504389 Sun Mar 30 21:29:05 -0700 2008 9 14 Washington DC & Baltimore Area 0 3544473 I have a date with a really cute red head this week and would like to pick a restaurant where I can bring some wine for the occasion. Does anyone have some suggestions in the Arlington area? Also for future reference, what places allow you to do this in D.C.? Sun Mar 30 21:29:05 -0700 2008 179289 Epicuriean Bostonian 1 3544798 Virginia laws prohibit restaurants with liquor licenses to allow BYOW (except, I think, in private dining situations). However, there are a great number of restaurants in Washington DC that allow this. Most of them, in fact. Just pick the DC restaurant and give them a call, chances are they will allow it for $15 to $30 corkage fee per bottle. Mon Mar 31 05:09:52 -0700 2008 3544473 102756 Pool Boy 1 3545130 There's an excellent Vietnamese Restaurant in Arlington that allows you to bring your own wine. It's a stand alone on Wash. Blvd. (I think). I'll check on the name and report back. Mon Mar 31 07:27:34 -0700 2008 3544473 12667 Meg 2 3545208 It's called Little Saigon. Correction, it's technically Falls Church, on Wilson Blvd. on the border of Arlington. My brother, who's utlra serious about both wine and food, loves this place. I went once and really enjoyed it. If I remember correctly, their corkage fee is minimal. Sounds like they may be breaking the law, so I suppose I shouldn't be advertising this! Mon Mar 31 07:49:13 -0700 2008 3545130 12667 Meg 3 3547175 Um, yeah, they are breaking the law. See ABC 4.1-315: http://leg1.state.va.us/cgi-bin/legp504.exe?000+cod+4.1-315 Mon Mar 31 15:41:32 -0700 2008 3545208 147512 chriscatva 1 3545200 AFAIK, there is NO byob in VA. Here's a close second which is nearby-Evening Star in Del Ray allows you to buy wines from their adjacent store, Planet Wine for a very low fee over the store price. Please to call them to confirm, but I believe they still do this. http://www.dcfoodies.com/2006/10/evening_star_ca.html Mon Mar 31 07:46:47 -0700 2008 3544473 65673 monavano 2 3545281 I believe Tallulah is also adjacent to a Planet Wine and may have a similar offer. Mon Mar 31 08:07:58 -0700 2008 3545200 56703 jaydreb 3 3545431 Same restaurant group, but Tallulah is in Arlington. Mon Mar 31 08:50:46 -0700 2008 3545281 65673 monavano 1 3547221 In DC I believe Charlie Palmer will allow you to bring wine, I don't know there exact corckage fees and policy. I thought it was something like maximum 2 bottles of domestic wine will have no corckage fee? I thought Dino might allow corckage, but I am really unsure about that one. Mon Mar 31 15:58:44 -0700 2008 3544473 92426 ktmoomau 2 3548733 Charlie Palmer indeed does allow you to BYOW with zero corkage fees, limit 2 bottles of DOMESTIC wine per table. Dino also allows BYOW, with a reasonable corkage fee (I think it is $20). Tue Apr 01 07:17:25 -0700 2008 3547221 102756 Pool Boy