Bring Your Own Bottle – A New Restaurant Trend

Have you stopped ordering wine with your dinner because of the ridiculous price? Do you feel like you’re being ripped-off when the check comes and that ordinary bottle of wine cost you over $50.00? If you said yes then you should go to a bring your own bottle restaurant in your town soon.

More and more people are learning about bring your own bottle restaurants. These restaurants will provide you with the accessories so all you need to bring is the wine. In most cases, your server will even uncork the wine bottle for you. The idea of a bring your own bottle restaurant is good for you and for the restaurant owner.

You will benefit from going to a BYOB restaurant

You will benefit from going to a BYOB restaurant in a few different ways. First, you can have a bottle of wine with your dinner without having to take out a second mortgage on your home. Second, the two of you won’t feel like you have to agree on what kind of wine you want. Bringing two bottles to the BYOB restaurant still won’t break the bank. Finally you can bring any wine that you can find at the store. You’ll never be limited to what’s on the wine list again.

Allowing consumers to bring their own bottles can also be very good for the restaurant owner. First, in several states and localities, liquor licenses are very hard to get. In places where liquor licenses can be bought, they can cost close to a million dollars.This places them out of the reach of many potential restaurant owners. These facts make opening a bring your own bottle restaurant the only option to some potential owners.

There aren’t a lot of bring your own bottle restaurant.

In addition, there aren’t a lot of bring your own bottle restaurants yet so owners can increase their business by tapping into the increasing number of people who want to bring their own. Finally, cash flow will improve and operating expenses will be reduced by executing a bring your own policy. The restaurant’s cash flow benefits because it doesn’t have to maintain a large wine and liquor inventory and operating expenses benefit because the owner no longer has to employ a lineup of bartenders.

Once you start going to BYOB restaurant.

Once you start going to BYOB restaurants, you’ll want to get a new wine carrier. Wine totes come in many sizes, styles, materials and price ranges. There are leather, canvas, aluminum and wooden wine carriers made to hold one to four bottles. You’ll have no problem finding one that you love and that won’t break your budget.

To find local BYOB restaurants

You may bring your choice of wine, beer or other spirits to most BYOB restaurants. Some restaurants do place limits on the volume of alcoholic beverages each patron can bring so you may want to call ahead before you go. Try out a BYOB restaurant near you soon.