Cedros Business District

Spent a weekday afternoon here and really enjoyed it. The weather was on the cooler side so there were less people here than say on a Sunday afternoon during the farmers market on a warm day. This made the lines shorter for a table or coffee, etc. This is a great area to browse for a gift or home décor items. I saw quite a few people with dogs.

A great street! A wonderful place to stroll, take in some art, have lunch and enjoy your time in SD. The blocks are great, and the stores all have their own personality. If you are staying or visiting this area — give yourself a couple of hours to bop around.

A nice change of pace from La Jolla Cove and Shores is a visit to the Cedros Business Districe which is a long block of business in Cedros Avenue. It has a lot of charm with various stores including furniture, pet, clothes, stationery and other functional items for in and out of the house.
You ask why review a whole block and not individual stores. There are individual reviews already in this site for the businesses, what I wanted to review was the atmosphere and how this block welcomes its customers.
First and foremost, parking is worse in the Summer because more people are out but on a January Sunday afternoon, I found it easy to find a spot in front of one of the stores. However, since there is a Farmer’s market from 2 – 4 pm, parking is available in most store lots that are not open on Sundays. If you are really looking for a different shopping district to visit on a lazy Sunday afternoon, go to this area. The beach access is within walking distance across Highway 101. There is a bridge over the train tracks that allows you access towards the beach.
Important touches for this area is the benches that are spread around the block. It gives you an opportunity to rest if you are tired from walking. The most important part of this block is the availability of various options. Farmer’s market on Sunday, pet boutique with its small yard with dog houses, stationery and furniture store with unique gifts, wrapping and household items and outside furniture for your patio and garden. There is also the Cedros garden which is a smaller version of those big box stores that sell plants. They are very knowledgeable about the plants they sell.
So if you and the dog want to get away from the regular area downtown, Coronado or La Jolla, take a drive towards Solana Beach.
Very dog friendly including some of the restaurants in the area, Wild Note Café (part of the Belly Up Tavern venue (musical acts etc.). The Pacific Coast Grill just over the bridge also have an outdoor venue that allows dogs.
The beach does not allow dogs so if you have poochie, you can view the surfers and the beach and the sunset but not take him down.