NYC Corkage Policies

Updated April 10, 2006

This initial post is a list of all of the current corkage policies in NYC that I'm aware of- this list will grow over time and the blog will be updated with reports regarding treatment at particular restaurants and thoughts on how customers and restaurants can make the most of the corkage experience.   You should always confirm  corkage policies when making a reservation, as they often change.  All of the prices below are per bottle and have been confirmed with the restaurant. 
Some notes on what the terms mean:

Decent Glasses- medium sized bowls
Good service-  no one in the restaurant blinks when you pull your wine our of the bag, whisking it away and asking when/how you would like it served.
Great Service- all of the above, plus decanting advice and numbered glasses
Good glasses-  Good sized bowls
Great glasses- Riedels or Spiegelau, with different glasses offered for different types of wine
Lousy glasses- small glasses

The current list :

A Voce-  $20.  41 Madison Ave.; 212-545-8555
Alta:  $35, one bottle max
Annisa- $30, three bottle max
AOC Bedford:  No corkage Sundays and Mondays and no corkage from 5:30-7 Tuesday-Thursday (early bird special!!) $20 all other days
Aquavit:  $35, good service
Arte Cafe- $15, adequate stemware
Artisanal- $25 for .750, $50 for a mag
Atelier:  $50, good service
Aureole- $50
Balthazar- $30, great service, great glasses, good wine list
Barbetta-  $15
Beacon- $35, good service, good glasses- will often waive fee for great bottle
Beppe- $25
Blue Hill- $25, good service, good glasses
Blue Ribbon- $25
Cafe Centro-  $25, good service, good glasses
Cafe Spice- $7 per person
Cesca- $15, great attitude, very good stemware. 
Chanterelle- $50, nothing from the list
Cite-  no corkage
Compass-  $20
Cookshop- $15 corkage, Riedel stems, good attitude
Country Cafe-  $10, great attitude, lousy glasses, weak wine list
Craft-  $45, great service, good, sometimes very good list
Craftbar(new location- 900 Broadway)- $25
Difara's- free, paper cups. 
Django- No Corkage Saturdays
Dylan Prime- $20, good attitude and glasses
Eleven Madison Park- $20, great service
Fairway- $10, good attitude, decent glasses
Five Points- $15, great attitude, decent glasses
Gilt- $75- nothing from the list
Giorgio's of Gramercy- $15
Gotham Bar and Grill-  $45
Gramercy Tavern-  $30, great service, great glasses
Grand Sichuan-  $5, lousy glasses
iCoppi- $15, great service, good glassware, good Italian list including some older wines
Inside-  $15, decent glasses, good service
Jarnac- $15, decent glasses
JoJo- $25, good glasses
Jean Georges- $85
Keens-  $20
Kitchenette- no fee, no glasses, no corkscrews
L'Ecole-  no corkage Mondays
L'Impero-  $25, one bottle limit
Maloney and Porcelli- no corkage!!
Mas- $30- good service and glasses
Mishima -  $10, small glasses, decent for rielsing
Montrachet- no corkage Mondays, no BYO rest of the week- great pricey wine list
Morton's- $15
Nice Matin- $25 
North Square- $10
One83- $10, good wine list.  Upper East Side
One if By Land, Two if by Sea- $25
Orchard- BYO!
Oriental Garden- $10
Ouest- $15- good service and attitude- stems not great
Park Ave. Cafe- No Corkage
Periyali- $20
Per Se- $90
Picholine- $50, nothing from the list
Porcupine- $10, good glasses, good attitude
Post House- no corkage
Red Cat- $20
Savoy- $25, 2 bottle limit, bad attitude from the wine director
Saul (Brooklyn)- $15- good attitude
Share-  $15 decent glasses, good attitude
Smith and Wollensky- no corkage as long as the wine is not on the all American list
Sripraphai- $10, decent service, decent glasses
Tabla-  $15- great servivce and stemware- Thanks Ray!
Tartine- no corkage
Tasting Room- no corkage if you buy an equal number of bottles off the list
The Harrison-  $25, one bottle limit
The Modern- $45- used to be $25
The Palm- $35
Tribeca Grill- $25
Triomphe- $25
Union Square Cafe-  $25, great attitude, great reasonable wine list
Vice Versa- $15, good attitude, decent glasses
WD-50- $40, a good addition to the BYO club
Wondee Siam II-  $10
York Grill- $15- great attitude
Zoe-  $15, great service, great glasses, very good All-American wine list

Notable non-BYO places:
21 Club
Babbo
BLT Steak
Bouley- call- their policy is a moving target
City Hall
Cru
Daniel
David Burke and Donatella
Hearth- 
Le Bernadin-
Lupa
Peter Luger
Veritas

 

Comments

[Michael Moriarty]

Went to Sripaphai (sp?) in Queens for the first time last night - they now have a liquor license but still allow BYO at $10 per bottle, gave us a ice bucket which was nice, glasses are standard/low end restaurant variety

[Michael]

Are you sure about Fairway? They were a BYO favorite for a while before they got their license, then dropped it all together. Maybe thye had to bring BYO back as it is still a grocery store cafe (though a good one)

[Charles Smith]

Michael-
Yes- One of the contributors to the BYO list went to Fairway within the month and reported on the corkage policy.
Cheers,
Charles

[Michael]

Good to hear about Fairway, it is my local market, I used to crack a bottle there every so often
Le Tableau is no corkage on Tuesdays, Good stems, good attitude on Tuesday, they are $15 the rest of the week but attitude varies (same stems).

Le Zie 2000 on 7th 19th/20th is $15 good glasses, good attitude.

La Grolla on Amsterdam and 79th is also $15, good attitude, okay stems.

[Paul Jaouen]

Actually some of the non-BYO places can be persuaded to allow BYO. I've BYOed at Bouley. Friends have done the same at BLT Steak. And we are going to Hearth on Feb. 9th for the first time.

[Brent Clayton]

Himalyan Yak is on your list for Queens. They just received a licence, not sure if it's BYO. I live around the corner so I'll pop in some time and ask.

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