"DevilsPGD" wrote in message
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Can a restaurant? They are selling the stuff. They don't want
competition.

'round these parts, it went to court and was ruled that if the majority
of the meal was purchased at the restaurant, the patrons could not be
penalized for bringing in items which the restaurant does not serve.

Note the health code exception below, along with the contractual
requirements applicable to all sorts of "rentals". Carry in much more than
baby food, and the restaurant may be able to raise the health and safety
flag. I'd like a cite on your court case. There's substantial precedent
that Kosher, Dairy, Halal and other resturants with religious or cultural
bans/objections to certain foods may ban items.


Whether that would apply to other jurisdictions or not, I don't know,
but it seems reasonable.

It also seems fair that if you're paying a few hundred for a flight,
bringing a meal which the airline is unwilling or unable to provide
isn't unrealistic either.

As long as you don't bring a durian. If no food at all is available, I
suspect an airline would be on thin ice objecting to anything unless the
"food" was an item specifically listed as verboten in the "Contract of
Carriage" Some sort of advance notice would seem to be required.

The law isn't about fair. Beyond that, who knows.


My state's alcoholic beverage code outlaws the carrying of one's own liquor,
beer or wine into a "licensed premises", and was only recently amended to
allow diners to carry wine left in a bottle they had purchased out the door
after the meal. One may, on the other hand, carry beer, wine or booze into
an unlicensed restaurant premises for consumption at the discretion of
management (which may charge a corkage fee for glasses, setups, ice, etc.)

Local health codes likely prevent one from carrying much in the way of self-
or outside prepared foods into restaurants, and any number of "halls" and
other places which may be rented for social and other events bar the
bringing in of food other than that provided by the place's own kitchen or
approved caterers. Many municipal facilities follow that rule (and also
strictly regulate the sources of booze).

TMO