Little Club

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Established in 1958, Little Club at 132 Orange Avenue anchored the south end of Coronado Island's commercial corridor as a cash-only dive bar for over six decades before closing in March 2026 following the sale of its building. The bar never operated a kitchen — regulars carried in food from neighboring Orange Avenue restaurants including Night & Day Cafe, a bring-your-own tradition that kept the focus on pours and conversation rather than table service. Dim lighting, wood-paneled walls, a single pool table, and a jukebox composed an interior that stayed deliberately unchanged from the 1970s forward, drawing generations of Navy personnel on shore leave, Coronado High School alumni, and island lifers to the same 92118 address. The bar outlasted every other original storefront tenant on its block, serving through an era of Coronado Island history now documented by the Coronado Historical Association as part of the island's post-war social landscape. No credit card terminal, no cocktail menu, and no food-service permit — the stripped-down California Type 48 on-sale general liquor license covered beer, wine, and spirits across a single-room footprint of approximately 800 square feet with a maximum occupancy under 50.