Bostonherald.com - Gray Goose-sipping club-goers will have to hand their bottles over to bartenders in Boston starting Monday when the city begins enforcing a controversial crackdown on VIP table service. “The board is willing to work with the industry, but we want to stop the practice of clubs just throwing (bottles) out there and not giving a damn,” Daniel Pokaski said. “If you’re giving people a bottle of booze at a table to swig, who’s paying attention to who’s being over-served? Those are the issues we’re looking at.”  Many clubs have been offering private tables to club-goers who purchase bottles of high-end booze for up to $400. The service is a staple in nightspots in most major cities. But state and city officials say it violates laws that ban serving more than two drinks at once and prohibit requiring patrons to purchase alcohol in order to gain entry. “I don’t want to hurt the industry but they have to comply with the law,” he said.

And this my friends is why Boston sucks.    Seriously are we a major city or not?    Listen, I’m not a bottle service guy, but this is just embarrassing.    If people want to buy a table and get bottle service then more power to them.   The only possible explanation on why Daniel Pokaski is suddenly making a big stink about this is because he wants to get his wheels greased by the local bars.  Because spare me the song and dance about how you need to make sure people don’t get over served.   Yeah, like it’s somehow easier to get bombed at a table compared to anywhere else in the bar.   Give me a fucking break.    Only in Boston baby.   Keep riding that bike Menino.