[talk-au] BYO restaurants

[David Murn]

On Tue, 2011-01-25 at 15:33 +1100, Steve Bennett wrote:
> On Tue, Jan 25, 2011 at 10:08 AM, John Smith <deltafoxtrot256 at gmail.com> wrote:
> > amenity=restaurant
> > licensed=yes/no/byo
> 
> Yeah, but they're not mutually exclusive. All four combinations exist,
> including licensed *and* byo (with corkage, usually), and licensed
> *and not* byo.

Upon doing a bit of research, the exact meaning varies depending on
where you are.  In [1]New York for example, a BYO establishment MUST
have a liquor license.  In [2]Victoria, a BYO license (actually a
permit) is for places that dont have a liquor license.

[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BYOB
[2] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alcohol_laws_of_Australia

David