Paolo's Bistro?

[terracore]

How can somebody have a corkage fee if they don't sell wine? I thought the point was to reimburse them for a lost wine sale. Is there some other reason for the apparent extortion? Insurance maybe?

[HereOnThePrimalEdge]

How can somebody have a corkage fee

It’s a service fee.
Like a $25 Document Fee when you get a loan from the bank.
Or “We’ve been trying to reach you about your extended warranty” phone calls that I regularly receive for my 18 year old minivan. Sure.
Or Lloyd’s of London Home insurance in lava zone one.

If someone thinks we’ll pay, they’ll be glad to take our money. And they’ll give the fee a descriptive name so we’ll at least feel like we’re getting something rather than what we’re really getting, nothing, or if we’re really lucky, almost nothing.

[terracore]

“We’ve been trying to reach you about your extended warranty”

At this point, I'd pay an $8 corkage fee to stop getting those calls.

[HereOnThePrimalEdge]

At this point, I'd pay an $8 corkage fee to stop getting those calls.

If only!
Maybe the wine merchants can start offering:
“And would you like to purchase our call-block guarantee with your purchase? For only an additional $8, we offer protection from unrequested robo-calls throughout the evening you enjoy this bottle of wine. Should a call manage to penetrate our proprietary blocking algorithm, you simply submit a copy of your incoming phone records, wine purchase invoice dated within one week prior to the call received, and in 90 days we’ll happily issue a full refund.”

“A refund for the wine?”
“Yes! Up to a maximum, but not exceeding the cost of the insurance you purchased, in this case $8.”
“Wait a minute...”

[kalakoa]

How can somebody have a corkage fee if they don't sell wine?

No license required to charge fees, corkage or otherwise.

[DanielP]

Off track a bit? The food is awesome!

[HI_Someday]

DanielP: Off track a bit? The food is awesome!

It really was. Not cheap, but worth it. We spoke with our waitress about the impact of the lava event. She said that they had lost so much business Paolo was going to close. They stayed open however and things have picked up, but still not like before. Paolo stopped at our table a few times snd we chatted with him; very nice guy.

Kalaos was really hopping and there seemed to be a fair amount of people about. We had trouble finding parking and ended up at the bank. I'm glad we went and helped, in a small way, support the local business down there.

[Punatic007]

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Originally posted by EightFingers

Paolo’s is very good, problem is you don’t get a lot. I’m not a huge eater, but last couple times I left a little hungry. You can ask for extra bread and they are accommodating.
Next time maybe I’ll ask if he can double up my portions (I’d be happy to pay for it!).

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Paolo explained to me that his Tuscan cuisine has a different dining experience than the typical American style of ordering one entree per person. For example if 2 people are dining they'd start off with soups, a ravioli dish shared or if very hungry 2 dishes, 2 fish entrees and a mozzarella salad shared with the entrees. Dessert with cappuccinos.

[HI_Someday]

Punatic007 @21:43:42

That is exactly how we did dinner, in that order. My SO also said that is how they did it when she was in Italy. Maybe he should have a little primer, or something, to educate his diners.

[PaulW]

"How can somebody have a corkage fee if they don't sell wine?"
?? How can somebody have a corkage fee if they DO sell wine? I've only ever been charged corkage in bring-your-own-bottle restaurants.