Southern comfort food meets surprisingly sharp pours
Downtown · Waco · Southern comfort food · Visit Website ↗
Reviewed April 14, 2026
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Walking into Milo All Day, you expect fried chicken and Blue Corn Pancakes — you don't expect to find Louis-Antoine Luyt and Matthiasson on the wine list. This is a plant-filled, cozy all-day diner in downtown Waco, and the wine list has absolutely no business being this interesting. Somebody here is paying attention.
For a 20-35 bottle list at a casual Southern comfort spot, the range is genuinely impressive. You've got Austrian Grüner Veltliner sitting next to a California Vermentino from Matthiasson, a Chilean field blend from natural wine hero Louis-Antoine Luyt, and French Grenache from both Chateau D'Aqueria and a Coteaux d'Aix-en-Provence. The throughline is low-intervention, food-friendly wines that skew toward the lighter and more aromatic end of the spectrum — smart choices for a brunch-forward menu. The gaps are real: no Pinot Noir, no Cabernet, no crowd-pleasing California Chardonnay for your Aunt Linda — but that's not really the point here.
Eight by-the-glass options is a solid haul for a place that also serves breakfast burritos, and the happy hour glass price of $7 makes this one of the better-value pours in Waco. We don't have the full pour lineup pinned down, but with producers like Matthiasson and Luyt in the bottle list, there's real reason to ask what's pouring that day.
Matthiasson Tendu Vermentino, California — $7
Matthiasson is a cult Napa producer and Tendu is their approachable, low-ABV line — getting it at happy hour pricing in Waco is borderline absurd. Crisp, herbal, and built for daytime drinking.
Louis-Antoine Luyt Pepino Laja, Chile
Luyt is a French winemaker working with ancient Pais vines in Chile's Maule Valley — this is nerdy natural wine territory that most people in any restaurant would walk right past. Don't. It's earthy, wild, and unlike anything else on this list.
Montelvin Prosecco, Italy
Montelvin is a bulk-production Prosecco that shows up on lists when someone needed a sparkling option and didn't think too hard about it. Nothing offensive, just nothing interesting — and in a list this intentional, it's the one bottle that feels like an afterthought.
Chateau D'Aqueria Grenache, France + Fried Chicken
D'Aqueria's Grenache from the Southern Rhône is juicy, low-tannin, and has enough acidity to cut through the fat on a properly fried bird. It's a Southern French wine with a Southern American dish and the logic is airtight.
🎲 The Bottom Line
Milo All Day is a Wild Card in the best possible sense — a relaxed all-day diner hiding a wine list that would make a Brooklyn natural wine bar nod in approval. If you're in Waco and you care even a little about what's in your glass, eat here.
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