"Sqwertz" > wrote in message
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> On Wed, 23 Jan 2008 22:20:59 -0800, Kent wrote:
>
>> "Sqwertz" > wrote in message
>> ...
>>> On Wed, 23 Jan 2008 18:39:33 -0800, Kent wrote:
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>>>> In California a restaurant has to allow you to bring a bottle of wine
>>>> into
>>>> the restaurant and drink it.
>>>
>>> Did they just make that law last night? I'd love to be able to
>>> drink a good '98 Thunderbird with my Whopper and fries.
>>>
>> The California code requiring restaurants that serve wine to allow diners
>> to
>> bring their own wine has been there a long, long time.
>
> That doesn't sound right to me, and I've never heard of such a
> "law". Why aren't there laws that say I can bring Dr Pepper into
> a Cheesecake Factory (to cite a recent example)? Or my own beer
> into a restaurant?
>
> I'm not a wine drinker so maybe this is common knowledge, but I
> just find it to be an unusual "law" since all the ads I've seen
> usually indicate that BYOB is or isn't allowed.
>
> -sw
>
>
If a restaurant has a license to serve wine they must allow a diner to bring
his/her own wine for consumption. The restaurant is allowed to charge a
corkage fee for this. This has been California law probably since the
immediate post depression years. I believe lobby by the wine industry was a
strong impetus for this. I've never heard it being challenged. It's of
interest that if you don't consume a whole bottle you can push the cork back
in and drive home without breaking any law. This applies only to wine.

Kent