The Statesman Journal announced this week winners of the annual Best Of The Mid-Valley Online Poll- and we were thrilled to see our very own Bentley’s Grill receive some of honors from our community!
Bentley’s Grill is the gold medal winner in the Best Creative Cocktails and Best Business Lunch and Best Happy Hour categories. We also made it onto the Top 3 list for Best Appetizers in the Mid Valley!
Here is an excerpt from their article about the poll published this week! Thank you everyone for casting your votes!
Keeping customers happy is also on the mind of management at Bentley’s Grill, gold medal winner of Best Creative Cocktails and Best Business Lunch. Bentley’s also earned a gold medal for Best Happy Hour in the Entertainment category.
Resident mixologist Soraida Cross said she’s always on the lookout for new trends and ingredients for her signature cocktails. “I enjoy trying new drinks and generally put my own spin on them, experiment at home and at work. I look for trends and try to do my own version of those things. I read a lot of magazines,” she said.
“Most of all, I listen to the customers — feedback from customers is the most helpful to me.”
Customers rave about Bentley’s Flirtini, a mix of strawberry vodka, Cointreau, pineapple and cranberry juices, finished with a float of champagne, and the house Lemon Drop. “I have heard multiple times that we have the best Lemon Drop in town,” Cross said.
Last summer Bentley’s introduced Lounge Lizard Mondays as part of its daily Happy Hour from 4 to 6 p.m. The restaurant promotes it via Facebook, Twitter and the Internet, and customers flock in to try the two specialty cocktails Cross creates, each priced at $4.
“Couples can come in and have the drink special and share a few appetizers for around $20,” she said. But you won’t find mozzarella sticks and jalapeno poppers here. Chef Derek Ridgeway’s menu tends toward fresh, local ingredients, whipping up Thai chicken satay, sake-marinated Ahi tuna, Dungeness crab cakes, and daily flatbread and salad creations, all reasonably priced.
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