Padre's Marfa

ABOUT OUR BUILDING

With hints of a Spanish mission, such as the white stucco exterior, red tile accents and the three arches with wrought iron bars, our building has some real soul. In order to preserve this historic adobe structure,which has played a significant role in the life of the local community, our team has gone to great effort and expense to lovingly restore, renovate and expand 209 West El Paso Street, allowing it to be enjoyed for generations to come. Restoring an old building, especially an adobe one, is always filled with surprises. Our first surprise came when we uncovered the layers of ceiling and roofing materials, only to realize the roof was unsound and about to cave in! The bad news was that our discovery cost us a lot of time, money and necessitated the hiring of an engineer and re-design of a steel structure to fortify the building. The good news is that this change enabled us to preserve the adobe walls and raise the roof by ten feet, installing some clerestory windows that give the Main Room the feel not unlike that of an older sacred space. Padre's Marfa has a number of special architectural features. We salvaged the 100 yr. old hard wood floor and utilized it as the bar top and special seating platform. The arches behind the bar were painstakingly covered by beautiful glass tiles. The red curtain behind the stage once adorned the Alpine Middle School. The pews throughout the building were purchased from the former funeral home. The shuffleboard tables in the back room are decades old and were found several states away, then refurbished by David Beebe. The pin ball machines are vintage and unique. One of our jukeboxes dates to the 1960's and the other from the 1970's -and both feature real vinyl 45's! The memorabilia in the back room are from our personal collections. The fountain, back gate�and stained glass benches in the outdoor courtyard are one of a kind creations from Texas artists. A lot of love and care has gone into making Padre's Marfa a very special place.