https://bristolseafoodgrill.com/Portals/1/Menus/149/149_TwilightMenu.pdf?
The twilight menu features 3 courses (a soup/salad course, an entree, and a dessert) for $23. The courses are limited to only a few choices, but they are regular sized courses (not smaller because of the smaller price).
The twilight menu is only good until 5:30, but that means you only have to be seated by 5:30. Mike and I made reservations for 5:00 last Friday night. At that time the bar area was packed (with people enjoying happy hour specials on drinks and appetizers), but the main dining room was sparsely populated. It was early.
We started with a cocktail...nothing special there. When we tried to order a bottle of wine (J. Lohr Cabernet), the one bottle we wanted was "out of stock." Mike asked if we could get the next upgrade for the same price, but we were told "no." Thank goodness I had done my research (I know you are getting tired of hearing about my wine research, but it is soooo important), and I had printed out the wine list with all my notes on it. I pulled it out of my purse and we were able to get a bottle of J. Lohr Merlot for $37. It was good, but we both decided that the bottle of Scaia Torre Mellotti for $34 at B.C.'s Kitchen that we had a week or so ago was the best wine for the money that we've had in quite some time! 
For the soup and salad course, Mike and I both ordered gumbo. It was good but it didn't the same dark roux that B.C.'s Kitchen's gumbo has. I liked both of them, but if I had to choose...I'd choose B.C.'s. 
For my entree I got the pretzel crusted trout. It came with roasted potatoes and haricot verts (little green beans) mixed with wilted frisee lettuce. It said that there was a warm bacon and mustard vinaigrette on the side. I asked the waitress if I could substitute some other dressing for this, as I don't really like the taste of mustard or bacon. She said she would add a balsamic vinaigrette and both would be on the side. When they came I looked at the bacon/mustard sauce. It was very thick for a vinaigrette...I would almost have called it "jam" like. It was heavy on the bacon taste and had pieces of bacon it in. The mustard was a much more subtle flavor. I was happy with my balsamic.
Mike got fried shrimp with french fries and haricot verts. I was surprised he got something seafood when there was a filet on the menu. His shrimp were large a
nd well-prepared. They weren't overly fried. He liked their cocktail sauce.
For dessert I had creme brulee and Mike got a chocolate lava cake with ice cream and raspberry sauce. It is supposed to be a hazelnut ice cream, but Mike has never liked the flavor of hazelnuts, so he changed it to regular vanilla bean. 
All in all, it was a very nice meal. The wait staff was great. We were easily there a couple of hours and enjoyed a pleasant evening. For $23 per person for the meal I think this is a great deal.
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