KRWG-PBS Bucket List Bars El Paso Texas and Mesilla New Mexico

Filmed by the PBS station located at New Mexico State University, this show features area bars listed in Bucket List Bars: Historic Saloons, Pubs and Dives of America.
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[@timotto8342]

I hope Padilla's is still in Mesilla, or Las Cruces N.M.. Gotta have the hot N.M. food with the hot weather, si? Thanks.

[@josemezatorrez]

I fell in love with a mexican girl. My mexican lady is in heaven. . Miss you dear ♥️🇲🇽 mommy, RIP

[@GlowingEra22]

I wish you would have filmed the entire bar at El Patio in Historic Mesilla! You missed the other half where it has beautiful wood and hidden nook half moon private booths and the entire space that you filmed made it look much smaller than it actually is , it’s huge! The entrance to the restroom is interesting also and wish you would have showed how the restroom has old fashion swing wooded doors. La posta also has these kind of restroom wooded older doors. El Patio has an old fashion tall one of a kind weight scale. Interesting to finally see the owner on the taping have been visiting for 5 years never seen him once!

[@Bucketlistbars]

Thanks for the comment, the owner really showed us around and we were sort of following what he wanted to show us. There was plenty more we thought would be interesting, but he only had that one part in mind.

[@jerrygarcia703]

The most profound and heartwarming talks about religion and philosophical conversation I had have had in my life oh yes in bars great to see your program thank you

[@frankmorris4790]

Sadly saloon culture is pretty much dead in New Mexico, living in a nanny state will do that for ya. Viva "La Reina?"

[@Bucketlistbars]

Preach on!

[@frankmorris4790]

@@Bucketlistbars Making it worse, I love cowboy saloon culture, been in it all my life, till I hit,
"The Beautiful Land of Entrapment". A phrase given me by a very attractive dark haired Siren in the "El Patio " one night.
Sadly, there is not a decent Cowboy bar in this whole state, thank God for breweries, a poor second to be sure, but the worst beer will always top the best water.

[@Bucketlistbars]

So true - it's the liquor laws here - they've killed the bars in the state. The breweries have a loophole so can set up tap rooms to sell their beer. We used to have hundreds of great saloons and bars all over the state, but because the liquor licenses are worth so much, Walmart and other places bought them and the bars all closed. Now all thats left are a handful sadly.

[@frankmorris4790]

I know in our end of the country you drive down the toad and see a dozee places that used to be bars. Oh well they used to have some serious rodeo her too. not anymore.
Well Doc mebbe someday we'll cross paths and I can stand ya to a frosty.

[@Bucketlistbars]

You're on!