Mr. Kagan, a board member at Ars Nova, said that he and his wife were entranced by the show there, which featured a modest menu and a bottle of vodka on every table.
But I've been to Cafe Cluny, and it doesn't pull off a similarly modest menu of comforting favorites as well.
Lunch offers a more modest menu at less than half the price.
Playing before a packed house of about 50 — a crowd clearly undistracted by the cafe's modest menu — the quartet built a set of measured intensity, climaxing with Mr. Blue's "Transvision," a burst of modal fire that elicited sustained applause.
BOTTEGA With white linen, what might have been a simple trattoria with a fairly classic Italian menu gets a modest touch of elegance: 1331 Second Avenue (70th Street); (212) 212-5212.
A daily menu of modest handicaps, whether over jumps or on the Flat, will be extremely lucky to have a similar effect.
There's charm to spare in this intimate town house restaurant, where Morgen Jacobson, formerly of the Quilted Giraffe, serves up an appealing new American menu that's elegant in a modest sort of way.
For example, a website with a menu of topics could accommodate both monitors and blunters.
These are questions brought to mind by Bar Blanc, which belongs to a growing brood of establishments whose names suggest scruffier atmospheres and more modest menus than the places actually present.
Elevated bar food – such as pork rib sliders, burgers, and salads – is served alongside a drinks menu of mostly original, contemporary craft cocktails, as well as a modest list of wine and beers.
