AN APTOS RESTAURANT WAS EVACUATED FOR A BRIEF PERIOD OF TIME LAST NIGHT. DINERS AT MANUEL’S MEXICAN RESTAURANT (ON CENTER STREET) WERE EVACUATED FOR ABOUT 30 MINUTES, AFTER WAX (THAT DRIPPED FROM A HOLE IN THE BOTTOM OF A VOTIVE CANDLE) CAUSED LIGHT SMOKE IN THE EATERY. THE RESTAURANT SUSTAINED NO DAMAGE IN THE INCIDENT.