The table on right is the best seat in the house for the Cove Bar. Much of Paradise will be re-themed to Pixar Pier. (Photo by Cindy Yamanaka, Orange County Register/SCNG)

Lobster Nachos at the Cove Bar are back, and will also be on the menu at the new Lamplight Lounge when it replaces it.

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Model of the revamped Lamplight Lounge by Walt Disney Imagineering, part of the upcoming changes to the new Pixar Pier development at Disney California Adventure in Anaheim, as of March 8, 2018. The pier is still under construction. This two-story family lounge will replace the Cove Bar and Ariel’s Grotto. Photo by Marla Jo Fisher, the Orange County Register, at Walt Disney Imagineering in Glendale, CA.

Tuna tartare with edamame, avocado and mango sauce with a cracker dome will be available at the temporarily reopened Cove Bar, and then at Lamplight Lounge in Disney California Adventure in Anaheim. The Lamplight Lounge replaces Ariel’s Grotto and the Cove Bar. (Photo by Jeff Gritchen, Orange County Register/SCNG)

Deviled eggs with toast points will be available at the temporarily reopened Cove Bar and then available at Lamplight Lounge in Disney California Adventure in Anaheim. The Lamplight Lounge replaces Ariel’s Grotto and the Cove Bar. (Photo by Jeff Gritchen, Orange County Register/SCNG)



The former Ariel’s Grotto restaurant will not reopen. (Photo by Cindy Yamanaka, Orange County Register/SCNG)

The popular Cove Bar above Ariel’s Grotto overlooking Paradise Bay is being replaced by a new lounge to open June 23, 2018. Photo by Cindy Yamanaka, Orange County Register.

A spiral staircase connected the walk-in Cove Bar (top floor) and Ariel’s Grotto. The Paradise Pier restaurants, are being combined into the new Lamplight Lounge, Paradise Pier to a Pixar Pier. (Photo by Cindy Yamanaka, Orange County Register/SCNG)

New foods available at the as-yet-constructed Lamplight Lounge, part of the upcoming changes to the new Pixar Pier development at Disney California Adventure in Anaheim. These will also be available when the Cove Bar reopens temporarily March 16 to May 28. The pier is still under construction. Photo by Marla Jo Fisher, the Orange County Register

If you loved the Cove Bar at the Disneyland Resort, prepare to be happy, because it’s baaack … but only for awhile. The building is being renovated and converted into a new family venue to be called the Lamplight Lounge, opening as part of the new Pixar Pier development at Disney California Adventure, but, the upper Cove Bar portion is reopening temporarily.

Here are 5 things you want to know:

1 The Cove Bar reopens on Friday, March 16, but only until Monday, May 28.

2. Yes, you can still get your lobster nacho fix.

3. You’ll also be able to get two new snacks: Deviled Eggs with Creamy Egg Salad, Tarragon Romesco Sauce, Manchego Crisp, Dill and Toast Points

along with Tuna Poke — Yellowfin Tuna Poke “Rice Bowl” with Magic Watermelon, Edamame, Shishito Peppers and Spiced Mango Nectar.

4. All three of these will also be for sale when the building reopens this summer as the Lamplight Lounge.

5. Sorry, Ariel’s Grotto is closed for good and won’t reopen, except in your memories.