All around an A-OK bar...
Pros:
- Horseshoes
- Good Pool Tables
- Usually a mix of young and old patrons
- STRONG DRINKS
- $$$ is not bad
- Good live music
- Large patio for you smokers
- The wild Blonde bartender who's always awesome!!!
- Next to Imperial burger and they do not mind you bringing in outside food.
Cons:
- Fights do happen
- Parking sux in the front...try parking in the back
- A lot of people come to watch "their friends band" and try to take over the bar...hence the fights!
$4 rum and coke. Decent music to choose on jukebox (Henrix, CCR, Otis Redding - "Tramp"). Older mexican lady bartender with reading glasses, very cute. The lighting is a little bright for my taste and I prefer seats with back support (is that too much to ask?).
It was happening on the Wed I came, weekends are prolly out of control.
Definitely a locals bar, and I'm not a local, so maybe that's where I went wrong. Â A friend's band was playing, so we paid a visit here.
After we got over the initial awkward feeling of being new blood in an "everybody knows your name" bar, we got settled in at a table, ordered a couple pitchers, and enjoyed the amazing music. Â We went outside to smoke and when we came back in, I find some chick pouring herself a beer from my pitcher. Â I say to her, "Um, that's my beer", and she says, "Well how am I supposed to know" and just drank her beer. Â Then she thought we were best friends and grabbed a seat at our table, chattin' away. Â Her friend was really embarrassed and bought us a pitcher, Â but I honestly just did not want to be there any longer. Â As we were trying to leave, they were asking us if we needed them to follow us home. Â This is just not my kind of place. Â The bartenders were really nice, and there were a couple nice patrons, but I would never really choose to go here again.
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If you are looking for a drinking adventure outside of the Fullerton/Brea/Uptown Whittier's  many hubs, grubs, and pubs, then La Habra's Hedz Or Talez may be the spot for you. This little überdive hosts a very nice bar, patio area for smokers (with mini-bar!), a decent jukebox, billiards, tv's, and yes even live music and dj's on the weekends. A great hang out spot for boozers of all kinds.  The regulars are your typical dive bar aficionados and older folks so it makes the mix just right, and with pretty decent pricing on booze and mixed drinks, you can't go wrong.
They have a decent rotation of live acts coming through here, and the DJ does a decent enough job. The bartenders are really cool and quick at the draw. They pour some stiff drinks so be ready to feel it, especially after a few and you decide to head outside for a smoke. They sometimes throw themed events, where I have attended their Jersey Shore night, which was certainly fun.
Lots of people, the pretty kind even, come here so you never know what the night will bring. I've had some amazing discussions with bikers, retired laborers, musicians, nurses, clerical workers, and yes even an occasional decommissioned officer or two. Saturday and Friday seem to be the busiest nights, with the same group of friends staking out stool tables out early, while the rest try their luck at the bar or end up hanging out outside. The nights when a rockabilly band plays tends to swell the number of people here, with Betties all over the place. Not that I'd complain, but it does make going to relieve oneself a tad difficult.
You seethe bathrooms are not so good, but I am sure you ladies will have a harder time, as the men's room is in the same hallway as yours, and sometimes your line goes out past the entrance to the gents room, whose door is almost ALWAYS left open.
Sans the minor trouble with the bathrooms, this bar is full of charm and has the good sense to have all the right parts in play to make you feel like you are winning after one, two, and certainly three drinks.
A great dive and great time awaits.
I thought this place was pretty awesome. The blonde female bartender is sweet despite her tough exterior. When I told her I thought she was doing a great job, she came around the bar and hugged me.
We went there on a Sunday afternoon, and caught the second half of the Raiders (barf) game. We ordered nothing but bourbon & cokes and man, that bartender has a heavy pour. It only took 3 of those to put me in that happy daytime drunk mood.
They have $5 pitchers (of domestic beers) on Sundays starting at 9:30am. What football fan could say no to that? They have a couple of pool tables, darts, and a plethora of random tv's around the place showing various games.
This place IS super dive-y, and it definitely isn't fancy, but the shower curtain "door" in the women's restroom is hardly a reason to not check this place out if you're in the mood for something simple and different.
For a dive-y neighborhood bar, this place is great! Most other reviewers have covered the basics, but for me, the best parts are the cheap beers, friendly and relaxed crowd, and great bar music. I haven't seen fights or the security hassles others mention, but I have never stayed late enough to experience the magical 1-2am hour when that kind of stuff tends to go down. Down one star because of the shower curtain bathroom door. And yes, it does look like it has blood on it.
Review Source:Fudge yes! This place is just about all you can ask for in a divey bar. Pool tables, darts, HORSESHOES, bathrooms, great prices, people trying to escape and enjoy themselves for an evening out for a change from the nightly can of beer on the couch. Good times can be had here as well as heavy drink having for great prices. $6 pitchers and this was on a Friday night! 4 stars for a dive bar in that category.
Review Source:Its a Flip of the Coin....
Interest Points:
Fights- Last handful of times I have been, there have been a few    drunken brawls. Its a give or take point, its always comedy to see some double-talk BUT not always fun when you're involved....I just wanna drink.
Drinks- Pretty cheap v.s other "hole in the wall" bars. And ATM cards are also accepted. Get drunk on a shoe-string budget.
Entertainment-Pool Tables, Jukebox, and on some weekends, the place has live music
Out Door- Unlike most dives this one has a  patio that you can enjoy your beer and smoke if you got'em.
Not a Date Place- Believe me...if you want a kiss on your first date when you walk your Gal to the door....dont count on it. The place could be nicer but why should it be...its a DIVE.
Not bad place...but neither a good one.....It's a Flip of the Coin
I play out of Hedz or Tales every wednesday night on an APA 8ball league. I used to work in Santa Fe Springs and this little dive bar was close enough for me to play at after work. I actually met with my teammates on a Friday night before we actually played together. The place was packed. La Habra locals, young and old. The decor is dark and divey, if that's even a word. When you first walk in it looks like your average hole-in-the-wall. Bar to the left, jukebox to the right and two pool tables straight ahead. But just after the bar to the right is a door that leads to the patio. The patio is twice as big as the inside, complete with table and chairs, a gazebo, a ping pong table, and a horseshoe pit. WTH?! A horsehoe pit? Now that's divey!LOL. I've been playing pool wednesday nights off and on for over a year now and I've noticed that you can get absolutely smashed here and not worry about any regretful hookups because like someone said before... slim pickins. The bartenders are all sweet girls, service with a smile and they're always on top of things. I'm pretty sure they're not doing karaoke anymore because my team captain was the one running it and he no longer does it, but the internet jukebox solves all your auditory needs. The people here are cool, haven't seen any drama or fights. The one big plus is that the drinks are really cheap, and the one big minus is that you can't take your drinks out onto the patio after 8pm. This place is A-OK, if it wasn't I would have quit the team a long time ago!!!
Review Source:My first encounter with Hedz or Tales took place about a year ago. The story actually starts at Angel Stadium. I had gone to an Angels game earlier that day with my cousin. We were having a good time sippin' on some beers and by the end of the night I was drunk, to be quite honest. The game ended around 7 and I had no plans afterwards so I thought I was just gonna go home and crash.
I'm home in my bed and my friend calls me up and invites me to go to Hedz or Tales. Some kids we knew were going to be playing there and she wanted to bang one of the guys in their band, so I went. That's the kind of friend I am. Â I guess I was too drunk to really be impressed with this place back then. It didn't strike me as anything special until recently.
This place is pretty amazing, it's a dive but still amazing. It has a horseshoes pit, nudie photohunt, $5 domestic pitchers, $7 import pitchers, and karaoke on some nights! They have something for everybody. Don't like beer and boobs? Have a Long Island and play darts instead.
If you're looking to hook up, this is NOT the place for you. Slim pickins
I took off a star because the bathrooms are pretty rank. The girls bathroom only has one stall and no door. It's just a curtain and I'm pretty sure I saw blood on it the last time I was there. Like I said it's a dive! You can either handle it or not.
Don't ask me the circumstances of why, when, or how I recently slummed it at Hedz or Tales (I pinky swore I wouldn't reveal), but it is the dive bar of all diviest bars in this area. Â Just check the spelling on the name! Â I immediately knew I'd like it.
Pool tables= check
Darts= check
Stiff drinks= check
Friendly Female Bartender= check
Drunk Mexican who repeatedly picks "Lady" by Kenny Rogers on the jukebox and sings it at the top of his lungs= CHECK
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