El Hueso De Fraile

This coffee house is not only a business.  It is the heart of a thriving music community.  As Eric said, El Hueso De Fraile's owners are a family of musicians who started the business, in part, to give them a regular venue to perform.  This is a terrific place for musicians to find people to jam with.  El Hueso De Fraile was the place that felt most like for home for this northerner.  I wish I had found it earlier.  I will be sad to move now that I found such a  terrific place to hang out.

OMG.  A hard-working family-owned coffee shop and donation-based bar (temporarily) where the family in question is a 6-member ensemble that's been playing together along the border for over 20 years.  They're open 7 days and nights a week.  you never know what guest artists from the local university or visiting from their native Guanajuato, Mexico will be on stage, but the heart of the place is this amazing hard-working immigrant family that represents a new kind of American dream.  Mcallen wonders where they went.  Brownsville wonders what took them so long.