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Enjoy a variety of live music nightly at this waterfront lounge with an unbeatable view of the bay. Come early for a terrific happy hour.

A gay country-western dance bar.

Join the line for blueberry pancakes and breakfast burritos.

Sitting in the hotel’s lobby lounge amid Spanish mosaics, hand-painted ceilings and murals, red-tiled floors and huge palms is like being in a Spanish palace. Order a drink and gaze out at the ocean; a pianist performs in the evening. On sunny days, take advantage of the outside tables.

Named after the character in Anne Rice’s best-selling vampire novels, this café serves excellent coffee and pastries 24 hours a day. In the heart of increasingly hip Normal Heights, local bands entertain in the evening. Bring your laptop to enjoy a free wireless Internet connection.

If you’re looking for a place to use your laptop, try this hip coffeehouse in upscale La Jolla. Grab a back table to enjoy that million-dollar view.

You’ll find a martini to your taste among the 50 available. Head to the leopard-print loveseats upstairs or enjoy the hip-hop in the adjacent Shaker Room. There’s happy hour every weekday from 4–7pm, and on Fridays, “Manicures, Martinis & More” presents fashion, manicures, and drinks for the ladies.

Owned by an ex-Navy SEAL, the pub and its large outside patio are enormously popular with Coronado’s military. A pint of Guinness is a good choice to accompany traditional pub grub such as Mulligan stew and corned beef, and the occasional Mexican dish. Enjoy the live local entertainment.

Breakfast is served until 3pm in this funky “ChinoLatino” café.

Features a piano bar and outdoor patio.