Nice Restaurants Without Full Bar -- Wine and Beer Only or BYOB

[omotosando]

This is a bit of an unusual request, but I'm looking for nice restaurants that either do not have a full liquor license or have no liquor license, but you can BYOB.

(The reason for this unusual request is that I am looking to treat someone to dinner who is a huge -- and I mean huge -- drinker, but I don't want to get stuck with a $400 bill. If there is no hard liquor and I can bring a few bottles of wine, even paying corkage, it will not be financially ruinous).

[westsidegal]

although i am not knowledgeable about this category of restaurant, how about gastropubs? hopefully someone on the board must know of a "nice" one.

[gordo26]

Rustic Canyon is wine and beer only.

[wienermobile]

+1 Rustic Canyon. Great Food,

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Rustic Canyon Wine Bar
1119 Wilshire Blvd, Santa Monica, CA 90401

[maudies5]

Agree about Rustic Canyon. Fantastic food. Was there last night and had the best duck ragu pasta of my life. This was preceded by a couple of other small plates.

[maiweezy]

Cube Marketplace Cafe
Salt's Cure
Bacaro L.A.

[Emme]

What about Lazy Ox Canteen or Taste on Melrose? I believe both are still wine and beer only..

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Lazy Ox Canteen
241 S San Pedro St, Los Angeles, CA 90012

[altstarr]

Restaurants with NO corkage:
Roy's - Pasadena, Downtown, Woodland HIlls
Pinot Restaurants - Kendall's, Nick & Stef;s, Pinot Bistro, Pinot Hollywood, Zucca

Sunday night - La Cachette, Celesetino, Akasaha
Monday night - Providence, Jose's(2 bottles), XIV, Locanda del Lago
Wed night - The Langham

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La Cachette
Little Santa Monica Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90067

XIV
8117 Sunset Blvd, West Hollywood, CA 90046

Pinot Hollywood
1448 N Gower St, Los Angeles, CA 90028

Pinot Bistro
12969 Ventura Blvd, Studio City, CA 91604

[omotosando]

Good to know about the no corkage restaurants because I am always looking for them. However, for this occasion, corkage is fine, but I need to find a place with no hard liquor because otherwise I know my guest will run up a huge hard liquor bar bill and I'm trying to avoid an extra $100 to $200 on the tab (yes, I'm serious).

[Snoopy]

How about Gjelina in Venice? Great food and I am pretty sure they only have beer and wine (I don't know what their corkage is).

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Gjelina
1429 Abbot Kinney Blvd., Venice, CA 90291, USA

[maudies5]

Amici in Brentwood is quite nice and they only have a license for beer and wine.

[josephnl]

There are innumerable restaurants in L.A. that are beer & wine only and which allow you to bring your own wine for corkage. Would this not solve your problem?