corkage

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Other establishments - especially those without alcohol licences - often do not charge corkage, and some have a policy where corkage is waived on less popular days to dine out.

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 Wallace, Donald Mackenzie, Sir