On the subject of being cheap…. (I’m poor, who isn’t)
(preamble warning)
The story goes something like this. Recently I made plans for a special evening with my girlfriend and since she loves Italian food I decided to make reservations at an Italian place in order to earn the requisite point total to plough her later…heh
At the time I had been holding on to a particularly delightful bottle of 2006 Merlot from Duckhorn Vinyards in Cali’ and I intended to add it to this special evening in order to add bonus points to my chance for a vigorous session of some serious plough-age.
I needed to make a reservation at a resto’ that would allow me to bring my own wine instead of paying an outrageous sum for a low rate wine of mysterious origins specifically chosen to hide it’s actual value from your typical hobbyist wine-snob. (Side note – I find it amusing when you see a wine you recognize and know full well you could purchase the same thing at the liquor store across the street for 1/3 the price…)
I contacted numerous establishments that I felt were in a similar market – Nikos, Abruzzo, Il Pescatore, Gnocchi, and San Remos to name a few. All of which said no except for one.
Guess who got my business.
Il Pescatore on 17th ave SW near the new LRT station supports BYOW but with a corkage fee. I was really impressed when they decanted my wine.
Long story short, I roughed her up good and I would really like to see more BYOW in Calgary. I know Montreal has several locations that have been doing FREE BYOW for years and the food is still really good.
Does anyone know of any other BYOW resto’s in Calgary?
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BYOW in Calgary?
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