One upon a midnight dreary, a husband and wife envisioned a store a bit spooky and cheery.
It was perhaps not that exact scenario, but Edgar Allen’s Poe’s famous poem served as inspiration for The Raven’s Perch Bookstore, Modesto’s newest bookstore and the only one downtown since 1999, when Readmore Books closed on 11th Street.
The store is opening the weekend of June 12 in the 3,100-square-foot space once occupied by the Crow Trading Co. antique store on J Street. Owners and Crystal and Jeff Sweyd have transformed the space into a unique place for the community to gather…