Snooth Talk: NYC BYOBs

Wine & Food

: NYC BYOBs; Posted by Philip, Feb 29, 2008.; Thread starter for New York City BYOB restaurants.

Cube 63, 63 Clinton St, LES - tiny Japanese place. Excellent

Tartine, 253 W 11th St, W. Village - tiny French bistro, no reservations and often a wait, but equally excellent.

Please add yours below.

1528 759: Reply by RBoulanger, Feb 29, 2008.; Nook, 746 9th Ave (50th St) - A hidden treasure in Hell's Kitchen. A German chef, but the food's a flavorful fusion of everywhere.

191 45: Reply by danpetroski, Feb 29, 2008.; The Phoenix Garden in Murray Hill. And their is a liquor/wine store a block away if you run out.

91 33: Reply by akops41, Feb 29, 2008.; Bodeguita Cubana on 10th st in the village. Tiny, but the food is amazing.

103 4: Reply by Olivier, Feb 29, 2008.; Nook is a GREAT place
try Kaleidoscope at 212 E 10th St, great food and low prices (they may now have a cork fee on weekends...)

385 820: Reply by HondaJohn, Feb 29, 2008.; Is BYOB in NYC done place by place? Being a west coast guy I'm used to every place being BYOB.

67 693: Reply by gr, Feb 29, 2008.; @HondaJohn: out here on the east coast, "byo" means "we didn't want to deal with getting a liquor license". But generally people don't bring their own wine to establishments that stock it, and doing so would probably be frowned upon (because you're cutting into their significant profit).

67 693: Reply by gr, Feb 29, 2008.; @HondaJohn: oh wait, I just clicked your profile link. You're in the Bay Area. The reason all the restaurants around you are BYO is that getting any sort of liquor license in the bay area, especially in SF-proper, is a NIGHTMARE if you want to do anything else. Do you want to play music? That's a separate license. Do you want to let people dance? That's a separate license (no, really). Do you want to have live music? Yet another. Would you like to have live music, still serve alcohol some of the time, but let people between the ages of 18 and 21 come in to see that live music? You basically can't do that.

Cf, http://www.dnalounge.com/backstage/permits-index.html (and various links thereunder).

215 233: Reply by ccarpita, Apr 3, 2008.; Meskerem Ethiopian Cuisine, 124 Macdougal St, betw W. 3rd and Bleecker.

Solid food, good for BYOB

0 2: Reply by ewc304, Mar 25.; Can't wait to try Tartine.
In case you are uptown, I want to praise a wine merchant, Columbia Wine Co at Bway & 170. Thrilled to find this NEW store so near my residence (now all we need are some restaurants!). Great service by phone for an unusual (French) wine. Looking forward to visiting the store tomorrow and paying for my REASONABLY-PRICED bottle of Jurancon.