The Nolen

On our lists of the best rooftop bars and cocktail bars in San Diego.

Fourteen floors up on the Courtyard San Diego Gaslamp, this rooftop bar takes its name from John Nolen, the landscape architect who helped plan the city's early streets and parks. Views stretch from Petco Park to the Coronado Bridge. Guests settle into a lounge built around a fireplace, or a communal table that circles its own fire pit, for original cocktails like a gin-arugula-agave Garden Party alongside food such as a chili-glazed meatball over sliced potatoes and carnitas street tacos.