corkage

noun

cork·age ˈkȯr-kij

: a charge (as by a restaurant) for opening a bottle of wine bought elsewhere

Examples of corkage in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Customers were permitted to bring their own wines (sans corkage fee) and even their own spirits, but our server noted with an amusing and skillful improv of a guest cradling an imaginary bottle, many of them felt weird about it. —

Amy Drew Thompson, Orlando Sentinel, 4 July 2024 These fees range from additional tips intended to maintain pay parity between the wait staff and the kitchen staff, to city health mandate fees, to corkage fees for diners who bring their own bottles of wine for dinner. —

Kate Bradshaw, The Mercury News, 29 June 2024 Wines start at $7 for a half-glass, $14 for a full glass and $41 for a bottle, or diners can buy a bottle from the bottle shop and have it with their meal for a $15 corkage fee. —

Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Mar. 2024 The lounge room in the Design District has racks of bottles that will be sold for retail or can be poured in the shop with no corkage fee. —

Sarah Blaskovich, Dallas News, 28 Aug. 2023 See all Example Sentences for corkage

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