Corkage/Uncorking/Corking Fee: Sometimes, (and I imagine a deterrent to stop people from bringing their own bottles of wine into a restaurant that sells wine) a price is charged ($5-25) to "open" a bottle of wine.
Corkage
The fee paid to a restaurant for the privilege of being allowed to bring in your own wine. Usually $5 - $20 a bottle depending on the restaurant. This fee pays for the rental of the glasses and the service you receive.
Corkage: A fee paid to a restaurant by a customer who brings his own wine.
Corkage. fee charged by a restaurant to customers who bring in their own wine.
Corkage Fee:The fee charged by restaurants when guests bring their own bottle of wine rather than ordering from the wine list.
The small corkage-over-retail pricing for restaurant wine is not unique to Iron Bridge (Evening Star Café in Alexandria, Va., uses it, as does Tastings in Charlottesville), but it is a welcome relief from typical restaurant markups.
If you have a special bottle that you would like to bring to a restaurant that serves wine, call ahead and ask them if it's OK and what their "corkage" fee is. Most good restaurants are accommodating.
Call ahead and ask if you can bring your own bottle, and ask about the corkage fee. From the response, you'll get a sense of how the restaurant really feels about this. The corkage fee will tell you something, too.
Moda
135 West 52nd St
212 887-9880
$4.00 corkage PER PERSON
It is modern Italian cuisine with Moda Outdoors open from
May-October for patio dining. Wednesdays from
6-7PM a complimentary wine & cheese tasting.
 See also: Wine, Taste, Bottle, Region, Light
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