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• March 2009

  GR, NYC is the same way. restaurant license has different hours than bar license which doesn't allow for dancing or live music, which is a cabaret license.... I have developed relationships with several restaurateurs who allow my to BYOB at greatly reduced or zero corkage. I... Read moreGR, NYC is the same way. restaurant license has different hours than bar license which doesn't allow for dancing or live music, which is a cabaret license.... I have developed relationships with several restaurateurs who allow my to BYOB at greatly reduced or zero corkage. I basically do not visit places that won't allow me to BYOB but by the same token I am not one to complain about high corkage fees. I was in the restaurant business for 16 years. I can't tell you how many "special bottles" turned out to be under $10 and still in the paper bag they were purchased in. I'll throw out one of my faves Cafe Loup 13th st and 6th ave. NYC $7 corkage per bottle. with very solid bistro food. Anyone want to meet for dinner? And John, BYOB is technically illegal here in NYC. The State Liquor Authority has just had the great idea to start looking into enforcing that law but in our beautifully dysfunctional state they discovered it is not within their purview to do so!    (hide)

  Forum post in the topic NYC BYOBs by Gregory Dal Piaz

  
  

• March 2009

  @gr - The FdC 18 yo is on sale right now at Astor for $25. 7 yo at DUP for $21.50.

  Forum post in the topic St-Germain & Domaine de Canton by RBoulanger

  
  

• January 2009

  This weekend (24/25 January 2009) I'll be around just Saturday evening and some of Sunday for a birthday party on the former, so I'm not sure there's much time to play. The following Friday (30 January 2009) RBoulanger's enticed me to come up for this, provided I can still get... Read moreThis weekend (24/25 January 2009) I'll be around just Saturday evening and some of Sunday for a birthday party on the former, so I'm not sure there's much time to play. The following Friday (30 January 2009) RBoulanger's enticed me to come up for this, provided I can still get tickets: http://www.astorcenternyc.com/class-pdt-presents-intermediate-home-bartending.ac And then finally over the weekend of 7/8 January (a weekend I may turn into a 4-day), I'm coming up. Saturday's booked (I'll let Mark describe how or not as he chooses), but on Friday and Sunday nights, I'd like to hit some of the Village's fine cocktail establishments. I'm thinking here of Death & Co, Milk & Honey, Little Branch (on Sunday, when it's not a zoo display B&T) ... well, I mean, this list: http://www.snooth.com/talk/topic/nyc-bars-that-do-good-cocktails/ Who's interested?    (hide)

  Forum post in the topic Several gr trips to NYC... by gr

  
  

• March 2008

  Kir and kir royale: white wine or bubbly with a shot of cassis. Some serve it with a twist. It is also a good way to get a brawlingly mean hangover. Bellini: bubbly with peach puree (or peach juice). VRider, I'm a white-sweet woman myself; in southwest Germany it's called a... Read moreKir and kir royale: white wine or bubbly with a shot of cassis. Some serve it with a twist. It is also a good way to get a brawlingly mean hangover. Bellini: bubbly with peach puree (or peach juice). VRider, I'm a white-sweet woman myself; in southwest Germany it's called a Schorle, and is served in a quarter-liter glass. It's made with a sweet selzer that's like a much less sweet version of Sprite or 7Up. They mix either white or red with sweet or plain selzer. Thus, the ordering shorthand of white-sweet, red-sour ... It's a yearlong drink, or at least Spring through Fall. @GR, whenever I've bought Glühwein in Germany, it's always offered with the option of a shot of something. Then there's the Feuerzangebowle (fire-tongs punch): loaf of sugar (or pyramid of cubes) on tongs or a grate with red wine and some whole spices in the punch bowl underneath. The sugar is soaked in schnapps of some sort, then set on fire, and the melting sugar drips down.    (hide)

  Forum post in the topic Mixing wine by SusieJ

  
  

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