The Herald-Dispatch

Chili Willi's prides itself on quality Tex-Mex

HUNTINGTON -- During his college years, Ron Smith developed a taste for Tex-Mex cuisine and started some friendly cooking contests with his friends in a band called "Chili Willi and the Red Hot ...
The Herald-Dispatch

Chili Willi's 28-year history comes to bittersweet end

HUNTINGTON -- The neon red-and-yellow sign that has donned the facade of Chili Willi's went dark Monday night. The popular downtown eatery that employed hundreds and served thousands at three ...
AOL

Team behind Duckworth’s Grill revives ‘80s-era Tex-Mex restaurant in Lake Norman

An ‘80s-era Tex-Mex chain is being “reimagined” in the Charlotte area more than a decade after its closure, thanks to a culinary partnership. Chili Willi’s, a Mexican cantina popularized in Huntington ...
Charlotte Observer

New Lake Norman Tex-Mex restaurant lives up to its ‘spicy cuisine’ warning

When you step in the door at Lake Norman’s newest restaurant — opening Friday, May 8 — a sign warns you what you’re in for. “Tex-Mex temple of spicy cuisine,” reads the sign behind the host stand at ...