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6 cocktail bar places in San Luis Obispo we have eaten in, sorted by editor score. All cuisines in San Luis Obispo | Cocktail Bar across every city.

Sidecar Cocktail Co. ★ 4.4

$$$Cocktail barDowntown

Sidecar Cocktail Co. shakes San Luis Obispo's most serious cocktails on Broad Street, backing the list with a comfort-food kitchen four nights a week.

TipThe comfort-food kitchen runs Wednesday to Saturday; ask the bartenders what is in barrel this month.

McCarthy's Irish Pub ★ 4.1

$Cocktail barDowntown

McCarthy's Irish Pub has poured in San Luis Obispo since 1952, opening at 10:00 daily with Guinness, whiskey and zero pretension on Marsh Street.

TipHappy hour takes a dollar off drinks 17:00-19:00 daily; the room packs shoulder to shoulder on weekend nights.

Frog & Peach Pub ★ 3.9

$Cocktail barDowntown

Frog & Peach Pub has run live music seven nights a week since 1994 on Higuera Street, the reliable free stage of San Luis Obispo's bar crawl.

TipMost nights there is no cover; the craft tap list outclasses the divey room around it.

Bull's Tavern ★ 3.8

$Cocktail barDowntown

Bull's Tavern is San Luis Obispo's historic dive, a long wooden bar on Chorro Street that has outlasted every polished cocktail newcomer around it.

TipCash keeps the line moving on weekend nights; the jukebox is half the point.

The Library ★ 3.5

$Cocktail barDowntown

The Library packs the Cal Poly weekend crowd into a two-level room on Higuera Street, the loudest three nights of the week in San Luis Obispo.

TipIt only opens Thursday to Saturday; arrive before 22:00 to skip the queue.

Nightcap ★ 4.2

$$$Cocktail barDowntown

Nightcap hides behind the Granada Hotel on Morro Street, a dim speakeasy-styled lounge stirring the most precise late drinks in San Luis Obispo.

TipBistro bites carry over from the hotel kitchen; it seats few, so go early or very late.

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