We just had The Milling Room cancel another Tuesday wine dinner there. After accepting the reservation they came back two weeks later and said the group was too large. And this dinner was organized by someone who is a friend of the chef - apparently the management isn’t happy with large tastings.
I’m getting a bit ticked off at them.
Yes, though the group did balloon to over 18 people. A group that size is a bit tough to accommodate on an evening that’s become a busy night for them. I can’t really begrudge them, though given the relationship and the point of the dinner, it would’ve been nice.
Racines has posted on Facebook that it’s doing BYO Mondays. Don’t know any more detail than that.
I saw that. Is the food that good that it is worth doing?
Haven’t been yet–the menu hasn’t been super appealing to me (other than the wine, of course). But I thought I’d put the info out there.
Personally I’ve loved the food, especially any seafood preps. Desserts have been a bit so-so but that’s really the least important part of a wine dinner. Caveat - haven’t been for a few months.
To be fair, gigantic wine dinners ruin the atmosphere for the rest of the diners, and that’s a nice restaurant that plenty of people go to who don’t want to witness 18 drunk people arguing about wine. I’m quite sympathetic to the restaurant.
Lazzanti Italian restaurant charges $40 per bottle, no limit.
I think you mean:
That too. Lol. Any info on their wine prices/markup? Trying to determine if wanting to bring own wine and how many bottles
We had a lousy inexpensive chianti from their wine list, but we didn’t get charged for the bottle of Barolo we brought.
Public in NoLita. $25, no limit. Glasses good. Food well-prepared and interesting, if not always entirely successful. Service a little on the slow/distracted side, but they decanted for us and brought us clean stems, and they let us bring five bottles and occupy a table for three hours on a Saturday night with none of the fuss or dirty looks you can get in that situation. I’ll go back.
LOVE Public. Haven’t been in over a year…need to go back.
Emphatic agreement, this was about as good as BYO experience as I’ve had on a Saturday night, especially in a well-located restaurant with decent food and a nice vibe.
456 Shanghai Cuisine, on Mott Street in Chinatown. Corkage is free. Bring stems. Good soup dumplings and other dim sum, some other decent Shanghai-style dishes.
corkage is $30 at Claudette. Good glasses - left over from the Cru days I think
Brasserie was $20. Good stems and attitude. Cooking seems to have come up a notch or two. They are busy for business lunches and dinners, but easy to get a reservation for dinner especially weekends.
Brasserie Les Halles near WTC was $25. Good stems and welcoming attitude.
Info as of Sunday, March 22, 2015
Craft: 43E 19th (cross street = Park)
www.craftrestaurantsinc.com/craft-new-york
Corkage = $45/bottle (ouch)
request that you not bring any bottles represented on their list
no mention of a bottle limit
Jack’s Sliders and Sushi
Starting from $30 - $60 per Bottle