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“Dewhurst Bill” Will Allow You to BYOB to Any Restaurant and Dallas Restaurteurs Are Mad, Ctd.

posted by Nancy Nichols | May 11th, 2009 1:10pm | filed under BYOB |

Hey Dishers, if you are looking for the spirted conversation on the Dewhurst Bill it’s still here.

The Tipping Point: How Do You Figure a Tip?

posted by Nancy Nichols | May 8th, 2009 11:08am | filed under BYOB, Restaurant News, Travel, Wine & Spirits | 44 Comments »

Below there is a raging debate going on about a new BYOB law. Restaurants and consumers are battling over rights and bottom lines. Servers seem to be stuck in the middle—their wages are directly related to the with-or-without-wine final bill. Here’s the question: when you go to a restaurant, do you tip on the full price of a bottle of wine? Do you subtract the tax before you figure a tip? Severs, what do your customers do and how would BYOB affect you?

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“Dewhurst Bill” Will Allow You to BYOB to Any Restaurant: And Dallas Restaurateurs Are Mad

posted by Nancy Nichols | May 6th, 2009 9:59am | filed under BYOB, Hippie revolutions, hold on to your effin hat, Restaurant News | 108 Comments »

In case you missed our discussion of the pending “Dewhurst Bill,” I’ll give you a moment to read this and this.
This morning chef Daniel Landsberg of Tillman’s sent out a call to arms to his fellow restaurateurs. He says:

I am sure you all are aware of this wine bill dewhurst is going to get passed unless we all contact our state representatives easily by email with the link provided below asking them to be our voice and vote against the bill Texas HB 4813 which states that anyone can bring in a bottle of wine regardless of what type of liquor license you have. This not only will take money out of our pockets, it opens a completely new can of worms of liability and the ability to cut off an intoxicated guest because it is their wine. I do not know if it carries over to catered events, but, can imagine selling a wedding for 200 guests at your venue and they bring in their own wine?  Not good. This is a special interest B.S. Back door deal that is exactly what is wrong with politics in the US.  What is next?  Beer? Alcohol under a certain proof?  This is OUR BUSINESS.  WE SELL FOOD, WINE AND ALCOHOL. Please do not just discard this email.  DO something. 10 minutes can save OUR industry in Texas for the duration of OUR CAREERS.  Think about it; we bring them in with the great food, we impress them with the total package, but we make real MONEY with alcohol sales.  This has already passed the senate because we did not respond fast enough.  Please, help me save our wine programs!

Here is the link.

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More On BYOB: You Say You Want A Revolution? Let’s Revolt.

posted by Nancy Nichols | April 29th, 2009 10:35am | filed under Beverages, BYOB, Food Fight!, Hippie revolutions, hold on to your effin hat | 22 Comments »

Last week Ms. Amy Severson raged against the “Dewhurst Bill” which would changes the rules surrounding  BYOB. She makes a lot of good points. If you want to read about the national BYOB movement, Glazer’s Alfonso “MW” Cevola provides a list of links over on The Blend.  I gotta say, I’m with Ms. Amy on this issue—allowing looser controls on BYOB means more paperwork and less profit for restaurants. They already have enough to deal with. Sorry, Alfonso, I’m sure that wasn’t the emotion you expected when you sent the link. Grrr.

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Amy Severson Writes Again

posted by Nancy Nichols | April 24th, 2009 3:56pm | filed under BYOB, Restaurant News |

For those of you who participated in yesterday’s discussion on the “Dewhurst Bill,” you might want to check out Amy Severson’s updated report. I’m sure she can expect the longest, toughest audit ever to come out of Austin.

“Dewhurst Bill” Will Allow You To BYOB To Any Restaurant

posted by Nancy Nichols | April 23rd, 2009 1:36pm | filed under beer, Beverages, BYOB | 30 Comments »

Restaurant owner Amy Severson is fightin’ mad. She just sent me a note: “I find it highly laughable that after 70+ years of a patchwork of liquor laws that take forever to modify, this one goes through like some bad Chinese food.”

She’s referring to what is being called the “Dewhurst Bill.” Seems our Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst is a wine snob and is frustrated by not finding the wine he likes on Austin wine lists. Dewhurst has a bill on its way to the state Senate that would let Texans carry their own wine into liquor-carrying restaurants and leave with whatever they don’t drink. You can read the story here . Amy is calling around to local restaurateurs and will send a full report later. Guess I should send her a bottle from my stash.

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