Terry's Restaurant + Lounge is a live music venue in Lincoln Street, Carmel-by-the-Sea.
Editorially verified August 21, 2026 by Lewis Vaughan, TableJourney editor. Source.
Tip: The lounge runs live music and welcomes dogs indoors, a Cypress Inn tradition dating to Doris Day's ownership of the hotel.
Address: Lincoln St & 7th Ave, Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA 93921
Dametra Cafe is Carmel's singing dinner: musicians move through the Ocean Avenue dining room most nights while the Mediterranean kitchen runs late.
Tip: Owners Faisal Nimri and Bashar Sneeh built the room around music; expect singing between courses and queues on weekend evenings.
The Star Bar rides the roof of Vesuvio at 6th and Junipero, a rooftop rarity in Carmel, first come and first served above the village pines.
Tip: No reservations ever; arrive before sunset for a rail seat, and note weeknights the rooftop closes at 22:00 sharp.
Barmel carries what remains of Carmel nightlife at San Carlos and 7th, craft cocktails with live music early and vinyl DJs running past midnight.
Tip: This is the village's latest regular closing time; weekend nights run to 01:30, an outlier in a town that sleeps by 22:00.
