BYOB Restaurants - Northern NJ? (Wayne, Hackensack: for sale, buy, price)
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Liquor regulations can be considerably different on this side of the pond, as compared to The UK.
Liquor licenses are tightly controlled by municipalities--at least in NJ--and as a result, they can be extremely costly. In some towns, I believe that when one of the scarce liquor licenses comes up for sale, the price can be in the range of a few hundred thousand $$.
I believe that licenses to serve just wine--rather than hard liquor--are considerably cheaper, but they still cost a restaurant owner enough money so that it can be an issue for a small establishment.
Something that--IIRC--is unique to NJ is the limitation of a maximum of two liquor licenses for any one owner. That is why Trader Joe's--which is prized by many folks because they sell lower-priced wines and liquors--only sells beer, wine, and liquor at two of their NJ locations. That type of limitation on commerce is particularly dumb, IMHO.
Yup!
Liquor regulations can be considerably different on this side of the pond, as compared to The UK.
Liquor licenses are tightly controlled by municipalities--at least in NJ--and as a result, they can be extremely costly. In some towns, I believe that when one of the scarce liquor licenses comes up for sale, the price can be in the range of a few hundred thousand $$.
I believe that licenses to serve just wine--rather than hard liquor--are considerably cheaper, but they still cost a restaurant owner enough money so that it can be an issue for a small establishment.
Something that--IIRC--is unique to NJ is the limitation of a maximum of two liquor licenses for any one owner. That is why Trader Joe's--which is prized by many folks because they sell lower-priced wines and liquors--only sells beer, wine, and liquor at two of their NJ locations. That type of limitation on commerce is particularly dumb, IMHO.
Aldo's Cucina's - Hamburg Turnpike, Wayne
Mr. Sushi - Mountain View Blvd, Wayne
Village Gourmet Rutherford
Almost everything in Ridgewood
Cuban Pete's in Montclair
I Gemelli - Huyler South Hackensack
Gelone - Ridge Road Lyndhurst
Mezza in Westwood
Tutto A Modo Mio on Bergen Blvd in Ridgefield is one of my favorite Italian places.
Sage on Broadway (Route 4) in Fairlawn
Fiona's in Midland Park
Azteca Mexican - Park Ave, Rutherford
Sofia's Mediterranean - The Blvd in Hasbrouck Heights
Aldo's in Wyckoff is another favorite.
It would be a long list; due to NJs utterly stupid liquor laws, most restaurants are BYOB.
NJ's liquor laws really aren't that bad compared to other states. As a consumer, I like BYOB restaurants (although I can see where restaurant owners wouldn't). Makes it much cheaper to eat out. Plus I like that we can buy all varieties of alcohol at one store, which you cant do in Pennsylvania or Delaware.
They could be much worse. The licensing system is not going to change at this point because those who have licenses paid big bucks to get them and need to be able to recoup when it becomes time to sell them.
Well, I'll be in London for the first time in a few weeks, so I'm glad to know that I'll be able to easily have a pint or a glass of wine with my dinner.
Pretty much anywhere that doesn't serve any alcohol. All the pizza joints, Thai, sushi, etc. Have yet to bring my bottle of wine and gotten it wrong. Yelp is your friend. Certainly the places serving mixed drinks will likely not.
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