Here is a list of some restaurants in Toronto that allow you to bring your own wine:
• Table 17: No corkage fee Sunday and Monday (BYOB Sunday and Monday only). 782 Queen St. E. (at Saulter St.), 416-519-1851.
• Paese: No corkage fee Sunday to Friday for first bottle; regular charge $25. 3827 Bathurst St. (at Wilson), 416-631-6585.
• Cava: No corkage fee Sunday, regular charge $30. 1560 Yonge St. (at Heath St. E.), 416-979-9918
• Centro: No corkage fee Monday to Wednesday; regular charge $35. 2472 Yonge St. (at Castlefield Ave.), 416-483-2211.
• Nota Bene: No corkage fee after 9 p.m.; regular charge $40. 180 Queen St. W. (at Simcoe St.), 416-977-6400.
• Crush Wine Bar: Corkage $1 on Mondays; regular charge $25. 455 King St. W. (at Spadina), 416-977-1234.
• Lee: Corkage $1 Monday to Wednesday; regular charge $30. 603 King St. W. (at Portland St.), 416-504-7867.
• Madeline’s: Corkage $1 Monday to Wednesday; regular charge $30. 601 King St. W. (at Portland St.), 416-603-2205.
• Starfish: Corkage $20. 100 Adelaide St. E. (at Jarvis St.), 416-366-7827.
• Gamelle: Corkage $25. 468 College St. (at Markham St.), 416-923-6254.
• Vertical: Corkage $25. 100 King St. W. (at Bay), First Canadian Place, 416-214-2252.
• Splendido: Corkage $30. 88 Harbord St. (at Spadina), 416-929-7788.
Some of the above are Susur owned restaurants. I still think that for some of these places, $25-$30 to bring your own bottle is a bit expensive. It's not really that much an incentive to bring your own if it won't cost you that much more to just buy a bottle there. Mind you, after knowing the cost of some wines at the store and then seeing them for 3 times the price in the restaurant, maybe it's worth it. The free to $1 corkage sounds great. Call me thrifty but it's a recession!
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This list is courtesy of Toronto Life online:
www.torontolife.com
$30 corkage makes sense when you've got a fine wine that you've been ageing for some time, and now you want to celebrate s special occasion with it at a fine dining establishment. Bringing a regular $15 bottle of wine and paying $30 corkage is ridiculous, and probably not commonly done.
ReplyDeleteLike I said in a previous post, some of restaurants could jack up it to $5 instead of $1, make a few bucks, and people would still pay it. To me, $5 per bottle on a slow night is a great deal and I'll reward that restaurant with my business. $10 is not bad for say a Wednesday or Thursday night. $15 is not too bad for a Friday or Saturday, and $20 is reasonable for a high class establishment, but anything over that is more than I'll pay.
$1 fits my budget! ;) We had a great time at Crush... It looked like a good Summerlicious menu too. I had some delicious dessert. Thanks, Monika, for your very informative blog on all things wine! It's great for a wine newbie like me :) This list is great... I hope to try some of these places.
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