Tonight a server finds me in the lobby.

She is holding a bottle about the size of a nip.

A nip for those who don’t know is the New England term for a tiny airplane bottle of booze.

It’s not a nip.

It’s a bottle of some flavoring.

She explains that her table has brought in their own ingredients for a cocktail. They just need to use our booze.

This is a first ever for me.

I have to explain that NO we can’t do that. People can’t bring their own products.

As I said it’s a first for the bar.

I have had people show up with a cooler and want the chef to cook the seafood they brought from their fishing trip.

Either way.

It’s a hard NO.