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Going to a restaurant 'Bring Your Own Booze' etiquette.

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I am going out with working colleagues to this restaurant where you can bring your own booze but I don't drink alcohol.
Can I bring my favorite soft drink, I am sure they won't sell it there, or the BYOB is restricted to alcohol?
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  • camelot1001
    camelot1001 Posts: 6,013 Forumite
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    Could you phone them? I'm sure you could take some and if they do sell it there take yours home again.
  • skintpaul
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    take booze, sell it on, make a profit..? :-))
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  • Biggles
    Biggles Posts: 8,209 Forumite
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    They're not going to care, just take it.
  • midnight_express
    midnight_express Posts: 1,272 Forumite
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    They might charge you corkage.
  • katsu
    katsu Posts: 4,950 Forumite
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    I thought it was restricted to alcohol as they would sell soft drinks?
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  • PenguinOfDeath
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    Decant said soft drink into a wine bottle beforehand?
  • pigpen
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    PenguinOfDeath wrote: »
    Decant said soft drink into a wine bottle beforehand?



    My thought exactly.. screw top wine bottle for the win!
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  • Spendless
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    I've been to a BYO that didn't sell any drinks so taking soft ones wouldn't be a problem. I've been to another where where they do sell soft drinks and I don't think you could take your own, though I'm not 100% as we always take alcohol. I'd either ring the venue or decant as suggested above.
  • mashedavocado
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    We went to a BYO place recently that did sell soft drinks and specifically asked that you didn't bring them. I'd give the restaurant a call to check.
  • skintpaul
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    midnight_express wrote: »
    They might charge you corkage.

    Is this enforceable, nowadays? especially when most I buy are screw tops..
    breathe in, breathe out- You're alive! Everything else is a bonus, right? RIGHT??
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