Crown City History I N C O L L A B O R AT I O N W I T H C O R O N A D O H I S T O R I C A L A S S O C I AT I O N
Costa Azul Then & Now A local’s legacy
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Costa Azul was originally located at 1031 Orange Avenue.
e look forward to a new year, new goals and an opportunity to once again dine out in Coronado. Looking back over the past two COVID-19 years, we see that restaurants have closed and others have opened in their place. Yes, there have been some of our local owners who, due to either illness or age, have chosen to retire. Others were forced out due to increases in rents. In the past, Coronado was served by mostly family owned businesses, from
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ice cream shops to fine dining. Today, however, it is far more likely to see the corporate food chains opening in Coronado. In spite of this, there is still one man I know who grew up in Coronado with a dream of opening his own restaurant. This is the story of Brant Sarber, who now owns two sites in Coronado. He comes from a Navy family; his father a former seal, his mother a school teacher who later turned to real estate. As he tells it, Brant and his brother worked their way through high
