Orange County BYO

Epicurean Exploits - Food and Recipes
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Here is a list of restaurants in the OC that allow BYO. Feel free to post your favorite (or maybe not so favorite) restaurants and their corkage fees and I will update the list as they come in. Thanks and enjoy!

230 Forest - $15
3-Thirty-3 Restaurant - $25
Bandera - $0
Bayside - $15
Beach Pit BBQ (Costa Mesa) - $0
Black Sheep Bistro - $0 with own stems; otherwise $4 glass/$10 decanter rental
Bluefin - $20
Bluewater Grill - $5; bring your own stems
Bungalow - $25 first bottle, $35 after
Cafe R&D - $0
Cannery (Newport Beach) - $15
Cedar Creek Inn (Laguna Beach) - $15
The Cellar (Fullerton) - $25
Chakra Indian Cuisine (Irvine) - $15
Charlie Palmer at Bloomingdale’s SCP - $0
Crab Cooker (Newport Beach) - $5
Crow Bar and Kitchen - $14, but waived with wine purchase
Daily Grill - $10
Fleming’s - $20
Florentine’s Grill - $10
Fratello’s - $0
French 75 - $20, but waived with wine purchase
Golden Truffle - $15; $0 on Thursdays
Gulfstream - $0
Hanna’s (Rancho Santa Margarita) - $15
Houston’s - $0
Il Fornaio - $15
Infusion Restaurant (Ladera Ranch) - $20
Kimera - $15
King’s Seafood - $15
K’ya (Laguna Beach) - $15
La Fontana (Huntington Beach) - $12
Leatherby’s Cafe Rouge - $0
Lola Gaspar - $10 (sometimes waived)
Lucca Cafe (Irvine) - $10
Luciana’s (Dana Point) - $20
Marche Moderne - $10
Mario’s by the Sea (Dana Point) - $10
Mastro’s Steakhouse (Costa Mesa) - $25
McCormick and Schmicks - $15
Memphis (Bristol) - $0 on Mondays; otherwise $8
Memphis (Broadway) - $0 Wednesday thru Saturday, otherwise $8
Motif at St. Regis - $0 on Tuesdays, otherwise $25
Mr. Stox - $20
Napa Rose - $17 (officially, but occasionally waived)
Nesai (Newport Beach) - $0 on Tuesdays but bring your own glass
Newport Landing (Newport Beach) - $15
Nick’s (Laguna Beach & San Clemente) - $0
Old Spaghetti Factory (Newport Beach) - $5
Old Vine Cafe - $10
Onotria (Costa Mesa) - $25
Opah (Aliso Viejo) - $15
Palm Terrace (Island Hotel) - $15
Park Avenue - $10
Pescadou Bistro - $15
Picante (Ladera Ranch) - $25
Pinot Provence - $0
Port (Corona Del Mar) - $0 Sunday through Wednesday (2 bottle limit)
Roy’s (Newport Beach) - $15
Sage - $15
Salt Creek Grille - $15
Sapphire (Laguna Beach) - $20
Stonehill Tavern - $25
Studio at the Montage - $15 (1 bottle limit)
Taleo - $0 (1 bottle limit)
Thai Bamboo Bistro - $10
Thai Nakorn - $7
Tradition by Pascal - $20
Watermarc (Laguna Beach) - $15
Wild Fish - $20
Zovs - $0

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impressive start, Paul! thanks. [thumbs-up.gif]

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Great list Paul, thanks for posting. I’m moving back to LA/OC in June so this is great info for me.

Cheers!

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Awesome list Paul! Thank you!!!

Could you please add to your list:

The Cannery (Newport Beach) $15
Cedar Creek Inn (Laguna Beach) $15
The Cellar (Fullerton) $25
Chakra Indian Cuisine (Irvine) $15
The Crab Cooker (Newport Beach) $5
Daily Grill (Newport Beach) $10
Infusion Restaurant (Ladera Ranch) $20
K’ya (Laguna Beach) $15
Mario’s by the Sea (Dana Point) $10
Nesai (Newport Beach) $0 on Tuesdays but bring your own glass
Newport Landing (Newport Beach) $15
Nick’s (Laguna Beach & San Clemente) $0
Old Spaghetti Factory (Newport Beach) $5
Onotria (Costa Mesa) $25
Roy’s (Newport Beach) $15
Sapphire (Laguna Beach) $20
Watermarc (Laguna Beach) $15

Also, Oysters shut it doors this month. So did Sage on the Coast. Picante, and Green Parrot Cafe too- don’t know when. [cry.gif]

Thanks again!

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The list has been updated. Thanks Veronica!

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I think Palm Terrace (at my request via letters and phone calls) dropped the price of their corkage, but I can’t remember what it now is . . . thanks for resurrecting this thread over here.
alan

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Palm Terrace is now $15.

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I volunteered to take this over as thread captain over in the new BYO forum.
Paul, hope you don’t mind.

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awesome to have this thread here.
ate at Lucca’s twice past week–loved it–especially the grilled vegetables (only available W-S).
alan

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My significant other and I have been frequenting this place for last couple of years and love it. The quality of food is great for the $$. Sometimes we sit at the little wine bar, maybe 6 seats, and order off menu. The wines by the glass are pretty eclectic and good.
I really like their halibut dish cooked with olives, seems to be on menu alot. They also carry the salami’s from Mario Batali’s dad in Seattle, Salumi?, and they are the best I have ever tasted domestic. Try the mole salami. They have a small deli case with items you can take home.