The 3rd Corner Wine Shop & Bistro in Encinitas combines a 1,000-plus-bottle retail wine shop with a French-inspired American bistro at 897 South Coast Highway 101 in Old Encinitas, letting diners select any bottle from the retail floor and drink it at the table for a five-dollar corkage fee. That retail-to-table model integrates with Encinitas's broader wine retail scene, which includes neighborhood shops like Moonlight Wine and Spirits near Moonlight Beach. The bistro menu draws from French brasserie technique: moules frites in white-wine broth, duck confit with lentils, chicken liver mousse, and brie en croute alongside seasonal rotating specials. A wine club offers members 15 percent off retail bottles, and private dining accommodates up to 36 guests within the same South Coast Highway 101 dining corridor as Le Papagayo. The cellar program rotates monthly wine flights featuring three-ounce pours of curated selections, spanning old-world Burgundy and Rhône appellations through new-world Napa and Willamette Valley producers identified by the shop's buying team.