Restaurant
Unclaimed profileCascadia Grill
Olympia, WA · $$
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Beverage Program Score
The editorial take
Cascadia Grill treats its beverage program with more care than a restaurant this size usually bothers with. Wine runs across white, red, sparkling, and dessert with by-the-glass and bottle formats and a $15 corkage fee; beer covers lagers, IPAs, ales, stouts, porters, and ciders, including a private-label pilsner brewed. Cocktails are nine named drinks in a 'cascadian cocktails' section, priced $9-$10 and leaning on prosecco, agave wine, and Torani syrups. Mocktails, draft kombucha, and rotating non-alcoholic beer fill out the sober side.
- What should I order?
- Start with the Paranormal Red Blend, Cascadia Grill's private-label bottling from Richland, made by Bigfoot; it is $7 by the 6oz glass and $30 by the bottle. For a lighter pour, the Anne Amie Winemaker Select Pinot Noir is $11 for 6oz. Beer drinkers should take the "It's the Trees" Pilsner, the house private label brewed at 3.7% ABV.
- Who will enjoy this place?
- Wine drinkers who want a genuine by-the-glass list rather than two house pours, and beer drinkers who care about Washington producers. The $7 mocktails and draft kombucha give non-drinkers something beyond soda.
- When should I go?
- The Sangria rotates seasonally and can be red or white depending on the time of year, so it is worth asking about before ordering.
- What should I expect to spend?
- Cocktails are $9-$10. Beer runs $6-$8, with the beer float at $10. Wine by the glass is $7-$11 for 6oz and $12-$19 for 9oz; bottles are $30-$50. Dessert wine by the glass is $9-$11. Corkage is $15.
- What makes the beverage program distinctive?
- Private-label production on both sides of the list: the Paranormal Red Blend from Richland and the "It's the Trees" Pilsner brewed. The wine list carries a $15 corkage fee and reaches into sparkling, orange wine, and dessert pours including a Yakima late-harvest Roussanne and a tawny port.
Beverage categories
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Cocktails
A 'cascadian cocktails' section with nine named drinks. Sangria rotates seasonally and may be red or white.
Menu strengths
- — Nine named cocktails give the section real range, from a sake-based Lavender Lemonade to a Lemon Shandy built on Washington State lager and housemade lemonade.
- — Pricing holds at $9-$10 across the list, including the seasonal Sangria at $9.
Standout selections
- — Monica Bellini — Prosecco and peach purée, $10.
- — Petrichor — Agave Wine, Topo Chico, and lime, $10.
- — Royal Wedding — Prosecco, elderflower cordial, and Lemon Torani, $10.
Pricing: $9-$10
Wine
Wines by the glass and bottle across white, red, sparkling, and dessert, with rotating white and red alongside named producers. Whites reach from a Willamette Pinot Gris to an orange wine; reds from Oregon Pinot Noir to Barbera D'Asti. Corkage is $15.
Menu strengths
- — Four format categories — white, red, sparkling, and dessert — with by-the-glass and bottle pricing at every turn.
- — Private-label Paranormal Red Blend from Richland sits alongside a Yakima late-harvest Roussanne and a Douro tawny port.
Standout selections
- — Anne Amie Winemaker Select Pinot Noir, 2023 — Willamette Valley, soft and velvety, $11 / $19 / $44.
- — Paranormal Red Blend, Cascadia Grill Private Label, NV — Richland, WA, $7 / $12 / $30.
- — Porto Menéres Fine Tawny Port, NV — Douro, mellow texture and raisiny finish, $9 / $16 / $36.
Pricing: $7-$11 (6oz) / $12-$19 (9oz) / $30-$50 bottles; dessert $9-$11 / $36-$44
Beer
Beers span lagers and pilsners, IPAs, ales and hefes, stouts and porters, and ciders, with rotating taps and multiple Washington producers. Prices sit at $6-$8. A beer float pairs Belching Beaver Peanut Butter Milk Stout with vanilla ice cream.
Menu strengths
- — Category coverage runs the full spread from a 3.7% ABV house pilsner to a 7.3% ABV hazy IPA, plus nitro Guinness and a grapefruit radler.
- — The private-label "It's the Trees" Pilsner is brewed and the list names Washington producers including Everybody's Brewing and Jellyfish.
Standout selections
- — "It's the Trees" Pilsner — Cascadia Grill Private Label, WA, 3.7% ABV, $7.
- — Sir Hugs-A-Lot Hazy IPA — Jellyfish Brewing Co., Seattle, 7.3% ABV, $8.
- — Beer Float — Belching Beaver Peanut Butter Milk Stout and vanilla ice cream, $10.
Pricing: $6-$8; beer float $10
Nonalcoholic
Non-alcoholic options include five sparkling mocktail flavors, draft kombucha, and rotating non-alcoholic beer from Sober Carpenter. The brasserie menu adds lemonade, flavored lemonades, iced tea, juices, San Pellegrino sodas, ginger beer, Topo Chico, and fountain drinks.
Menu strengths
- — A dedicated mocktail section with five distinct flavors — Yuzu, Hibiscus & Rose, Cucumber, Ginger & Key Lime, and Mango & Basil — all at $7.
- — Draft kombucha and a rotating Sober Carpenter can give two non-alcoholic options beyond soda, each at $7.
Standout selections
- — Sparkling Mocktails — Yuzu, Hibiscus & Rose, Cucumber, Ginger & Key Lime, or Mango & Basil, $7.
- — Rotating Non-Alcoholic Beer — Sober Carpenter, 12oz can, $7.
- — Topo Chico Carbonated Mineral Water — 12oz bottle, $4.
Pricing: $4-$7
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