Bike Night

Bike Night

By Amanda Parsons

When it comes to local biker bars, Cook’s Corner is Mecca. Tucked away in Trabucco Canyon, this sprawling space is the rugged home to boozin’ bad-asses and their motorcycles. While Cook’s doesn’t really need to designate a bike night—their lot is always packed with hogs from Harleys on Hondas—but, eh, whatever brings in more customers. Head in for an extended happy hour, live music from Sling Shot, a 50/50 raffle, spaghetti dinner and pool-table-play with biker babes at South County’s oldest roadhouse. Because life on the road can get lonely when you’re cowboy on a steel horse.

Price: Free

Swing by this remote spot on a weekend, and the first thing you'll notice is the omnipresent odor of leather-if you didn't already spot the rows upon rows of hogs out front. Cook's Corner is a Trabuco Canyon staple, hosting biker rallies teeming with motorcycle-club members, weekend warriors and bald, tattoo-faced riders straight out of central casting. Inside the ramshackle roadhouse is a bar featuring a modest selection of brews on tap, including Fat Tire, PBR and Pyramid Hefeweizen. There's also a sizable selection of bottled beers, running the gamut from Miller to Dos Equis. There's often live entertainment on the large patio and weekly bike-accessory bazaars. To top it off, Cook's is cradled within a verdant valley on the southern border of the Santa Ana Mountains, arguably the most scenic wilderness area in Orange County.