BYOB for Under $25

Posted May 9, 2011 by - Mary Kong-DeVito in Dining Out

YOB. For some, it means bring your own baby. For the rest of us, it means bring your own bottle, baby!

A corkage fee is what a restaurant charges for opening and serving a bottle of wine that you bring yourself.

They’ll even provide the crystal.

It’s a great way to complement your dinner with a favorite wine, and some restaurants will allow you to bring beer (but I don’t think they mean a case of Natty Ice.)

Most DC restaurants charge $20-$25 to cork your favorite vino, but some restaurants will do it for nothing. Nada. Zilch.

Certain restaurants have free corkage only on certain nights.
Call to confirm corkage fees and bottle limits.
Confirm that the bottle you’re bringing isn’t already the on restaurant’s wine list.
Always remember to take care of your server!

$25 Fees

Acadiana	Corduroy	Westend Bistro
Ardeo	DC Coast	Napolean Bistro
Art and Soul	Equinox	Obelisk
Black Salt	The Source	Poste
BLT Steak	Komi	Proof
Blue Duck Tavern	La Chaumiere	Rasika
Bourbon Steak	Minibar	Siroc
Brasserie Beck	Mio	Taberna del Alabardero
Café Bonaparte	Montmartre	The Oval Room
Cedar (Mondays free)
Central Michel Richard

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$15-$20 Fees

1789	Cork	Old Ebbitt Grill
2 Amys	Hank’s Oyster Bar	Palena
Commissary	Indique	Tabard Inn
Buck’s Fishing and Camping	Jaleo	Ris
Medium Rare	Johnny’s Half Shell	Sorriso
Cashion’s Eat Place	Kaz Sushi Bistro	Sushi-Ko
Domku

Free Corkage

Asia Nine	Elisir	Kellari Taverna
Belga Café	Eola	Mandu
Bobby Van’s Steakhouse	Firefly	Morrison-Clark Restaurant
Café du Parc	Founding Farmers	Thai X-ing
Charlie Palmer Steak	Ici Urban Bistro	Urbana
DC Coast	Kababji Grill
Dino	Le Grenier (Sundays)

Photo: Venera Jupiter

About the Author

- Mary Kong-DeVito

Founder/Editor-in-Chief. Mary grew up in New York where the food-centric city and her family's restaurants were literally her playground. Instead of eating dirt, she ate duck blood and rotten eggs. You never know what you'll find on the sidewalks. Mary is a veteran of the spa industry who's worked on celebrities such as Barbra Streisand, Vanessa Williams and Jane Krakowski. Her writing has appeared in DC Magazine, Washington Post Express, Scoutmob and Washington City Paper. She eats "normal" stuff too, like cheeseburgers. Kangaroo cheeseburgers.