We invite all our old friends to send photographs of happy times at "The Bull" to add to the many collages dating back to the late 1980's! We also would love to have a copy of any videos of parties, weddings, or other events you might have taped at "The Bull" to share with those who might have missed those golden years!
The original the Legendary, The Cocky Bull Rib House and Opry Hall has hosted such great talents such as Toby Keith, John Berry, Alan Jackson, Tracy Byrd, Garth Brooks, and Chris LeDoux to name just a few. Continue on for an overview of the Cocky Bull's history.
A Description of The Cocky Bull
The interior of the Cocky Bull is surpassed only by Knott’s Berry Farm and or Disneyland, with regard to the Custom Theme Design and Construction work. Timber that is over 100 years old has been fabricated into the interior of a Western Mine and smelting facility and Country Saloon. There are structures within structures, sliding and double door-ways that lead to different locations at every turn.
Wild Bores are in Mine Shafts with Ore Carts running on over-head tracks into mine shafts and Barns are built inside the main structure with antiques and mining equipment on display in several overhead positions. Heavy Beam and Timber mark every walk-way and room in the building, with authentic wagon wheel chandeliers, chain and Iron Works, to include Smelting Furnaces.
Cozy Nooks give 200 people a way to have privacy, as well as open exposure to the environment and background music that floods all corners of the building with it’s country theme and adventurous surroundings. The dining rooms can seat 200+, and the saloon can seat 250 on any day and 389 for Concerts and ticketed sales.
The Bar is a Custom Copper Faced Design at the front and counter top as well as overhead, all the way around (360) degrees. There is nothing like this Facility in the entire High Desert Region of District (1), of North San Bernardino County to the Nevada State Line.
The Cocky Bull Steakhouse caters to (4) dimensions; Restaurant, Saloon, Entertainment, and Banquet, described as follows.
1.The Restaurant:
The steakhouse serves Prime Rib, Porterhouse, T-Bone, Top Sirloin and Rib-Eye Steaks, as well as Barbeque Ribs, Fish and Chicken. Oven Baked White Bread Dinner Rolls and Corn Bread are prepared daily with Corn on the Cobb, Baked Beans, Soups and Salads. Wines and Liquor are served to the tables with type (48) Beverage License.
The Restaurant has a secondary Bar built within the main structure called “The Miners Bar” which resembles the inside of a Mine Shaft and all of the old wood siding at every inch of visual space.
2.The Saloon:
The Saloon area looks across the entire Dance Floor to a (45) foot wide stage area. Stage and Stage Right, Stage Left Office and Sound Equipment areas as well as the raised Disc Jocky Booth. The Dance Floor is sunken about (2) foot and surrounded by a rail to allow Country Line dancing by large groups. The Stage is raised about (4) feet and it’s (46) foot across and (11) feet height for bands of all sorts. Every beer company and brand is represented in neon custom lighting. The walls are lined with authentic Movie Posters from the 1960’s in Display Cases, (4) American Flags, to include every Armed Forces Flag from the Marines, Army, Air Force, & Navy to the Prisoner of War (POW) flag, the States of California and Texas. The Copper Bar structure has a Wood Split Shingle Roof (360) degrees around that allows for (3) Server Stations and Three Bartenders and is truly a structure within a structure that has a second floor for all of the buildings Television Monitoring Systems that are Wired to the Video and Sound Systems.
3.Entertainment:
The Cocky Bull Steakhouse and Opry Hall has had Country musicians launch their careers over the past two decades, and continues a rich history even today. Concerts at the Cocky Bull introduced Garth Brooks, Chris Ladoux, as well as Toby Keith, Alan Jackson, Brooks And Dunn, Clint Black, Holly Dunn, Shennendoa, Steve Wariner, Vince Gill, Johnny Lee, Freddy Fender, Black Hawk, Tracy Byrd, Neil McCoy, Wade Hayes, Wild Rose, and a host of others who left their 8x10 pictures on the wall. Roy Rogers, Dale Evans and Gene Autry have all visited in the past.
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