   |  BYOWApril 14, 2009 at 12:10 am by john
There was an interesting article in the Wall Street Journal last week about a restaurant in New York that is not just waiving corkage on Sundays to encourage customers to bring their own wine, they're celebrating the idea by discussing each wine with the customer and giving them a corkscrew to keep. On the opposite end of the spectrum, we recently had dinner in Carmel at a restaurant that charged us $45/btl corkage. They had a nice view but....$45? Ouch. In a year where restaurants are dropping like flies, we wonder what you're experiencing with your favorite restaurants. Is the economic pinch pushing customer service back to the forefront where it belongs? Leave a comment  Janibanis06 said:Hooray for cheap corkage fees! We recently had dinner at a local restaurant and brought our own wine. Dinner was acceptable, the wine was phenomenal. The corkage fee was $20 for a bottle of wine that costs us $16 (huh?). Needless to say, we won't be bringing our business to that establishment (local or not) anytime soon. May 28, 2009 7:30 PM Rebecca said:We've noticed some swankier places offering affordable tasting menus, sometimes with wine pairings, which feels like a good banance between responsibility and novelty. September 20, 2009 5:42 PM vanluvszac said:2006 blog cialis spam viagra 03211 pharmacy degree buy tramadol 914659 June 23, 2011 10:43 PM wowilion said:online depakote >:PPP phenergan %]] ultracet 539 phenergan best buy zkbxpg July 4, 2011 7:59 PM rajmahal2011 said:Well done. I am pleased with the quality of the advice supplied. I expect that you continue with the wonderful job done. locksmith miami beach locksmith Plantation Locksmith Campbell Locksmith Mesquite Memphis Locksmiths Memphis Locksmith Locksmith Atlanta Locksmith Atlanta Atlanta Locksmith Locksmith Washington Locksmith Washington DC Atlanta Locksmiths Hampton Locksmiths Locksmith Corona Hampton July 13, 2011 11:24 AM chipmunkfung said:dental health insurance 9340 temporary health insurance 477 cheap health insurance student =-DDD July 17, 2011 1:03 AM Mebeawannabe said:home insurance online quote utah 995 health insurance bdktb online auto insurance quotes 700 July 20, 2011 3:41 AM football shirts said:Gareth Bale is modelling the new limited edition Team GB London 2012 adidas football shirts The limited edition commemorative AC milan shirts will be available here in November but will not be worn by the players during the Games.A British Olympic Association spokesman said Bale was a natural choice to be used in the arsenal shirts. November 14, 2011 3:58 AM |
Thank you for instituting a $5.00 corkage fee (and for picturing the monkey above). $10 is just feelin' impossible these days; don't even get me started on $45. Oh, and RE: customer service, we're bending over backwards to work with our clients, getting creative wherever we can, but that one guy in customer service at National City -- the bank holding that goddamn Sword Of Damocles equity line over our heads -- deserves to have his flesh ripped by weasels.
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