Another agave-fueled chapter on Santa Monica Boulevard is coming to a close. Las Perlas has announced it will shut down its West Hollywood outpost at the end of May, with a final night of service planned for Sunday, May 31. The mezcal-focused bar and cantina cited rising costs as the reason it can no longer keep the doors open at the Santa Monica Boulevard spot, wrapping up nearly six years of late-night patios, agave cocktails, and live music at the WeHo location. For now, regulars and staff are left waiting to see what lands in the space next.
Announcement, date, and reason
The closure news dropped on the bar’s social channels, where the team said it shared the update "with heavy hearts" and explained that rising costs had made it "increasingly challenging" to operate, as reported by WEHO Times. That outlet lists the West Hollywood address as 7511 Santa Monica Blvd. and confirms May 31 as the last day of service. The future of the space has not been announced.
Part of a larger hospitality group
The West Hollywood bar is part of the Pouring With Heart hospitality group, which includes "Las Perlas WeHo" at the Santa Monica Boulevard address in its portfolio, per Pouring With Heart. The company runs several other downtown and neighborhood bars across Los Angeles. So far, the group has not shared additional operational details about staffing or what comes next for the WeHo site.
What the WeHo spot brought to the strip
Opened in mid-2021 as an offshoot of the original Downtown Las Perlas, the WeHo location leaned into an Oaxacan cantina feel, with a back patio, live music and a deep mezcal and tequila list, according to the bar’s website. Las Perlas WeHo regularly promoted tastings and late-night hours that helped turn the spot into a go-to stop for Santa Monica Boulevard nights. The expansion had been planned before the pandemic but ultimately debuted in July 2021 after delays.
Local context: rising costs and industry churn
The move fits into a broader wave of closures and turnover across Los Angeles restaurants and bars, where rising rent, labor and ingredient costs have pushed some operators to scale back or close entirely. LAist has noted heavy churn in the city’s dining scene even as new places open, a reminder that the boom in buzzy spots often masks how precarious the business can be. For Las Perlas regulars, this latest shutdown is another entry in that running list.
What happens next
Las Perlas said it is "incredibly proud" of what it built in West Hollywood and thanked the community for the years of support, echoing the message described in the initial post covered by WEHO Times. The bar’s last service is scheduled for May 31, after which the space will be turned back over to the landlord, with the next tenant still unknown. Hoodline will update this story if the restaurant or property owner shares more details.
