Restaurant
Unclaimed profileGrand Avenue Bar & Grill
Carlsbad, CA · $$
Inebrious
Beverage Program Score
The editorial take
The beverage program here is anchored by its non-alcoholic list, which runs two full menu sections: sodas, iced tea, lemonade, cranberry, ginger beer, Shirley Temple and Roy Rogers, plus juices, milk and a Virgin Bloody Mary. Guests have called the beer inexpensive, citing Modelo by price.
- What should I order?
- Start with the Virgin Bloody Mary at $6.25 if you want something with structure and no alcohol. Otherwise the $3.95 Ginger Beer or an Arnold Palmer covers the same ground for less. On the bar side, Modelo is the beer customers cite when they call the pricing inexpensive.
- Who will enjoy this place?
- Groups with mixed drinking habits, since the non-alcoholic list is broad enough that someone skipping alcohol is not stuck with soda and water. Beer drinkers watching the tab will find the pricing friendly.
- When should I go?
- A reasonable stop for a casual meal when part of the table wants a cocktail or draft beer and part wants something non-alcoholic.
- What should I expect to spend?
- Modest. Sodas, ginger beer, Shirley Temple and Roy Rogers are $3.95, the Virgin Bloody Mary is $6.25, and customers describe the beer as inexpensive.
- What makes the beverage program distinctive?
- Two separate non-alcoholic menu sections — one for soda, one for juice and milk — is more range than most restaurant bars bother with, and the Virgin Bloody Mary gives that list an actual mixed drink rather than another soft drink.
Beverage categories
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Cocktails
A full bar billed for cocktails, with 'Great Cocktails' among its featured attributes.; The full bar is explicitly associated with 'Great Cocktails' as a featured attribute.
Menu strengths
- — The full bar is explicitly associated with 'Great Cocktails' as a featured attribute.
Standout selections
- — 'Great Cocktails' as a featured attribute and describes a full bar.
Beer
Cold draft beers are part of the full bar setup. Guests cite Modelo as inexpensive beer; one guest found Blue Moon unavailable with no similar alternative offered.
Menu strengths
- — Cold draft beers are a stated feature of the full bar.
- — The beer pricing as inexpensive, citing Modelo specifically stands out repeatedly.
Standout selections
- — Modelo — the beer customers name when describing the inexpensive pricing.
- — Blue Moon Beer — a guest-reported order, though one visitor found it unavailable with no alternative offered.
Pricing: The beer as inexpensive stands out repeatedly.
Nonalcoholic
Two menu sections cover soda, juice and milk: Coke, Diet Coke, Sprite, iced tea, lemonade, cranberry, ginger beer, Arnold Palmer, Shirley Temple, Roy Rogers, milk, orange, grapefruit, pineapple and tomato juice, and a Virgin Bloody Mary.
Menu strengths
- — Separate NA Beverages sections for soda and for juice and milk give the list unusual range.
- — The selection spans soda, juices, a mocktail and energy drinks.
Standout selections
- — Virgin Bloody Mary — $6.25, listed under NA Beverages - Juice & Milk.
- — Ginger Beer — $3.95, listed under NA Beverages - Soda.
- — Arnold Palmer — $3.95, listed under NA Beverages - Soda.
- — Shirley Temple — $3.95, listed under NA Beverages - Soda.
Pricing: Sodas and juices at $3.95; Virgin Bloody Mary at $6.25.
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