Happiness is a warm pizza potato skin

The name “Prankster’s: a neighborhood gar and brill” pretty much says it all.

Just east of Rural Road on the north side of University Drive, lies a self-proclaimed “friendly neighborhood bar.” Lucky for Prankster’s, and us, this happens to be true. But just one peek inside shows this is more than your average neighborhood bar; it has its own wireless Internet. Hooray for the Internet while drinking!

When I went inside, a bartender named Lisa Marie waited on me. This woman was so funny and chipper it brightened my whole day (which hadn't been good up to that point, or I wouldn't have been popping into a random bar).

I ended up having the fish tacos and a pear cider. You Arizona kids might not know about pear cider, but let me tell you — it is amazing! I got hooked on the stuff when I worked at a bar in Texas, and I can never find it out here. Now I know where to go, because Prankster’s has it.

I have been back there since the day I stumbled in, and I haven’t encountered a food I don’t like. The bar makes its own onion rings, which are great. The fish tacos are really good. Prankster’s even has pizza potato skins. That has to be the king of all munchies. I mean, the pizza potato skin? You should have a heart attack just looking at it, and they are every bit as delicious as they probably are bad for you.

Prankster's isn't a big place. It's a one pool table kind of bar, and if you brought all your friends, you could probably fill it. Then again, it's cozy. To be honest, sometimes I just have days where I want to go to a quiet little place in my scrub clothes and drink pear cider in peace. Another plus, it's very near to the bus stop, so no drinking and driving.

The last thing I should tell you is that on my last visit to Prankster's my tab for cider and lunch cost less than $10. That means you can't use the excuse that you're too poor to check it out.

— Jenifer Delemont