Dive

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Dive on the rooftop of The Bower Coronado at 1417 Orange Avenue is Coronado Island's first and only rooftop bar and restaurant, soft-opened in March 2025 atop a 39-room boutique hotel built on the former site of the Villa Capri's 1956 Japanese tea garden. Three stories above Orange Avenue, the open-air deck delivers panoramic sightlines from Point Loma to Baja California, a view corridor that sweeps across the Hotel del Coronado's Victorian roofline and pairs with live-music programming on select evenings — part of the same Coronado Island nightlife circuit that includes Island Club. The kitchen runs a shareable California-coastal menu anchored by shishito peppers, crab toast, yellowtail crudo, and grilled sausage, with a daily brunch adding a Matcha Berry Bowl and seasonal egg dishes. Signature cocktails include the Crown City Bubbles and Bloody Maria, poured from a bar program that leverages locally sourced citrus and house-infused spirits. J Street Hospitality's design layers Japanese wabi-sabi elements over mid-century bones, including heat lamps and blankets for cooler evenings on the open-air deck — a post-dinner setting that pairs with a morning espresso walk to Trident Coffee Coronado on Orange Avenue. The private rooftop can be reserved for receptions and intimate events seating up to the terrace's full capacity, with a dedicated event designer coordinating food-and-beverage packages.