Q: In the first line of my favourite Guy Clark song, “Dublin Blues,” he sings about drinking mad dog margaritas at a bar in Austin called the Chili Parlor and I’m curious if the place I find on Google is the same one he mentions. The lyrics lead one to believe that it’s a special place, as Clark is longing to be there in the song. Also, if this is the actual bar from the song, what’s so special about it? And what exactly is a mad dog margarita?Pete Tremblay, Vancouver, British Columbia, CanadaA: The Texanist doesn’t always get to say this, but boy, have you ever come to the right place. To answer one of your questions, yes, the Chili Parlor you found on…The post The Texanist: What’s So Special About the Texas Chili Parlor? appeared first on Texas Monthly.
