"Sheldon" > wrote in message
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> Thanks, Dimitri. I guess I got too caught up in the details of my
> fercocktah little essay to back myself up with a formalized rulz
> list... but I think I got it right anyway. I mean it's like Common
> Sense 101, why would a restaurant encourage folks to bring their own
> hooch, bar tabs account for greater profits than from food... without
> their liquor profits most expensive restaurants would quickly go under.
> No different from fast fooderies... if no one ordered a drink more
> than half would need to close, without Coca Cola Mc'Ds wouldn't be able
> to exist... in fact they could easily stay in business from just the
> Coke profits, the burgers and fries are only there to help move the
> Coke. And in fact they are really selling ice and paper cups... and
> most never even gets consumed, little kids gotta have the super size
> Cokes but actually take 3-4 sips and it goes in the trash... most kids
> don't eat much of their burger either, mostly they fill up on the
> fries, another huge cash cow and why the kids are becoming fatter than
> blimps, it's really only teh fries. I think they actually lose money
> on the burgers, especially when you really think of all the costs
> involved with burgers compared with Cokes and fries.
>
> As soon as I tripped over the OP's corkage comment I knew it was a
> troll... I guess he was on a roll and just got carried away. Cheap
> *******s like that are far more likely to save on the bar tab by
> carrying a hip flask for nipping... a half pint flask of gin can make
> one mar2ni stretch a long ways through the meal. An awful lot of NYC
> citizens who frequent restaurants carry a flask to dine... the three
> mar2ni lunch is out of reach for most NYC office workers but not with
> the flask, especially since cigarette smoking is out in the workplace
> hip flasks filled with vodka are now all the rage.
>
> Sheldon

You're mostly right on the money. Here in California small places that are
waiting for their on-sale beer & wine license will encourage such practices
during the waiting period. OTOH an on-sale general license (hard liquor) cost a
small fortune and may be out of reach for the little operations. I have had
some of the best meals and the little places.

Regards,

Dimitri