On Jun 2, 5:49*am, "st.helier" > wrote:
> "lleichtman" wrote in message .....
> >>On Jun 1, 12:03 pm, Earle Jones wrote:
> >> Most good restaurants derive a good bit of their revenue from wine sales
> >> and therefore charge a corkage fee for those customers who bring their
> >> own wine.
>
> >> One waiter told me that their corkage fee was $15. He also said that
> >> there was no corkage fee if the customer brought a screw-top bottle.
>
> >> But there is a $15 screwage fee.
>
> > I would gladly pay a corkage fee but it isn't allowed in the New
> > Mexico so I'm stuck with whatever is on the wine list and often at 3
> > times retail not wholesale.
>
> ???? Larry, I am confused???
> What do you mean "it isn't allowed"
> Are you saying that there is a law against BYO restaurants in New Mexico?
> Therefore, if I decided to open a restaurant in Albuquerque, some lawmaker
> could dictate whether or not I could let my customers bring their own wine
> while I reserve the right to charge a corkage fee???
> And I thought that the USA was the home of free-enterprise!!!!!
>
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>
> st.helier

Yep, State law prevents bringing your own bottle to a restaurant.
Don't know why. I can't get any rational explanation. It protects
restaurants but allows them to charge ridiculous prices. You can,
however, walk out of the restaurant with an open bottle you bought!!