As I wrap up 2008, here at A Connecticut Law Blog, it’s time for a look back on the year that was.
Here’s a post that you may be able to put to good use during the holiday season:
Here is the statute, complete with the definition of a full course meal (you’ll see that chex mix in a bar does not count):
A restaurant patron shall be allowed to remove one unsealed bottle of wine for off-premises consumption provided the patron has purchased such bottle of wine at such restaurant and has purchased a full course meal at such restaurant and consumed a portion of the bottle of wine with such meal on such restaurant premises. For the purposes of this section, “full course meal” means a diversified selection of food which ordinarily cannot be consumed without the use of tableware and which cannot be conveniently consumed while standing or walking. Conn. Gen. Stat. Sec. 30-22
Cheers!
We love this fun fact and have done this in the past. I'm sad to report that we normally finish our bottle with the meal, though, and so need not avail ourselves of this lovely piece of Connecticut law.
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This post comes from being out to dinner one night. The couple next to us ordered a bottle of wine. When through with the meal, a gentleman asked for his wine to be recorked so it could be taken home. The server did not think this was possible. The man said that he is an attorney and the bottle could be taken home. After some discussion with the manager, the gentleman left with his bottle of wine and I took home a blog entry.
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Great Post!
MN must have this law, cause I've done that there before, but felt insecure the whole way home! 
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If your favorite restaurant is not offering your wine to go… tell them that they can get law-compliant bags at http://www.togobrand.com
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Wow, you're really wishing you didn't sponsor Teixeira's page now, eh? Have a merry Yankee Christmas!
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"AConnecticutLawBlog.com wants Mark Teixeira on the Red Sox for Christmas! "
guess not…
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Did the law blog get their Christmas wish? Teixeira to the Yankees? Hahahahahahahahahah.
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Any ideas on how to get rid of all of the "blue laws"? I keep looking for active campaigns (having just moved here from Napa, CA) and am disturbed not to find any. How can one properly shop for a meal without having an in-store wine selection? What use is Trader Joe's without a wine and beer section? And how long does it take to remember that one can't buy a bottle of wine anywhere on a Sunday (I just tried today, forgetting these backward laws)?
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Mike,
The closest place to get two buck chuck is in Framingham, MA. Here's a campaign to free the grapes: http://www.freethegrapes.org/
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Now just to fix all the other stupid laws relating to alcohol in this state.
Buy Wine Online New Canaan CT
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