The Cascade Room

What The Cascade Room does

The Cascade Room is a single-location gastrolounge restaurant and bar operating at 2616 Main Street in Vancouver's Mount Pleasant neighbourhood, founded in 2007. The venue offers dine-in service across differentiated dayparts: a full dinner menu featuring elevated casual cuisine with share plates, mains, and burgers; a comprehensive bar program of signature and classic cocktails, BC craft beer, Old and New World wines, and a curated whisk(e)y and spirits collection; a daily happy hour program running across all seven days; and a late-night menu available until 1am on weekends. Sourcing is anchored on a trusted network of BC farms, fields, and ocean purveyors delivering fresh, in-season ingredients, and the draught beer program is built around an exclusive partnership with Main Street Brewing Company.

The business operates as a direct-to-consumer restaurant with no proprietary technology stack beyond a Squarespace website and an Exploretock reservation integration. Revenue is generated entirely through per-cover food and beverage sales, with menu pricing that spans $8-35 on mains, $10-16 on cocktails, $6.5-18 on wines by the glass, and $30-175 on wine bottles, supplemented by discounted happy hour pricing seven days a week. The target customer is local Vancouver diners and visitors seeking elevated yet approachable cuisine and craft beverage options in a convivial late-night atmosphere. The restaurant employs 8 people and is led operationally by Head Chef Darrel Ahenakew, who joined in 2021. No external funding, parent company, or expansion beyond the single location is disclosed.

The Cascade Room is privately held, independently owned, and operates with no public listing, no disclosed institutional investors, and no franchise or licensing model. The commercial footprint is deliberately localized to one Vancouver address, with distribution entirely through walk-ins and advance reservations via the Exploretock platform. The brand identity draws on the historic Brewery Creek neighbourhood and the original Vancouver Brewery Cascade label, providing a heritage positioning that the restaurant has leveraged for nearly two decades.

Name

The Cascade Room

Legal name

The Cascade Room

Website

https://thecascade.ca

Company type

Private

Founded year

2007

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

The Cascade Room is a single-location gastrolounge restaurant and bar in Vancouver's Mount Pleasant neighbourhood, founded in 2007, serving elevated casual cuisine, craft cocktails, BC craft beer, and wines to local diners across dinner, daily happy hour, and late-night service windows.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Full-Service Gastrolounge Restaurant and Bar

NAICS

Drinking Places (Alcoholic Beverages) (7224), Full-Service Restaurants (722511)

SIC

Retail-Eating & Drinking Places (5810)

akta.pro primary industry

Pubs & Gastropubs (THAFAEAB)

akta.pro secondary industries

Wine Bars (THAFAEAF), Cocktail Bars & Lounges (CRANACAD)

Keywords

• Gastrolounge dining
• Craft cocktail bar
• Bc craft beer
• Late night dining
• Farm-to-table restaurant

Headquarters

HQ city

Vancouver

HQ country

Canada

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Food and Beverage Sales: The restaurant generates revenue through per-transaction food and beverage sales. Customers order from dinner, cocktail, beer/wine, happy hour, and late-night menus. Average check includes share plates ($14-19), mains ($22-35), burgers ($20-24), cocktails ($10-16), and wines by the glass ($6.5-18) or bottle ($30-175). No subscription or recurring revenue model.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

The Cascade Room is a Vancouver gastrolounge restaurant that sells elevated casual dinner cuisine, signature and classic cocktails, BC craft beer, Old & New World wines, and a curated collection of whisk(e)y and spirits to in-person diners. The venue operates daily from 4pm with extended weekend hours until 1am, runs a daily happy hour program, and offers a separate late-night menu. Customers can dine in at the single Main Street location or reserve tables online through the Exploretock platform.

Product overview

The Cascade Room is a gastrolounge restaurant offering a unified hospitality experience built around three interconnected services: a dinner food menu featuring elevated casual cuisine with share plates, mains, and burgers; a comprehensive bar program with cocktails, craft beer, and wines; and a happy hour program providing discounted drinks and food during specific hours. The venue operates as a single establishment with modular dining options including regular dinner service, late-night offerings, and daily happy hour specials, all showcasing local BC ingredients and beverages.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Dinner Menu (Food)

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration1 record

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Main Street Brewing CompanycoreOthersPrimary draught beer supplier providing house draught selections including Premium Pilsner, Krush Crisp Lager, Kingpin Juicy Hazy Pale Ale, Naked Fox West Coast IPA, and rotating cask beer. Featured exclusively at The Cascade Room's bar program.
• Main Street BrewingcoreOthersExclusive draught beer partnership featuring Main Street Premium Pilsner, Krush Crisp Lager, Kingpin Juicy Hazy Pale Ale, Naked Fox West Coast IPA, Little Fish Hazy IPA, Hula Hula Pink Guava & Passionfruit Sour, and Cask Ale. Core component of the bar program.
• BC Farms and Purveyors NetworkcoreOthersTrusted network of BC-based suppliers providing daily deliveries of fresh, local, in-season ingredients from farms, fields, and ocean. Drives the restaurant's farm-to-table culinary philosophy and menu inspiration.
• Dubrulle Culinary InstituteminorOthersCulinary school where Head Chef Darrel Ahenakew received his professional training before joining The Cascade Room team.
• Exploretock (Tock)minorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorThird-party reservation platform used for online table bookings. Customers access reservation system via the restaurant's website.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights2 records

Broad incumbents

• Hawksworth Restaurant: David Hawksworth's flagship Vancouver fine-dining establishment at the Rosewood Hotel Georgia. Broader incumbent in the Vancouver elevated dining scene with overlapping BC-ingredient sourcing and craft cocktail program.
• OEB Breakfast Co. Canadian elevated casual dining chain with multiple locations, focusing on craft breakfast and brunch in a gastrolounge atmosphere. Comparable in operating model and elevated-casual positioning, though at a different daypart.

Direct peers

• The Flying Pig: Vancouver farm-to-table restaurant group with multiple locations emphasizing local BC ingredients. Comparable in ingredient sourcing philosophy and elevated casual dining positioning.
• The Lamplighter Public House: Mount Pleasant gastropub and one of The Cascade Room's most direct neighbors, with a comparable late-night, craft-cocktail, and elevated-casual-cuisine positioning. Closely aligned customer base and menu structure.
• Score on Davie: Davie Street gastropub and sports bar with an extensive BC craft beer program and elevated pub fare. Comparable in late-night operating hours, craft beer focus, and broadcast-driven neighborhood pub concept.
• The Bimini Public House: Vancouver gastropub in Kitsilano offering elevated casual fare, craft beer, and cocktails in a similar pub-style atmosphere. Directly comparable as a stand-alone neighborhood gastrolounge targeting similar after-work and late-night crowds.
• The Irish Heather / Shebeen Whiskey House: Gastown gastropub concept with a deep curated whisk(e)y program and Irish-inspired elevated pub fare. Comparable in its whisk(e)y-forward bar program and gastrolounge positioning.
• Published on Main: Mount Pleasant neighborhood restaurant operating in the same immediate geographic vicinity as The Cascade Room, with a similar elevated casual concept and BC-focused menu. Direct geographic and conceptual competitor.
• The Parlour: Vancouver gastrolounge in the West End offering craft cocktails, share plates, and similar elevated-casual fare. Comparable in operating model, price points, and target demographic to The Cascade Room.

Regional players

• Cin Cin Ristorante: Long-standing Vancouver Italian restaurant in the same South Granville dining scene. Relevant as a previous employer of The Cascade Room's head chef and a comparable elevated full-service experience.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/the-cascade-room

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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