Perqs Bar, Downtown Huntington Beach Music

Perqs Bar
117 Main St.
Huntington Beach, CA 92648
(714) 960-9996
perqsbar.com

Perqs Bar and Nite Club Live Music 9 p.m. Showtime

Perqs Bar on Main Street half a block from the beach in downtown Huntington Beach. Casual, lively, liquor, and a catered menu of select items now offered from nearby Twenty Five Degrees. Perqs is perfect for socializing and listening to bands, music, etc.

The Setting

Perqs Bar is a bar. Plain & simple, it's a bar. It has a few bar stool seats, several small bar level tables with stools for sitting (or you can stand) and an area for bands to play. Live entertainment takes place usually on Thursday with a band jam or karaoke night, and Fridays and Saturday nights with bands. There's usually no cover and often you'll find standing room only.

 Perqs isn't just a bar, it's an institution in downtown Huntington Beach. There's no one alive today old enough today to have lived during its era as a house of ill repute where a guy could go and buy the favors of a woman for the evening. Yes, HB had its own red light district and it was right downtown!

Later the bar evolved during the peace & love era to become a rock solid gathering for stoners, boozers and music lovers looking to trip the lights fantastic.

As we grew into the 80s & 90s, Perqs was adopted as the home bar for the world famous Walter Trout, known for his amazing blues guitar. Trout is an institution in Huntington Beach, though he doesn't perform at Perqs or HB anymore, as far as we have seen.

Perqs long-time owner passed away, the bar changed hands, and in the new millennium Perqs serves the downtown and visitors well, providing weekly live entertainment --great rock music!

The Food

Perqs Bar hasn't served food until recently. It proudly maintained its status as one of the few local bars grandfathered in and not required to serve food with liquor. You could always snacks available at the counter. As of this posting in 2022, it offers a one page menu of food  items such as small plates, a salad, burger, etc., prepared by the restaurant across the street.

The Drinks

Beers on tap, bottled, wine, and mixed drinks... all kinds. Nice bartenders know their stuff.

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