corkage

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Another trade publication, The Restaurant, found corkage at some places in London has increased to more than £100 per bottle.

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

Diners can buy bottles off the shelf at retail prices, take them home or pay a $10 corkage fee to drink them in the restaurant.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 3, 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