BYOB comes to higher-end restaurants

21/06/2010 11:06:52

High-end restaurants are starting to embrace a practice which is usually seen in their lower-end counterparts, according to one expert, who said that it is giving more people the chance to dine out at expensive eateries.

Tom Cannavan, a wine writer, told the Guardian that there is a new revolution going on in the world of high-class restaurants, with many of them opting to allow customers to bring their own alcohol.

"The new movement is for people who are serious about their food and wine, but really resent that restaurants mark their wines up so highly that they can't afford wine to match the quality of the food they are eating," he said.

There are now 50 restaurants in the capital which have signed up to the BYO club, according to the newspaper, and this allows customers to pay a £99-a-year subscription for free or cheap corkage at most times.

In other restaurant news, the Yorkshire Post recently reported on the £650 million Land Securities-run Trinity Leeds scheme, which has already attracted big-name companies such as River Island and Oasis and eateries like Yo Sushi! and Carluccio's.

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