This is a typical checklist for a study abroad student when searching for food:
-is the food cheap?
-will there be alcohol?
-will the alcohol be cheap?
-is the atmosphere young?
-will there be locals?
-will they have a problem serving me more alcohol than food?
-did I already ask if there is alcohol?

El Tigre is the answer to all questions.

Located in both TK and TK, this cervezaria has more than just beer. It's got sangria, mojitos, tinto de verano to name a few, and all are served in plastic cups bigger than TK for only five euro.

I know what you're thinking, five euros can get you a lot of alcohol just about anywhere. But not just elephant sized beverages are served, food is too.

Lots of food. And the more people in your group, the more food they will serve you.

I've eaten slices upon slices of tortilla, I've see bread holding sausage, fries, and sauce, and I've even dared to eat unidentifiable meat atop some bread (my bet is sausage...I hope).

The crowds are native and loquacious, making its innards look more like a high school campus than a restaurant or bar. There's trash all over the floor, there's groups of coy girls and rowdy boys standing on any floor space available, swirled in with some pretend-I'm-local study abroad students with visitors from afar who have heard of the tiger and all it's cheap glory. Don't plan on getting a table or seat unless you've come during siesta hours, because this place is usually a can of sardines.

Pictured is their seafood risotto, and tostas with buttered whole mushrooms and blackened blood sausage.

It's not gourmet. But what is when your studying abroad? Save that for when the parents come, and take your friends to El Tigre.