http://www.foodbuzzsd.com/blog/2007/12/29/bits-and-bites-5/ It's got bite! The Good, the Bad and The Ugly About San Diego's Food Scene Fri, 27 Jan 2012 21:23:16 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= http://www.foodbuzzsd.com/blog/2007/12/29/bits-and-bites-5/comment-page-1/#comment-2097 Mark Fri, 18 Sep 2009 21:02:17 +0000 http://www.foodbuzzsd.com/blog/2007/12/29/bits-and-bites-5/#comment-2097 Sorry RollerGirl.....you miss the point badly. The Marine Room is back to a $25 corkage fee....what does it really cost them to open my bottle of wine? $3 maybe? I wouldn't have a problem buying wine off their list if they didn't mark it up 200% from retail...but they want it both ways right now and I'd rather go somewhere else given that situation! Sorry RollerGirl…..you miss the point badly. The Marine Room is back to a $25 corkage fee….what does it really cost them to open my bottle of wine? $3 maybe? I wouldn’t have a problem buying wine off their list if they didn’t mark it up 200% from retail…but they want it both ways right now and I’d rather go somewhere else given that situation!

]]> http://www.foodbuzzsd.com/blog/2007/12/29/bits-and-bites-5/comment-page-1/#comment-649 RollerGirl Mon, 31 Dec 2007 01:08:20 +0000 http://www.foodbuzzsd.com/blog/2007/12/29/bits-and-bites-5/#comment-649 I don't agree that restaurants should drop corkage fees. Restaurants are businesses and they are there to make money. They have expenses--like the cost of glassware, not to mention the rent, electricity, water and staffing that goes into housing that glass. If the true purpose of corkage (allowing a special bottle of wine from your personal cellar) was adhered to there would be no issues and corkage could be free. Unfortunatly more often than not corkage is used as a means for the diner to use the glassware, electricity, water and staff and not pay for it. Next they will want to bring in their own steaks to be cooked up. Will we then have a cowage fee? I don’t agree that restaurants should drop corkage fees. Restaurants are businesses and they are there to make money. They have expenses–like the cost of glassware, not to mention the rent, electricity, water and staffing that goes into housing that glass. If the true purpose of corkage (allowing a special bottle of wine from your personal cellar) was adhered to there would be no issues and corkage could be free. Unfortunatly more often than not corkage is used as a means for the diner to use the glassware, electricity, water and staff and not pay for it. Next they will want to bring in their own steaks to be cooked up. Will we then have a cowage fee?

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