The phone booth outside 502 N. Oregon St. won’t be unlocking any hidden doors anymore. 1922, the downtown El Paso bar built to look and feel like a 1920s speakeasy, has closed, and its 2,450-square-foot space is now listed as available for lease.
The closure was reported by El Paso Inc., which first broke the news that the bar had shut its doors. The outlet also confirmed that the roughly 2,450-square-foot premises in Suite B are now on the market for lease, though no word has emerged on what might take the space next.
1922 opened in 2020 and quickly built a reputation as one of downtown El Paso’s more theatrical nightlife spots. The concept leaned hard into its Prohibition-era theme, built around the bar’s own motto: “Can you keep a secret?,” per the same report from El Paso Inc.
A Phone Booth Was the Only Way In
Part of what made 1922 memorable was the entrance itself. Visitors approached what looked like an ordinary phone booth on Oregon Street, and had to press the code “DEN” to unlock the door and step into the recreated speakeasy inside, according to an earlier feature from elpasoinc.com. That same feature described the bar’s décor and theme as a “pitch-perfect recreation” of the 1920s underground drinking dens the concept was named for…