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They get away with it because many people don't care what the price of
alcohol is, they only look at the cost of the entree.



"CovadNews" <pltrgyst@covad.net> wrote in message
news:b8k3fv$vi6$1@sun-news.laserlink.net...
> We had a really nice late lunch this Saturday at Philadelphia's Brasserie
> Perrier. The $26 fixed-price three course luncheon is quite a bargain, and
> we did not find the portions as small as we had been led to expect.
>
> The only huge negative was the absolutely unconscionable markup on wine.
> Two examples: the Brasserie charges $50 for 2002 Nobilo Sauvignon Blanc,
> which costs $8.99 at *full retail* in the state store a few blocks away
(and
> even less down here near Washington DC), and $60 for 2001 Jolivet
Sancerre,
> which is $17.99 in the same store.
>
> This is among the very highest markups I have ever encountered. The French
> Laundry, Charlie Trotter, Chez Panisse, Blue Ginger, and the Inn at Little
> Washington don't steal like this. Regardless of how good the food is at
> Perrier, how can anyone return to a place which flat rips everyone off
like
> this for wine? Does Le Bec Fin gouge even more?

CovadNews wrote:
> We had a really nice late lunch this Saturday at Philadelphia's Brasserie
> Perrier. The $26 fixed-price three course luncheon is quite a bargain, and
> we did not find the portions as small as we had been led to expect.
> The only huge negative was the absolutely unconscionable markup on wine.
> Two examples: the Brasserie charges $50 for 2002 Nobilo Sauvignon Blanc,
> which costs $8.99 at *full retail* in the state store a few blocks away (and
> even less down here near Washington DC), and $60 for 2001 Jolivet Sancerre,
> which is $17.99 in the same store.


The great restaurant guide suggests that they mark the wine up 300% over
wholesale. Nobilo is a bulk made wine the equivalent of a not very good 
Gallo and sells for $6.25 wholesale in Maryland so if the price is over
$20 it is a true rip off. I can't say that I have ever seen worse than
that. I am going to try to find their web site tonight and discuss it 
with them. I usually don't stay in a restaurant for the meal if the wine
is over priced. Other friends of mine try to see how cheap they can act
by ordering water then asking for lots of lemon to go in it and ordering 
cheap items.

800% is just a bit too much




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In article <3eadc3aa$1_5@news.athenanews.com>,
 "Ching Kee" <WZSKKQJEWUUC@spammotel.com> wrote:

> They get away with it because many people don't care what the price of
> alcohol is, they only look at the cost of the entree.

True, but in the restaurant's defense, it pays the same retail rate for 
wine as anyone else does. That's the way the crazy state store system 
works in PA. No wholesale discounts for restaurants. At least that's 
what a wine store owner in NJ, who does a lot of private parties in PA, 
told me recently.