Inside Look is a Modesto Bee series where we take readers behind the scenes at restaurants, new businesses, local landmarks and news stories. Modesto is rich with culinary options. There are few types ...

A Central Valley chain restaurant owner with two locations in Modesto was fined nearly a quarter of $1 million for violating federal wage regulations. The U.S. Department of Labor recovered $245,722 ...

You don’t always associate the sound of sizzling with sushi restaurants. But then Modesto’s Okawa Sushi & Grill wants to stand out above the rest of the area’s raw fish crowd. The new restaurant ...

Three more well-known Modesto businesses are either closed or closing, as the lingering effects of the pandemic continue to take their toll. In downtown Modesto, two restaurants posted “Temporarily ...

Last week, Heather Elkins went to her cafe in the pitch dark of morning to hang one of the most personal messages she’s ever written on the newly butcher-paper-covered front door. It read, in part, ...

Modesto’s list of most-missed businesses may grow after seven local stores and restaurants shut their doors for good this year. The Modesto Bee combed through Biz Beat coverage published in the past ...

Two new restaurants are taking over units in a Modesto shopping center that has seen a good amount of activity in the past two years. With Walmart as its anchor store, North Point Landing has added ...

After six months of work, Modesto’s new expansion into the Walk-On’s Sports Bistreaux test kitchen next door is completed and officially open to the public. The Modesto team calls the new space a ...

Modesto Tacos Tequila Whiskey will soon expand into the Walk-On's test kitchen next door, a move that will nearly double the restaurant's size — from 2,600 square feet to 4,000 square feet. The ...