The Cascade Room is tapping into the spirits of summer by adding new creative craft cocktails, seasonally inspired dishes and live events to the weekly menu at the Mount Pleasant gastrolounge (2616 Main Street).
Recently named a finalist for ‘Best Restaurant for a Stiff Drink’ by readers of the Georgia Straight in its 2023 Golden Plates Awards, the Cascade Room’s new list of handcrafted cocktails comes courtesy of GM and Bar Manager Karen Burton and gives libation lovers plenty of ways to quench their summer thirst in the Cascade dining room or on its Main Street patio.
Available nightly beginning at 4 p.m., the Cocktail list includes highlights such as the spicy and refreshing Tex Mex Martini, juicy and savoury Blind Melon, and bright and punchy Cherry Bomb; among others.
Burton and her team will also help patrons make pitcher-perfect memories during longer summer nights and sunny weekends on Cascade’s double patio on Main Street by pouring pitchers of Rosé Sangria and Pimm’s Cup.
In the kitchen, Head Chef Darrel Ahenakew has added a fresh summer spin to the Cascade Room’s Dinner menu, including a show-stopping culinary creation that benefits a local cause.
Five dollars from each order of his Leek Ash-Rubbed Steelhead Trout (three sisters mash of roasted corn, grilled zucchini & cedar-braised white beans, charred leeks, sage & sunflower seed pesto, baked bannock, cranberry chutney) will be donated to Community Builders, a supportive housing provider in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside.
Ahenakew will also add weekly Wine Wednesdays to the weekly fresh sheet at The Cascade Room starting this Wednesday, June 28.
Each week, house wine will be offered at Happy Hour prices all night as well as 20 per cent off a featured bottle of wine paired with a feature dish showcasing Ahenakew’s hand-made pasta and fresh, seasonal ingredients.
Other new dishes to join the Dinner Menu include:
- Marinated Yellowfin Tuna Steak (crispy potato & zucchini rosti, grilled asparagus, broccolini, watercress & arugula sauce, frisée salad);
- Seared Scallops and Prawns (Israeli couscous, sauce Vierge, chive beurre blanc);
- Heirloom Tomato Salad (honey lemon marinated heirloom tomatoes, fior di latte, arugula, croutons, aged balsamic & watercress citrus emulsion);
- Apple & Walnut Salad (butter lettuce, compressed apples & celery, red onion, candied walnuts, crumbled blue cheese, honey stilton vinaigrette);
- Chorizo-Stuffed Pork Chop (grilled bone-in chop brined overnight and stuffed with goat cheese and Spanish Chorizo, served with lemon & herb risotto with green peas, Grana Padano and grilled asparagus spears);
- Cauliflower & ‘Caviar’ (crispy fried tandoori-spiced cauliflower, slow-braised beluga lentils, eggplant caviar, roasted pepper vinaigrette, herb-whipped yogurt);
- Lemon Ricotta Cake (lemon and ricotta cake, mixed berry coulis, sorbet).
Cascade Room After Dark
The Cascade Room’s weekly ‘After Dark’ series continues to take centre stage throughout the summer as Combine The Victorious adds its brand of chill, trip-hop-inspired music on June 29th; former Luvafair DJ Darren spins tunes from the 90s on July 6; Delta Daggers leads a bodacious Burlesque Bingo on July 9; local vocal group The Dimestap into a catalogue of songs spanning the 1950s through the 2000s on July 20; Portia Favro and the Pin-Up Possebring their burlesque show back to the Cascade Room stage on July 27; and loop artist Shaun Finn returns to the room on August 10.
Happy Hours
Offered daily between 4 and 6 p.m. and all-night on Mondays starting at 4 p.m., the Cascade Room’s Happy Hour menu features an array of snacks, share plates and a Drink Menu that includes 16 oz sleeves ($5) and 20 oz pints ($6) of Main St. Brewing craft beer, rotating cocktails on tap and Pimm’s & Lemonade for $10 as well as Volcanic Hills Viognier and Gamay Noir and Dominio Espinal Rosado by the glass (5 oz $6 / 8 oz $9) and bottle ($30) and Tread Softly Prosecco by the glass (5 oz, $7) and bottle ($35).
Reservations
To make a reservation for Happy Hour, Dinner or After events at The Cascade Room, click here.
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