Bottle service banned in Boston

For groups of guys looking to get into a hot club, shelling out bones for the VIP-section and bottle service is a must. Unless you happen to be going out in Boston.

The city’s Puritan roots have returned to squash the luxury service most clubs offer. The bottle service phenomenon, where a waitress sits by your table to help pour drinks from high-end bottles of liquor and non-alcoholic mixers, is under threat by the Boston Licensing Board. Board Chairman Dan Pokaski said that the service violates Massachusetts’ happy hour law that prohibits the sale of more than two drinks to any one customer at a given time.

Club owners say that customers buy bottles not for excessive libation, but as a less hectic method for a group of clients to get drinks without having to fight the crowd at the bar.

There have been several crackdowns at Boston-area clubs, but recently club owners are obeying the ban and losing out on their lucrative high-end service.

VIP service in Boston clubs is still allowed, but no bottles of liquor are allowed, helping to depress waitresses’ tips and force serious club-goers away.

So next time you are in Boston, make sure to leave the bottle at home.

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