Prickly Elder — Restaurant in El Paso

Visited the Prickly Elder for the first time tonight. I looked at their website before going, they advertise "craft cocktails". Got there and asked the bartender if they had a drink menu, he said no, that they are working on one. I then asked him for a recommendation, for the best drink he makes, he suggested a Paloma. I said thats rather basic, he replied "they only do basic drinks". So i had the Paloma. It was made with thier cheap house tequila and a grapefruit soda from the gun. It tasted like an overly sugared fruit drink. Certainly not a craft cocktail. I couldn't even finish the drink, it was all sugary syrup. The only good thing was that horrible dink only cost me $6. So i guess you really do get what...

The Prickly Elder is a small bar located on Mesa street between Downtown and UTEP. It was once a hookah bar that now has a 10 seater bar top, a couple chairs and tables and two couches with a bunch of old paintings and antiques that makes it look similar to your great grandparents living room. During the week you can find a live DJ spinning some EDM, drop in to play bingo and win a free shot or simply gather with the afterworlds crowd while you wait for the rush hour traffic to die down. The bartenders are awesome, drinks are great and the crowd...

Absolutely shameful behavior in there tonight. They closed out a one-armed dude's tab and told him he couldn't drink anymore, and when his friend asked them why they did such a thing, a larger lady said very loudly, "that he needs to get his GIMP friend out of here". Which is completely inappropriate.

Of course the guy got upset and cursed this lady out, which then triggered an entire scene where all 5 bartenders were shouting at this guy and his friends. Fortunately the bouncers intervened, but I think they threw out the...