Photo: Kamil Czaiński · CC BY-SA 4.0 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 .
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$$$$ Cocktail bar Downtown
Sidecar Cocktail Co. shakes San Luis Obispo's most serious cocktails on Broad Street, backing the list with a comfort-food kitchen four nights a week.
Tip The comfort-food kitchen runs Wednesday to Saturday; ask the bartenders what is in barrel this month.
$$$$ Cocktail bar Downtown
McCarthy's Irish Pub has poured in San Luis Obispo since 1952, opening at 10:00 daily with Guinness, whiskey and zero pretension on Marsh Street.
Tip Happy hour takes a dollar off drinks 17:00-19:00 daily; the room packs shoulder to shoulder on weekend nights.
$$$$ Cocktail bar Downtown
Frog & Peach Pub has run live music seven nights a week since 1994 on Higuera Street, the reliable free stage of San Luis Obispo's bar crawl.
Tip Most nights there is no cover; the craft tap list outclasses the divey room around it.
$$$$ Cocktail bar Downtown
Bull's Tavern is San Luis Obispo's historic dive, a long wooden bar on Chorro Street that has outlasted every polished cocktail newcomer around it.
Tip Cash keeps the line moving on weekend nights; the jukebox is half the point.
$$$$ Cocktail bar Downtown
The Library packs the Cal Poly weekend crowd into a two-level room on Higuera Street, the loudest three nights of the week in San Luis Obispo.
Tip It only opens Thursday to Saturday; arrive before 22:00 to skip the queue.
$$$$ Cocktail bar Downtown
Nightcap hides behind the Granada Hotel on Morro Street, a dim speakeasy-styled lounge stirring the most precise late drinks in San Luis Obispo.
Tip Bistro bites carry over from the hotel kitchen; it seats few, so go early or very late.
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