Grocery Store Shelf Dressed Up as a Wine List
La Frontera · Round Rock · Fast-casual American, health-focused · Visit Website ↗
Reviewed July 4, 2026
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You flip open the menu hoping for a pleasant surprise — health-forward food, maybe a smart little list to match — and instead you get five bottles that look like they were sourced from the end-cap at a Total Wine. Nothing offensive, nothing exciting, just a wine section that exists because someone decided it had to.
Five bottles. That's the list. Josh Cellars Cab, Kim Crawford Sauvignon Blanc, Chloe Pinot Grigio, La Marca Prosecco, and Fleurs de Prairie Rosé — a murderers' row of grocery store go-tos that you could pick up at any HEB on your way home. There's a gesture toward geographic range (California, New Zealand, Italy, France), but don't let that fool you into thinking anyone curated this with intention. No skin-contact wines, no esoteric producers, no local Texas bottles — surprising for a Round Rock spot that could easily nod to the Hill Country. This list was built for zero friction and zero curiosity.
We couldn't confirm specific by-the-glass options or pricing from available sources, which is itself a red flag in a fast-casual environment where glass pours should be the whole point. If they're pouring by the glass at all, assume it's whatever bottles are on that five-deep list above.
Fleurs de Prairie Rosé — null
If you're going to drink anything here, make it the Fleurs de Prairie. It's a legitimately solid Provence rosé that at least belongs on a restaurant list — dry, crisp, and it'll cut through a grain bowl without making you feel like you ordered wrong. Pricing unknown, but it's the one bottle on this list that earns its keep.
Kim Crawford Sauvignon Blanc
Not exactly a hidden gem in the traditional sense — this wine is everywhere — but at a fast-casual spot where the alternative is a Josh Cellars Cab with a grain bowl, the Kim Crawford is the quiet correct answer. Bright, herbaceous, and it actually makes sense with the food they're serving.
Josh Cellars Cabernet Sauvignon
A heavy, extracted California Cab is about the worst match for the salads, bowls, and lighter fare that Modern Market specializes in. Josh Cellars is fine wine for a backyard barbecue. Here it's a mismatch with the menu and almost certainly marked up well beyond its $12 retail floor.
Fleurs de Prairie Rosé + Grain Bowl
A dry Provence rosé with enough acidity to handle grains, roasted veggies, and whatever sauce situation is going on in the bowl. It's the most food-flexible wine on this list by a wide margin, and the lightness of the pairing actually makes the meal feel intentional.
❌ The Bottom Line
Modern Market's wine list is an afterthought in a restaurant that actually cares about its food — five bottles, no program, no story. Order a craft beer or a cocktail and spend your wine energy somewhere else.
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La Margarita is a perfectly good Mexican restaurant that has simply decided wine is not its problem. Order a margarita, enjoy your chips, and leave the wine list alone.
Grocery Store
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La Frontera · Round Rock · Italian
Macaroni Grill's wine list is functional in the same way a vending machine is functional — it'll get you a drink, but nobody's excited about it. If wine matters to you even a little, you're better off at almost any independent Italian spot in the area.
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Willing but Green
Set & Forget
Acceptable
La Frontera · Round Rock · Casual American
BJ's is a brewpub, and the wine program knows it — it doesn't try very hard and doesn't need to. Show up on a Tuesday for half-off bottles if you must, but if wine is why you're going out tonight, go somewhere else.
Grocery Store
Fair
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North Round Rock · Round Rock · Tex-Mex
Casa Garcia's is a solid Tex-Mex spot where the wine list is purely an afterthought — and that's fine, because the margaritas and food are the whole point. Come for the menudo, not the Merlot.
Grocery Store
Fair
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MIA
Occasional
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North Round Rock · Round Rock · Italian Chain
The wine list at Olive Garden Round Rock North is what happens when wine is an afterthought — overpriced mass-market bottles with no curation, no staff expertise, and no reason to order beyond the second glass of unlimited breadsticks. Order a cocktail, drink the Chianti if you must, and save the real wine for somewhere that cares.
Crowd Pleasers
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La Frontera · Round Rock · Steakhouse
Saltgrass Round Rock is exactly what it looks like: a chain steakhouse wine list on autopilot, built around brand names, sweet crowd-pleasers, and markups that assume you're not paying attention. Order a beer or a cocktail and save the wine for somewhere that actually cares.
Crowd Pleasers
Steep
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Set & Forget
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