage charge.

From Seattle Times Dec. 8, 2021

The twenty or twenty-five kopeks that you pay for the samovar—teapot, tumbler, saucer, spoon, and slop-basin being included under the generic term pribor—frees you from all corkage and similar dues.

From Russia by Sir Donald Mackenzie Wallace




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