Modesto Again

I reviewed Modesto a few years back and I still have to say that it is one of my favorite all time restaurants and defininitely the best for Tapas. Right now, they have a great happy hour deal if you sit in the bar. You can order off the dollar menu. Most small bites range between 25 cents for a cheese or sausage ball to a dollar for a few of the more elaborate ones, anchovy on bread as an example. Recently, we decided to order two of everything and the bill came to only $17 and yet they brought it on a huge tray and we were completely stuffed at the end of the meal. They have drink specials too and you just cannot beat the deal.

Brunch at Bevo Mill

We were able to make brunch affordable at the Bevo with a Groupon. But it is normally $21 per person. It is an amzing spread however and one that is worth the cost. On the breakfast side, there are the usuals, bacon, sausage, grits, and waffles. They will custom make an omelette from the display of ingredients. It seems a number of the employees are graduates from Ecole Culinaire. But since it is being done by a catering service called Food Works, that makes sense.
There is salmon and shrimp, roast beef and ham. The lunch side had some German classics, brats and sauerkraut for one. The dessert trey was excellent, cannolis, chocolate cake covered with chocolate chips, pecan pie, cheese cake and a fruit tree where you can pull strawberries, melon, and pineapple.
They also serve bottomless mimosas or you can make your own bottomless blood mary. There is a table set up with all the ingredients you could ever want.
The building is still full of the same beauty and elgance that it always held. They have some outside seating set up and for a Sunday in mid-May, the place was hopping with graduation and christening parties. Make reservations unless you go early and only have a party of 2-4.