Encinitas Elks Lodge #2243, chartered on November 24, 1961, with 460 founding members, occupies a former Grange Hall on Windsor Road in Encinitas's Cardiff-by-the-Sea district less than a mile from the coast. The Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks lodge serves as both a fraternal social club and a charitable organization supporting veterans' programs and youth initiatives, contributing to the same Cardiff-by-the-Sea community corridor anchored by Cardiff 101 Main Street along South Coast Highway 101. Live music programming runs Friday, Saturday, and Sunday nights, with Big Band performances on Sundays and rotating rock, country, and variety acts on Fridays and Saturdays drawing dancers to the lodge's spacious interior floor. Wednesday-night bingo rounds out the weekly calendar alongside home-cooked meal service on select evenings and a full bar. The building underwent a renovation that removed the wall between the original bar and dining room, added a front patio, and applied a Spanish-stucco exterior treatment, modernizing the lodge's footprint for private event rentals near community recreation venues like Cardiff Sports Park nearby. Membership requires United States citizenship, a minimum age of 21, and sponsorship by a current member in good standing, with lodge meetings held on the second and fourth Tuesday of each month under the BPO Elks' cardinal principles of Charity, Justice, Brotherly Love, and Fidelity.