Corkage fees aren’t specific to high end restaurants entirely. I know plenty of restaurants, with an avg $15 a meal, that charge corkage because its a simpler permit to acquire than a full liquor license. A lot of my favorite restaurants are ones that have corkage fees because you get to buy cheap alcoholic instead of the upsell on $80 bottles of wine at a mid restaurant.
Corkage fees aren’t specific to high end restaurants entirely. I know plenty of restaurants, with an avg $15 a meal, that charge corkage because its a simpler permit to acquire than a full liquor license. A lot of my favorite restaurants are ones that have corkage fees because you get to buy cheap alcoholic instead of the upsell on $80 bottles of wine at a mid restaurant.