Cook's Corner

USA / California / Portola Hills / Santiago Canyon Road, 19152
 bar, biker bar
19152 Santiago Canyon Road
Trabuco Canyon, CA 92679
(949) 858-0266
www.cookscorners.com/

Cook's Corner is considered to be one of the most famous biker bars in Southern California. It is located at the juncture of Santiago Canyon and Live Oak Canyon roads. Cook's Corner was named after Andrew Jackson Cook, who got about 190 acres of Aliso Canyon in a land trade in 1884. In 1926, his son, Earl Jack "E.J." Cook converted a cabin into a restaurant for miners and local ranchers. After Prohibition ended in 1933, alcohol began being sold, and Cook's Corner became a full-fledged bar. In 1946, Cook bought an old mess hall from the Santa Ana Army Air Base and the tavern was born.

In 1970, a Santa Ana motorcycle accessories owner purchased it and Cooks Corner was molded into what it represents today…an old-fashioned roadhouse. Cook's (as it is normally referred) is still as rugged-looking as a World War II-era-mess-hall-turned-biker-bar should look.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cook's_Corner
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Coordinates:   33°41'2"N   117°37'12"W

Comments

  • I used to live a couple miles away and would stop by for a beer and a burger all the time. Usually a great crowd and a lot of fun!
  • The first time I was dragged to this hole was in 1969. P.S. I like the "Buccaneer" girlies pic.
  • Real bikers don't go there anymore. Now it's the "lifestyle" crowd, the weekend warriors, the orthodontists with shiny new leathers from the Harley shop and a girlfriend who insists on being called "Belle" on the weekends and all that phony-balogna B.S.
  • Bikers are bikers weekend or not
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