Sea Trader Liquor & Deli – Ocean Beach

This is the neighborhood-corner version of the San Diego liquor store deli: walk in, grab a drink from the beer cave, and order a sub at the counter. San Diego Magazine's liquor store sandwich roundup pointed readers to the Nuclear here. Breakfast sandwiches and açaí bowls come out of the same kitchen, and there's a hot-food window.

The quirk is the beer. San Diego Lineup's listing describes a walk-in cave stocked with craft and Belgian beers and a run of specialty sodas, so the sandwich and something unusual to drink with it are both a few steps apart.

No online ordering turned up on the store's own site; order in person or call ahead.

Sources: seatraderliquordeli.online (store's own site: name, address, phone, family-owned; checked 2026-11-05); San Diego Lineup (address, phone, website, family-run, beer cave, Boar's Head subs, breakfast sandwiches, açaí, hot-food window; checked 2026-11-05); MapQuest (listed open; checked 2026-11-05); Emily Blackwood, "The Best Liquor Store Sandwiches in San Diego", San Diego Magazine, 2023-06-28 (the Nuclear). Map pin from the US Census geocoder.