I had the opportunity this evening to attend a meeting of the Prince George’s County House Delegation of the Maryland General Assembly, where (among other things) the delegates heard testimony from the community for a PG County bill designed to make corkage legal. See my post from earlier this week for some of the back-story [...]
12/06 Update: The Baltimore Sun published an op-ed today about the “flawed” laws banning corkage in Maryland. Did you know that it’s illegal in Maryland to bring your own wine to dinner at a restaurant, a practice known as “corkage”, if that restaurant is already licensed to sell beer, wine or spirits? It’s true (although [...]
Went to eat at Amicci’s in Baltimore’s Little Italy last week. The cause was celebratory, so I called ahead to see what their corkage policy was. I was told their liquor license wouldn’t allow BYOB. I’ve heard of restaurants now allowing BYOB, but wasn’t aware that Maryland came down decisively on either side of the [...]
