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America's Best Fishing Bars

By John Taranto

Oct 18, 2007

Best Bar With Its Own Song
Chili Willie's, Rio Hondo, Tex.
956-748-2444
Located between South Padre Island and Port Mansfield, Chili Willie's is popular with all the southern Gulf Coast fishing guides. The walls are covered with mounts of trophy whitetails, wild turkeys, redfish and sea trout.

Chili Willie's serves beer and wine, but you're welcome to bring a bottle of your own if your tastes require something a bit stronger after a day wading around the Laguna Madre. In addition to seafood, owner Billy Mitchell serves up the chicken-fried variety of a number of meats, including New York strip steaks, pork chops and chicken.

The jukebox cranks mostly country-western tunes, including a song called "Chili Willie's" written for the bar by San Antonio musician Mike Allen. On weekends, the bar hosts live entertainment. Says Mitchell, "Fridays and Saturdays we have our New York strip steak and shrimp specials. Then we just push the tables out of the way and get to dancing and drinking and partying down." What more could you want?

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