Where are the Long Island BYOB restaurants? I never really thought much about this until Nena and I visited our friends Paul and Sara in Philly, the land of BYO resturants. We had a great dinner at Azafran and what a joy it was to bring our own wine.

I know of only two.

• Kitchen – A Bistro (St. James)
• Thai Gourmet (Port Jefferson Station)

Both are awesome, by the way. Great food. And not corkage fee at all.

Do any of my local readers know of any? Please share.

I’m particularly interested because, as you all know, I love Long Island wine and so few restaurants, even those in Long Island wine country offer good local wine lists. And if they do have good bottles, most of the markups are ludicrious (considering I know the wholesale prices that are the maximum the restaurant paid).