TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 3 · 08:28 AM

Local Guide to Solana Beach

Restaurants, this week's shows, the beaches, the tide, and what's actually worth doing in Solana Beach.

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Conditions now

AIR: 64°Sunny · lt E
WATER: 75°Fletcher Cove
TIDE: ▲ 4.7 FTLow 11:04a
SURF: 3–4 FTSW swell
SUNSET: 4:55PGolden 4:10

New in town

BASQUE TAPAS · S COAST HWY 101 · $$

CTZN brings Basque pintxos to the 101

A pintxos-and-wood-fire menu inside the new Sandbox Solana building — the anchor of a wave of newcomers that has remade the south end of the 101.

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Top things to do

Full guide

Sunset at Fletcher Cove

The town's front porch — bluff-top overlook and beach access.

Free · daily

Tidepools at Tide Beach

Best on a negative low tide. Bring reef shoes.

Best at a minus tide

Cedros Design District

Galleries, makers, and boutiques along a walkable strip.

Shops & galleries

A show at the Belly Up

North County's legendary live-music room.

Live music most nights

This week

Full calendar

NOV 3

Fitz and The Tantrums – Picking Up The Pieces In Its Entirety

Tue · doors 6:30pm · from $45 · Belly Up

NOV 4

Fitz and The Tantrums - Greatest Hits Show

Wed · doors 6:30pm · from $45 · Belly Up

NOV 5

Don McLean - Celebrating America’s 250th Birthday

Thu · doors 7pm · from $95 · Belly Up

NOV 6

Electric Waste Band Happy Hour - A Benefit for The Bill Walton Foundation

Fri · doors 5pm · from $45 · Belly Up

EDITOR-VOTED 2026

Best of Solana Beach

Browse every spot

Best coffee

№1

Lofty Coffee

Roasted in-house and poured in a room that gets the morning light — the one we actually walk to.

Best happy hour

№1

Rare Society

A wood-fired steakhouse is the last place you'd expect a deal — sit at the bar and find out otherwise.

Best dog patio

№1

Barefoot Coffee Roasters

The seating is all outside, so nobody waits in the car — including the dog.

Best surf shop

№1

Surf Ride

Boards, wetsuits, and a straight answer about whether it's worth paddling out this morning.

Best sunset spot

№1

Fletcher Cove

The town's front porch — the park above the sand fills in about ten minutes before the sun goes.

Best breakfast

№1

Claire's on Cedros

Lemon ricotta pancakes in a solar-powered cottage — the line moves, and it's worth it.