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Cowboy Palace Saloon
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Categories: Bars, Dance Clubs [Edit]
Neighborhood: Chatsworth21635 Devonshire St
Chatsworth, CA 91311
(818) 341-0166
- Price Range:
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$
- Accepts Credit Cards:
- Yes
- Parking:
- Street
- Good for Groups:
- Yes
- Wheelchair Accessible:
- Yes
- Outdoor Seating:
- No
- Music:
- Live, Juke Box
- Best Nights:
- Tue, Wed, Thu
- Happy Hour:
- Yes
- Alcohol:
- Full Bar
- Smoking:
- Outdoor Area/ Patio Only
- Coat Check:
- No
14 reviews for Cowboy Palace Saloon
You like country style drinking and dancing? This is for you.
Pros: Great country bands. Cheap drinks. Fun crowd. Cougars galore. Fantastic theming. Country two step and line dancing.
Cons: Cheap drinks (american lagers anyone?), steep barrier for entry if you're not a country fan. Older crowd. Gets hot from all the people dancing. Usually crowded (con?).
Overall: Great place to have fun if you're into western style. Here's a tip, wear a cowboy hat...you'll fit right in and meet some cool people.
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I'm not much into country music or line dancing, so perhaps if i were, this place would rank higher. If I'm in the area, I'm at Los Toros anyhow.
But, the place was an interesting stop on our drinking tour. The people were very nice, although we clearly looked like we didnt belong and got the requisite looks.
The place was a bit crowded and hot; older crowd and, as expected, tons of cowboy hats and Wranglers!
Definitely doesn't feel like LA in here!
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We found a bar with Line Dancing in the Valley. Cowboys and bikers inside a Western Saloon-looking place with a HUGE dance floor.
If you ever wanted to try Line Dancing... and grab a few cheap drinks while you're at it.... then this place is for you. Everyday from 7:00pm-8:30/9pm they have free lessons (saw it on a flier... I swear. lol)
Live music. And they have a different band almost every day.
When we got there, there were actually quite a few cute girls dancing but as time went by we started noticing a slightly older crowd and the young ladies started disappearing. Kinda sucked because it should be that the more I drink the cuter and younger the girls get .... NOT UGLIER AND OLDER! (Sorry ladies...)
While it's not really my type of bar, I thought this place was pretty decent because during certain songs they announce specials that last as long as the song, such as: $3 Jack Daniel's shots and/or $3 Beers. They do this about 3-5 times a night and it's an awesome way to get messed up. They also have $5 Jager shots.
Don't let my rating fool you.... if you like country music, line dancing and cheap whiskey... then you seriously need to check this place out. (Check out the pictures)
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Well shit-howdy Mary-Ellen, I think I done stumbled upon a road apple. This honky-tonk is a good ol' boys haven that's only missing a spittoon, the town's resident hooker, and maybe a game of 7-card stud back on some corner table. Sitting in the place made me feel as if there was a chuck wagon outside next to the hitching post where I left my horse Lightning. The Confederate Flag is almost as big as the balls on the men that fought the north. (Isn't "civil war" an oxymoron?)
I would find it hard to imagine anyone that moseys in, turning around and leaving. It's an experience. Never mind that I was sauced on the Cadillac margaritas from neighboring Los Toros (review to come). Upon entering, you immediately feel you stepped through a portal and straight into a random bar in South Carolina.
What I found amusing was the fashion time warp some are (happily) in. Did you know there is a minimum height restriction of 12' for ceiling fans in country bars? It's part of the Big Country-Ass-Woman's Hair Protection Act. Some of them were in jeans that took four sisters to help pull on. There were some mom jeans with women in them too. Luckily, no one in overalls that night, but if you tuck in your shirt, put on your shit-kickers and your best poor-man's Stetson, you're in! Actually, they don't care how you're dressed.You're in anyway, so just drop on in.
I don't have a country bone in my body, but with live country music, people line dancing, pool and a cold drink it's simply a recipe that feeds the smile muscles. The greatest thing about this bar is, it in no way tries to be anything other than what it is, and does not try to please the masses. It has the 'this is what I am' attitude, and many feel at home with that.
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Neat place, I take people from out of the country there all the time. The live music is always good. Booze prices are about average. No cover! Does get crowded on Friday and Saturday or when a largish name band comes in. The dance floor is sort of small. Crowds tend to be older.
Decore is a trip with various country themed items mounted on the many surfaces of the bar. I'd never thought I would see this many Confederate battle flags outside of a KKK rally! (Not that I have ever actually been to one.. really.)
Apparently a great place to go Cougar hunting.
I used to be madly in love with Cowboy Palace until my last visit there. Below is a post I made on 1/26/09 about Cowboy Palace on another message board I'm on:
It is with much sadness and regret that I must announce the end of my love affair with Cowboy Palace.
The love affair started some nine years ago. I hated country music back then, but I loved cowboys. And cowboys were aplenty at Cowboy Palace. My apologies to the owners as I'm sure there are some drool stains on the floor that will never come up.
My husband tried to end my relationship with my beloved Cowboy Palace by talking crap about CP. Lies! All lies! Cowboy Palace is perfect! You're just jealous of our relationship, I told him! Obviously love is blind.
I spent Saturday evening with my beloved - and my husband. I guess you could call it a threesome. And that is when I saw my beloved Cowboy Palace in a different light. Where were all the hot cowboys?! Really, I'm not hard to please. Put on a pair of tight Wranglers (shirt must always be tucked in), boots and a western hat and I'm in love. Why are all the men in baggy jeans and un-tucked t-shirts?! And why is everyone so mean? And what do you people have against line dances? And why was Angry Woman yelling at the band for playing too many line dances when the band is only allowed to play 3 line dances in a 45 minute set?
And then it happened. I fell out of love with Cowboy Palace just like that. Thanks to Angry Woman, the owners who only allow 3 line dances a set and the men who dress like slobs, my nine year love affair is now over.
** I hear the place has changed owners a couple of times in the past few years and that it hasn't been the same since.
I stopped in here for a cold Michelob (regular not diet or even worse super diet!) $3 yes!(I've been craving one out of curiosity and nostalgia). I bellied up to the rush hour / happy hour crowd of people letting off steam, moms talking about the financial woes of their sons and just odd people I didn't think would like this kind of place. Just like a regular dive bar but with a small stage, and a medium dance floor. there was also a couple of pool table close to the door for the non line dancin folk. I wish the place was closer, I'd go there at night to hopefully see a cougar in some Rocky Mountain jeans!
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If you're one them "I like all music except country music" types I ain't going try to convince you otherwise 'cause I'm feelin lonesome, on'ry and mean. But I will say this... Ya know who else doesn't like country music? ... The TERRORISTS. They don't want to take away our freedoms, they want to take away our Willie Nelson. So keep that in mind before I staple old glory to your ass and ship you to Iran.
Now that I've thoroughly re-enforced every negative stereotype you have about people who listen to country music let me say this: Leave your stereotypes about country music fans at the door, please, cause we don't take kindly to people who don't take kindly. This here is a great shit kickin bar in a righteous California Honky Tonk way. People of all colors, races and creeds are welcomed warmly. Sundays provide free BBQ dinners with live music and free dance lessons. The bar bands are talented and competent and play everything from George Jones to Brookes and Dunn and the occasional original tune. Ice cold buckets of Bud are served up right.
Start your day off with a hike to the Old Stagecoach Road a.k.a. the "Devil's Slide" in the hills above Chatsworth Park and end up at this bar for a well deserved beer. Makes for a hell of a day if can find the right lady who would appreciate such a thing.
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Come on now! Cheap drinks and an easy going crowd! Where else can a college student go and get cheap drinks and booze up and have a great time?!
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I went into this bar only once about 3 years ago with a friend of mine. As soon as I walked in the door, I wanted to turn around and walk back out! I got the worst vibe. The people were unfriendly and clicky. The women looked like old hippies with over bleached blonde hair, and the men all looked like fake wanna be cowboys. Now, I like country music and country folk, but this bar was far from being a country bar with good old fashioned hospitality. If you couldn't dance the "two-step", well you might as well take four steps out of there! I wouldn't waste my time going back, when there are far nicer clubs around that welcome my pocketbook and dancing shoes.
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Nine Inch Nails, Jane's Addiction, Soundgarden...these are a few of my favorite bands. This place is country. And if country was on a map then the name would be Awesomevilletownburg. I know, I know, "I don't like country music" you say? I say "I agree", but this place IS guilty pleasure with a side of polite. And if you're single with all your teeth and can spell...girls or guys...you might be able to complete the Walk Of Shame. Whatever? Walk of Fuck Yeah!
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Put on your shit kickers and go kick some shit! This quite possibly the best country bar in Los Angeles. It is the only one I have been to out here but that is not the point. Pool Tables, live country music, Free dance lessons every night of the week. They have blue Jeans all over the walls. Thier pockets make good beer holders while your playing pool I must add. Plus! Boots, boots, and more boots! I go as often as I can. Ice cold bottles of Bud Ice. heck yeah! If you just want to have a good time Go for the chinese cowboy. he is there every weekend. he is usually hanging with the Chuck Norris look alike.
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After Los Toros walk on over to The Cowboy Palace for some two stepin and booze. There is always some band playing at this rare orignal and one of the oldest honky tonks left in Los Angeles. Check it out!!!
This is one of the best bars I have been to so far! It is not your typical "Hollywood Meat Market" bar. You can come here and just feel at home. This bar is the one Toby Keith sings about in his song, "I love this bar" and when you stop in you will know why! If you are looking for a great place to hang out or get your southern dance on, this is it!
