Drinks and Music

Best for: Bar & Grill, live music, sports.   A year-around venue for live music, OPL is also known as the “Coastside’s Biggest Little Music House”. We welcome a wide range of artists both local and touring acts. Most weekends, live music can range from jazz, funk, soul, reggae, rock, indie rock, or alternative music. The occasional drop-in has been known to happen on our stage. Our roster includes: Neil Young & Crazy Horse, surf legend and singer songwriter Tom Curren, the Expendables, and The White Buffalo.

Best for: Beer, live music, comedy night, sports.  

Hop Dogma has brought craft beer to the Coastside since 2013. Open to pups, kids, food from local vendors and all taste buds, we’re a microbrewery located in the the Harbor Village in Half Moon Bay, California. Our goal is simple, to make world-class beer of the finest quality while fostering and enriching our amazing community. 

Best for: Bar & Grill, live music, trvia night, sports.   

In 2000, a few locals got together with some hops and a dream – a dream to become a community place for great beer, food, and conversation.  Today, our award-winning brewery and restaurant has become a favorite for locals and a destination for world travelers to come together to celebrate beer, friends, and fun.

Best for: Beer & Wine, farm-to-table food, live music, cornhole, sports.   The Barn has been a beloved establishment since 2015, thanks to the incredible support from both locals and travelers. We're on a mission to bring you the best of the coast.

Our inviting outdoor space, with blankets to keep you warm on chilly days, welcomes families and their furry friends. Nestled by the ocean, it's the ideal setting for Half Moon Bay beach rehearsal dinners, corporate events, birthdays, and more. Our menu boasts a delightful selection of home-style burgers, hearty sandwiches, signature mac attack, barn dogs, and various café treats. Stop by after your refreshing ocean swim or bike ride to recharge and relax with us.

At The Barn, we take pride in our commitment to sourcing farm-to-table ingredients from our local partners right here in Half Moon Bay.

Best for: Full Bar, live music, events.

The Cantina features craft beer, tequila, & Mexican Fare located within one of the oldest buildings in Half Moon Bay. The atmosphere is fun, and the service is warm and friendly. Live music and events are scheduled throughout the year. Please see the events calendar for all upcoming shows.

Best for: Beer, food, live music, sports.   

Born and raised in the rural hills of Northeastern Pennsylvania. His love for travel and adventure brought him to California where his passion for the Coastside began.

Combining his more than sixteen years of restaurant experience with ten years in the Bay Area beer scene, (and a somewhat unhealthy obsession with craft beer and brewing) led to the creation of  Sacrilege Brewery + Kitchen in downtown Half Moon Bay in 2016.

In my first years of brewing, I was told that brewing outside of the four “sacred” ingredients, malt, hops, water and yeast, was sacrilege.  To which I responded, “So be it.”

Best for: Craft Cocktails, small bites, live music.   

Jettywave feels a responsibility to our oceanside community to act responsibly when it comes to operating a business. We commit to reducing our impact by consciously making decisions to support and engage our local community. Our spent grain from our whiskey production gets donated weekly to a local farmer who uses it to feed his cattle and pigs. Each run of our still recycles our heated water and cools it to be recycled and used again reducing our water use substantially.

​Scattered throughout our outdoor dining space you'll find planters filled with edible plants and ingredients used in our cocktails and food. By growing our own ingredients we can be certain of their quality and alignment with our commitment to source locally.

Best for: Full Bar, restaurant, sports.

A beloved spot since 1975, KETCH is for people of the Coastside communities, reinventing plates anchored in traditions from Princeton Harbor’s history. Ten-finger burger. Wake-up griddle. Bloody Mary. Joanne Salad. Chowder. Classic Ketch and Harbor Bar favorites. Oh, and lots of crab. 

Best for: Beer, food trucks, live music, cornhole tournaments.   

Best for: Wine tasting, live music.   

Barterra is an urban winery with a tasting room in downtown Half Moon Bay.  We offer a range of fine wines from California’s top vineyards, with a focus on working with small farmers and producers.  Visiting Barterra is like taking a tour through California’s finest AVAs. We are constantly searching for the finest wines available and have a “hands on” approach, visiting the vineyards and meeting with our winemakers on a regular basis.

Best for: Wine tasting.

Vinoteca's owners have a passion for wine and travel, which we are excited to share with others. On the walls of Vinoteca, you will find photos from our travels to France, Italy, Argentina, and the diverse wine regions of California. You will also find delicious, curated wines from around the world, mostly from small family-owned wineries — each with their own story to tell. We can help you to find the perfect wine to drink tonight, or for any special occasion, or we can pour you a glass or a half-glass of any wine that we sell! We can also recommend a 3-glass flight of wines to taste around a specific theme. In short, we invite you to come to Vinoteca at 330 Main Street, #105, in Half Moon Bay, and let our wines take you for a trip around the world!

Best for: Wine Tasting, cheese pairing.

The Half Moon Bay Wine & Cheese Company, located in charming downtown Half Moon Bay, is your destination wine store, wine bar, and gourmet oasis to sip, nibble, and unwind. Browse our carefully crafted collection of boutique, family-owned and rare wines as well as a number of the world's finest artisanal and farmstead cheeses. Join us at our wine tasting bar; choose from over 30 different wines by the glass and enjoy a cheese plate or snack paired with your wine. Our store offers unique gifts, tools, and accessories for both wine and cheese lovers. We carry artisan spirits, gourmet food, and picnic necessities like blankets, baskets, and accompaniments. We love to help you create the perfect gift basket or we can design one for your special occasion. Come visit our wine store and share our passion for wine, cheese, and all things related and make sure to bring your favorites home to share.    

Best for: Wine tasting, bocce ball, live music.   

La Nebbia is a boutique Winery located in the coastal town of Half Moon Bay, less than 2 miles from the sandy beaches of the Pacific Ocean. With our mild and temperate climate La Nebbia is the perfect place to enjoy throughout the year. Be sure to bring something warm and sun-shading, just in case it's foggy or sunny. We get both often!

Join us in our Garden for seated table-side service Thursday through Sunday 11am-5pm to relax, unwind and sip wine (calendar of events below & no reservations needed)! We offer a couple Tasting Flights each weekend in addition to our full bottle menu, and have a variety of à la carte charcuterie style foods. Any group larger than 10 needs to make arrangements with the Winery.

Best for: English style pub, restaurant, sports, Karaoke Fri/Sat nights.

First Timers? A Hearty Welcome! You made it. You somehow, by luck or good advice or your own intuition, found Cameron’s Pub, Restaurant & Inn! Cameron’s is a true English pub that boasts 19 beers on tap, 60 plus in bottles, and a bound to be famous beer can collection of 2000 plus.

If you can’t find a beer you like here, you must not like beer. It’s an atmosphere that only a family run business can provide, a place where babies and great grandmums are welcome. Let’s not forget the great grub! Enjoy and don’t be a stranger.

Best for: Cocktails, views, and small bites.

Soak in uninterrupted sunset views of the Pacific Ocean, sip on California beers and wines and warm up by a fire pit at this open-air bar in Half Moon Bay, CA.

Best for: Wine tasting, small bites, live music.   

At the end of the day it's the environment, the people and the energy of the place where you're experiencing your wine and the people you're sharing it with; that makes a big difference. Gathering is everything in the energy that happens when people are together enjoying, experiencing, sharing....that's what it's all about.

One of our favorite pairings is wine with friends.

Best for: Hard Ciders, Live Music

OceanCiders is a unique adult beverage trailer & seating area that will open in the spring of 2023, right next to HMB Kayak. OceanCiders will offer a wide variety of both hard & non-alcoholic ciders (always gluten-free)  on tap and in bottles and cans. While a number of local bars exist in the Harbor area, only OceanCiders will be located right on the waterfront, immediately off the Coastal Trail for a convenient stop when hiking or biking.  At OceanCiders, you’ll find a serene place to take a break and hang out on our comfy furniture – simply wrap up in a blanket and enjoy a good book or meet up with friends while enjoying ‘smores around the communal fire pit. And if the wind or rain picks up, we’ll have gazebos for protection.