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Chatham, can't help you with Hillbilly's but we know of a little joint about 4 miles West of Rend Lake out in the country called Stringers. It gets a 4.6 average rating out of a possible 5 with 56 people weighing in. We give it a full 5 star rating. Do a Facebook search for Stringers Bar & Grill, Inc. if you do Facebook.
It'll be a little out of your way but we feel it'll be worth it. It's on Rt. 148 about 3-4 miles South of Sesser on the West side of the highway where Rt. 148 and Peach Orchard Rd. intersect. If you continue South on Rt. 148 after leaving Stringers it will take you to Rt. 14 and you'll go right, or West on Rt. 14 and that will bring you directly to the south entrance of the Du Quoin State Fairgrounds which will take you about 20 minutes to get to the Fairgrounds from this place.
When we're in Southern Illinois over Labor Day Week for the Leffler Memorial and the Horn Memorial we camp at Rend Lake and a couple of the highlights of that week is eating at this place more than once. Nothin' fancy mind you, just a dam good place to eat and have a beer.
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