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                                  EXHIBIT 5.0

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                     [LETTERHEAD OF BERNSTEIN AND WASSERMAN]

                                            April 24, 1997

Bev-Tyme, Inc.
134 Morgan Avenue
Brooklyn, New York 11237

Ladies and Gentlemen:

     We have  acted as  counsel  for  Bev-Tyme,  Inc.,  a  Delaware  corporation
("Company"),   in  connection   with  a  Registration   Statement  on  Form  S-8
("Registration Statement") being filed contemporaneously herewith by the Company
with the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended (the "Securities  Act"),  covering an aggregate of 630,000 shares of the
Company's  Series C Convertible  Preferred Stock,  $.0001 par value  ("Preferred
Stock"),  and an  aggregate of 700,000  shares of the  Company's  Common  Stock,
$.0001 par value ("Common Stock") (collectively the "Shares").

     In that connection,  we have examined the Certificate of Incorporation,  as
amended, and the By-Laws of the Company, the Registration  Statement,  the Stock
Option Agreements dated August 9, 1996 between the Company and Robert J. Sipper,
William Swedelson, Bruce Logan, Hartley Bernstein, Hyacinth Steer, Robert Forst,
and Alfred Sipper, corporate proceedings of the Company relating to the issuance
of the Preferred  Stock and the Common  Stock,  and such other  instruments  and
documents as we have deemed relevant under the circumstances.

     In making the aforesaid  examinations,  we have assumed the  genuineness of
all signatures and the conformity to original  documents of all copies furnished
to us as original or photostatic copies. We have also assumed that the corporate
records of the Company include all corporate proceedings taken by the Company to
date.

     Based upon and subject to the  foregoing,  we are of the  opinion  that the
Shares when issued in accordance  with the terms of the Stock Option  Agreements
will be duly and validly authorized

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and issued and fully paid and non-assessable.

     We hereby  consent  to the use of this  opinion  as herein  set forth as an
exhibit to the Registration Statement.

                                                 Very truly yours,

                                                 /s/ Bernstein & Wasserman, LLP

                                                 BERNSTEIN & WASSERMAN, LLP
