after dinner sneeze

Who could do wrong, however, was Serpico. No – it wasn’t the food’s fault, rather, it was the service’s fault! We brought the aforementioned Matthiasson to eat there, thinking that they were still corkage-free. The server gladly brought over glasses and poured our wine with nary a mention that they WERE charging corkage. We weren’t even told anything until after I noticed the charge on our bill! When I brought it up to our server, she realized that she neglected to tell us anything and went to “ask the GM about it”. He came over, apologized that they had done away with the corkage policy some 6 months prior, and said that he COULD NOT forgive the charge just this once, even though it was his own server’s fault for not telling us about the charge! We have been to several restaurants with the intention of paying corkage, and they always always ALWAYS remind us at the beginning of the meal, “just so you know, there will be a corkage charge” – which we gladly accept. But if you do not tell the diner that they are on the hook for the cost, serve them the wine, admit that you forgot to tell us about the cost, you should not charge the diner. I’m sorry you made a mistake (#SorryNotSorry). In any case, the food was fine at Serpico, but it has now been written off as a restaurant that we will no longer go to.