An international attorney with a head for resolving disputes and a palate for expense wine begs the question:
Ok, Nancy. I am looking for your suggestions here. What are the best restaurants in Dallas that allow BYOB?
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Randy
Urbano (best of the non-Asian/Middle Eastern bunch by far IMO)
Cane Rosso (Wednesdays)
Mai’s
Mr Wok
Caravelle (not sure if they currently allow)
Afghan Grill (not sure if they currently allow)
Stop into Cedars Social we charge a $20 corkage fee thats it.
KG
Urbano, Momo’s at Forest & Greenville and Thai Soon in Richardson
B E
I can understand most of the restaurant suggestions above, but CEDARS SOCIAL? I thought TABC rules forbid full bar restaurants from allowing patrons to BYOB.
Shelbyg75
Amici Signature Italian in Carrollton … Mmmm 🙂
runDMC
Shelby – no more Amici. After the fire rebuild – no more byob, I’m told.
I usually do Citrus and Urbano for byob.
A new one is Sakhuu. Fabulous Thai very near Urbano.
Randy
Been meaning to try Sakhuu, guess I need to move it up on my list.
acrow
Farnatchi is always good
Amy S
Momo’s on Forest has moved further west, between the tiny library and TI. Nice finish out from their website, and it is still BYOB. I just noticed it last week.
EveryoneHeartsOC
Inforzato’s
LJT
Definitely Farnatchi or Urbano.
yeah…um
Three words:
FIRST. CHINESE. BBQ
DallasFoodie
Urbano Cafe for sure!
spoon18
Sevan’s on Greenville.
Bronzeboy
Sevan G & G Café at Greenville & Belmont
Family-owned & operated. Sevan is a large lake in Armenia…G&G is Grace & George the owners & chef.
The best…
Hummus Dip
Mouhamra Dip
Tabouli
Rack of Lamb
Order the first 3…enjoy as you schmooze enjoying your Viognier or Pinot Gris
Then in your timing order your entre Rack of Lamb and enjoy with your Cab blend or Shiraz.
If you order everything up front you may get you lamb right in the middle of first course schmoozing.
This is family owned and operated…the wife is the waitress so cool your jets and enjoy life as if you are in Armenia. http://www.sevanggcafe.com/
Zach M
Campania?
InsideEdition
Urbano rocks. Take more than one bottle. You’ll end up sharing it with your neighbor.
winechick
Suze charges $25 bottle corkage fee
nota step
Someone recently made a comment to me that charging a cork fee is against TABC regulations.
According to TABC: It is ILLEGAL to take any alcoholic beverage into a restaurant/bar that has a private club permit or a mixed beverage permit (distilled spirits in addition to beer/wine). You can’t leave with an alcoholic beverage, unless it is a malt beverage produced by a brewpub, or you are leaving with a bottle of wine you bought with a meal and did not finish. Section 28.10 of the Alcoholic Beverage Code says, “A mixed beverage permittee may not permit any person to take any alcoholic beverage purchased on the licensed premises from the premises where sold, except that a person who orders wine with food and has a portion of the open container remaining may remove the open container of wine from the premises.”
It is LEGAL to take alcoholic beverages into or out of a restaurant/bar that has a beer/wine permit (no distilled spirits), or an establishment that does not have a permit to sell alcohol. However, the business may have their own rules against it. If the business allows you to bring your own alcoholic beverages onto their premises, it is legal for them to charge you a fee. It is often referred to as a “corkage fee,” especially when it refers to a bottle of wine brought into a restaurant. Some bars also sell “set ups” which refers to cups of ice or soda that the customer buys and mixes with their own distilled spirits.
Christine Kassandra
In order of awesomeness:
Platia Greek in Plano
Momo’s Pasta
Momo’s Italian Kitchen
Zorba’s
Chad
Palio’s in Richardson
Liz G.
Covino’s in Plano
Fred
Make the drive north to McKinney Square for Gregory’s Bistro. French. il Cane Rosso on Wednesday nights is fun. And, I second Urbano, Farnatchi, and Citrus Bistro.
If you wish to expand the search beyond Dallas-proper, please consider Nonna Tata in Fort Worth: especially now that evenings are cool and inviting for Al Fresco dining.
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