Innovation has no limits, when looking at ways to avoid taxes. Just look at Parisian restaurant Le Refuge des Fondus in Montmartre, where wine (both red and white) is served in baby bottles, in order to circumvent tax laws on glasses of wine (and distract attention from the quality of the wine!).
The formula ‘fondue washed down with wine served in baby bottles’ is really popular and the restaurant is always filled with a relatively rowdy and fun loving (predominantly expat) crowd. The guests are seated shoulder to shoulder on benches along communal tables sucking on their baby bottles while dipping meat and vegetables into the bubbling oil or cheese in the fondue pots.
Le Refuge des Fondus is anything but a bastion of haute cuisine, which the restaurant's prices clearly indicate. A fixed menu including appetizers, a fondue meal and dessert plus a bottle (baby, of course) costs € 17, and the price also includes free tagging opportunities on the walls.
Le Refuge des Fondus
17, rue des 3 Frères (near bottom of Sacré Coeur)
75018 PARIS