Goodbye to Deva
By Chris Murphy
There are some milestones that are hard to take sometimes. First we lost Minnie’s, one of Modesto best and unique places. Now we have lost Café Deva. Deva has been a part of downtown Modesto’s fabric for over 25 years. It was very special to me as it was the first place I discovered downtown when we moved back to Modesto in fall of 1996 and were living with our folks in Ripon. A French café, lattes, breakfasts, and croissants in downtown Modesto! It was perfect and reminded me of my time working in Europe, and Paris in particular. Lorena Loftis built something amazing and Heather Elkins made a valiant effort through COVID. The music memories, the lunches, the Thursday Rambles, the Off the Airs, ModShops, the dinners and the great times and conversations will always be with us. With good vibes like this, we are hopeful that someone will take this space and do something magic with it.
Deva always toasted guests with “à votre santé” and back to all of them “à la vôtre”.
