Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 4 days ago"Can I open those for you, ma'am?"lemmy.dbzer0.comimagemessage-square105linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
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minus-squarelime!@feddit.nulinkfedilinkarrow-up0·4 days agobut why would you bring that kind of wine to an edinburgh curry house (which is where i first saw it mentioned)
minus-squaredjdarren@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·4 days agoDoes that curry house have an alcohol licence? Because some don’t (either for religious reasons or cost, I’m not sure), but they’re still providing glasses that will need to be washed.
minus-squarekestrel7_7@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·4 days agoSometimes you can bring a cheap bottle of wine and even with the corkage fee it ends up being less than the cheapest bottle of wine at the restaurant.
minus-squaretempest@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up0·4 days agoIt’s just a really easy thing for restaurants to do. Even if it’s not listed many will do this. I have only ever encountered it in the context of wine though. I wonder what would have if I brought a bottle of whiskey.
minus-squareNot_mikey@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·4 days agoMaybe the wine at the curry house was shit and they knew it so they brought their own.
minus-squareFrostyTheDoo@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·4 days agoIf you were a wino and that was your favorite restaurant, why wouldn’t you?
but why would you bring that kind of wine to an edinburgh curry house (which is where i first saw it mentioned)
Does that curry house have an alcohol licence? Because some don’t (either for religious reasons or cost, I’m not sure), but they’re still providing glasses that will need to be washed.
Sometimes you can bring a cheap bottle of wine and even with the corkage fee it ends up being less than the cheapest bottle of wine at the restaurant.
It’s just a really easy thing for restaurants to do. Even if it’s not listed many will do this.
I have only ever encountered it in the context of wine though. I wonder what would have if I brought a bottle of whiskey.
Maybe the wine at the curry house was shit and they knew it so they brought their own.
If you were a wino and that was your favorite restaurant, why wouldn’t you?