Grouse Mountain Grill

What Grouse Mountain Grill does

Grouse Mountain Grill is an independent fine dining restaurant founded in 1992 by Daniel and Doris Schoenfelder and located inside The Pines Lodge at 141 Scott Hill Rd in Beaver Creek, Colorado. The restaurant operates daily from 5:00 PM, serving a New American cuisine menu with global influences built around locally sourced ingredients from regional farms and ranches. Its product portfolio centers on a single in-restaurant dining experience with entrees priced $50-$75 and an extensive wine list, complemented by private event and banquet hosting for 20-120 guests and an off-premise catering service for corporate and private events. Executive Chef Frank Blea, who joined in 2011 from Two Michelin-starred Mélisse in Los Angeles, leads the scratch kitchen.

The business is privately held by its founder-owners, with no subsidiaries, no parent company, and no external equity backing. Revenue is generated through direct-to-consumer channels including walk-ins, phone reservations, OpenTable bookings, private event contracts, and catering inquiries, with distribution supported by a BentoBox-powered website, email newsletter, and Facebook presence. Pricing includes a 4% kitchen living wage surcharge, 22% auto-gratuity for parties of six or more, and a winter-season $75-per-person cancellation fee tied to a 48-hour cancellation policy requiring credit card guarantees.

The restaurant has earned the AAA Four Diamond Award for 29 consecutive years, Wine Spectator's Best of Award of Excellence, and was named one of 12 Wine Spectator Rising-Star Wine Restaurants in 2025; it is also ranked the #1 restaurant in Beaver Creek by Tripadvisor. With 17 disclosed employees, a single physical location inside a resort lodge, and a customer base oriented toward Beaver Creek tourists, second-home owners, and local event hosts, the business combines premium hospitality positioning with concentrated geographic and seasonal exposure.

Name

Grouse Mountain Grill

Legal name

Grouse Mountain Grill

Website

https://grousemountaingrill.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1992

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Grouse Mountain Grill is an independent fine dining restaurant inside The Pines Lodge in Beaver Creek, Colorado, serving New American cuisine to resort tourists, locals, and private event clients with award-winning wine and locally sourced menus.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Beaver Creek

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Supply Chain, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Fine Dining Restaurant: Revenue generated from dine-in restaurant service including appetizers, entrees, desserts, wine, cocktails, and beverages. The restaurant operates daily from 5:00 PM, serving a New American cuisine menu with global influences and locally sourced ingredients.
2. Catering Services: Off-premise catering services for office parties, at-home celebrations, and various events including weddings, corporate events, and private dinners.
3. Private Event Hosting: In-house private dining and banquet services for events hosting 20-120 guests, including weddings, anniversaries, showers, birthdays, corporate events, and holiday celebrations.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Grouse Mountain Grill is a fine dining restaurant located inside The Pines Lodge in Beaver Creek, Colorado, serving New American cuisine with global influences made from scratch using locally sourced ingredients. In addition to in-restaurant dinner service, the business offers off-premise catering and in-house private event hosting for groups of 20–120 guests, supported by an award-winning wine program and craft cocktail offerings.

Product overview

Grouse Mountain Grill is a single fine dining restaurant (core product) offering American cuisine with global influences. The restaurant is located inside the Pines Lodge in Beaver Creek, CO, and has operated for over 32 years. The product portfolio includes the main dining experience (Dinner Menu with appetizers, entrees, and desserts), an award-winning Wine Program (Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence), craft Cocktails & Beer offerings, Catering Services for off-site events, Private Events & Banquets hosting (20-120 guests), Reservations (via OpenTable and phone), and Gift Cards. All offerings are unified under the Grouse Mountain Grill brand, which has earned AAA Four Diamond recognition for 29 consecutive years.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Fine Dining Restaurant Service New American fine dining dinner service with global influences and locally sourced ingredients, served inside The Pines Lodge in Beaver Creek, Colorado with floor-to-ceiling mountain views, daily from 5:00 PM. Menu features appetizers ($18-$42), entrees ($50-$75), desserts ($7-$14), wine, cocktails, and spirits.
• Catering Services

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• OpenTablecoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorOpenTable serves as the restaurant's primary online reservation platform, allowing customers to book tables directly through the OpenTable website and app. The restaurant also accepts phone reservations directly.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• The Restaurant at The Little Nell: Luxury resort fine dining at The Little Nell in Aspen, CO — a peer Colorado mountain resort restaurant with a wine-driven, ingredient-led program and similar affluent clientele. Comparable pricing tier and AAA/Wine Spectator recognition profile.
• Beaver Creek Chophouse: Upscale steakhouse located in Beaver Creek Village, directly competing for the same destination guest with a premium steak and cocktail program. Most immediate on-mountain competitor alongside Splendido.
• Element 47: AAA Four Diamond fine dining restaurant at The Little Nell in Aspen, CO. Operates in the same luxury-mountain-segment, with comparable Wine Spectator recognition and a similar reliance on resort and destination guests.
• Game Creek Restaurant: European-style fine dining restaurant at the top of the Eagle Bahn Gondola in Vail, CO. Competes for the same ski-resort destination guest in the Vail/Beaver Creek market with a similar prix-fixe/upscale a la carte model.
• Splendido at the Chateau: Upscale American fine dining restaurant located at the Chateau Beaver Creek, in the same resort village as Grouse Mountain Grill. Directly competes for Beaver Creek destination guests and private events with mountain-view dining and similar price points.
• Cache Cache: French-inspired fine dining restaurant in Aspen, CO, with a long operating history and an award-winning wine program. Comparable as a Colorado mountain fine dining destination with similar check averages and wine-driven positioning.
• Sweet Basil: Iconic New American fine dining restaurant in Vail Village, CO, with an adjacent casual concept (Mountain Standard). Operates in the same mountain luxury dining segment, targeting both resort guests and local patrons in the Vail Valley.
• Matsuhisa Aspen: Japanese-Peruvian fine dining from chef Nobu Matsuhisa located in the St. Regis Aspen. Competes for the same high-end mountain-resort traveller with a chef-driven, premium-priced menu and similar private event hosting.
• La Tour Restaurant: Long-standing French-influenced fine dining restaurant in Vail Village, CO. Directly comparable as a Beaver Creek-adjacent luxury dining option with a long operating history and similar private event capabilities.

Others

• Wine Spectator Grand Award Restaurants (industry category): Not a single peer but a relevant comparable cohort: Grouse Mountain Grill's Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence and 2025 Rising-Star recognition places it among national wine-focused fine dining programs. Useful as a benchmark set for wine list comp and pricing power.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/grousemtngrill
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/grouse-mountain-grill

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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