FROM ISOLA — CORONADO'S CROWN CITY GUIDE · UPDATED JULY 2026
Bars, Cocktails & Drinks in Coronado, CA
Part of Isola, the Crown City's live guide to eat, drink & do — open-now status, menus and one-tap directions.
Grab a drink in Coronado. These Coronado restaurants and bars are known for craft cocktails, tequila or strong wine lists — with menus, hours and open-now status.
We track 6 spots here, averaging 4.5★. Every listing shows the day's hours, a sample menu with prices, and one-tap call, directions and ordering — plus live "open now" status on the main guide.
On this page: Stake Chophouse & Bar, Little Frenchie, Tartine, The Henry, Danny's Palm Bar & Grill and Coronado Playhouse.
Coronado's modern chophouse and its splashiest dinner reservation — dry-aged beef and a cellar that's taken Wine Spectator's Best of Award of Excellence six years running.
European-style café a block from the ferry with house-baked pastries and cakes that locals cross the bridge for. Coffee at 7am, wine and quiche by evening.
★ 4.4 · American · 1031 Orange Ave, Coronado, CA 92118
Fox Restaurant Concepts' all-day hangout mid-Orange Ave — coffee bar in the morning, buzzy modern-American dinners and cocktails at night. The prettiest patio scene in the village.
★ 4.3 · Bar & Lounge · 965 Orange Ave, Coronado, CA 92118
A true-blue dive in a building that's been pouring as The Palm since the early 1900s, wallpapered in Navy SEAL memorabilia. The griddle-smashed Slamburger is the island's best cheap eat.
★ 4.5 · Movies & Shows · 1835 Strand Way, Coronado, CA 92118
San Diego County's longest-running community theatre — 81 straight seasons — in an intimate 100-seat cabaret room overlooking Glorietta Bay. The 2026 season: Barefoot in the Park, The Drowsy Chaperone, The Mousetrap, and Into the Woods.