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Post by redtutu on Jun 21, 2007 8:44:37 GMT -5
Good morning, everyone.
My husband and I don't drink alcohol. When I look at restaurant info and recommendations for prix fix lunches and dinners, frequently they mention a price and say the wine is included. Will we, as non-drinkers pay the same price even if we don't want the wine?
Thanks for your time.
P.S. I am getting so excited!
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Post by Becky (Berkeleytravelers) on Jun 21, 2007 15:13:25 GMT -5
Since I do drink I can't give you a definitive answer but I would assume that not having wine would be like omitting anything else included in the menu price -- that is, I would personally expect that the price would be the same, for instance, even if you decide not to have cheese or whatever. (But, that said, you should do the math and check whether leaving out the wine would make it less expensive to order the rest of the prix fixe menu, if it otherwise appeals to you, on an a la carte basis.)
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Post by Truffaut on Jun 21, 2007 15:18:59 GMT -5
Wine is generally not included in a "menu" (prix-fixe) except at lunch in neighborghood bistros. Even then, it's not common.
Probably, what you've seen is people recommending a restaurant and saying it was 30 euros per person including wine. In that case, what they really mean is that their total bill was 60 euros for two people including the cost of their wine. The meals themselves might only have been 20 euros each and the wine was 10 euros each.
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Post by luckyluc on Jun 21, 2007 15:47:03 GMT -5
The only time, I remember that wine was included in a formula was in a menu dégustation when the chef has chosen a particular wine in order to highlight his creation. But in regular bistros or cafés, Truffaut is absolutely right it would be the exception.
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Post by annettecinca on Jun 21, 2007 16:13:53 GMT -5
My husband and I don't drink, either, and I don't recall this ever being an issue when ordering a prix fixe meal in Paris. All I've seen is your choice of 2 or 3 courses (starter, plat and/or dessert). But since I'm not looking for it, I could have easily just not noticed a few places that do include wine
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Post by geordy on Jun 21, 2007 16:56:06 GMT -5
The places I've been to where say a lunch menu would include wine you could substitute beer(same difference!) or bottled water!
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Post by Shoesy on Jun 21, 2007 17:00:11 GMT -5
I'm glad I'm not the only one on the forum who doesn't drink. On the one hand, I see how much many of you seem to enjoy that special glass of wine or two, but on the other hand, I have no desire to drink it at all. I guess we all have our differences.
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Post by cybee on Jun 21, 2007 18:07:32 GMT -5
Hic...*...well, Shooeeesy...whay not, ...hic....do you ....hic..not wanna drink? Thars nuthin' bad..about it...ohmpphf...hic* No, truly, that is just fine! To each his/her own! I generally only enjoy a glass of wine or two with a fine meal out. I must say it does increase the tab here in the States though..less so , it seems in France! (where a coke will cost as much sometimes!)
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Post by Truffaut on Jun 21, 2007 21:25:01 GMT -5
Ocassionally, you'll encounter a neighborhood restaurant that includes a 25cl carafe of wine in the lunch menu. It's always a very average wine, but that's to be expected. You certainly won't find this in restaurants in the tourist areas!
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Post by redtutu on Jun 22, 2007 10:26:45 GMT -5
Thank you all very much for your replies! Truff and Luc are probably right--I think I just read it as wine included in the prix fixe menu when people said "including wine."
I did (more than) my fair share of drinking back in my wild, younger days. Sometimes I wish I still drank what with all the good wine I will miss while in Paris.
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