See which bars sold the most alcohol across the Rio Grande Valley in December

Hundreds of bars and restaurants across the Rio Grande Valley sold more than $19.7 million of alcohol to patrons in December 2025, according to Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts receipts for liquor, wine, and beer analyzed by the Rio Grande Valley Business Journal. 

That’s a 3.4% increase compared to December 2024. 

Twin Peaks was the most popular bar for alcohol sales across the Valley, with $297,564 in December 2025. That’s down 16.1% between 2025 and 2024. 

Twin Peaks is a franchise sports bar that opened near La Plaza Mall in 2023. The McAllen location is owned and operated by Sugarland-based brothers John, Joseph, and Ricky Rosa through Avalanche Food Group LLC. 

Twin Peaks’ parent company, Fat Brands, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in January 2025. Fat Brands, however, doesn’t expect to close any Twin Peaks locations or lay off employees, bankruptcy records show. 

The second most popular bar was Howling Rabbits Beer Works in McAllen, a craft brewery, with $297,564 in alcohol sales in December 2025. That’s up 5.4% over the year. 

Howling Rabbit Beer Works opened in North McAllen in 2023. The bar is co-owned by Victor Sebastian Haddad, or Seby Haddad, a McAllen commissioner, and entrepreneur Luis Macias, state records show. 

Orlando, Florida-based Yard House, a subsidiary of Darden Restaurants Inc., a publicly traded sports bar chain with beers on tap, was the third most popular bar in the Valley in December 2025. It sold $280,643 in alcohol. That’s an increase of less than 1% compared to 2024. 

No. 4 on the list of most popular bars was the Oak Texas Bar & Grill location in South McAllen, with $269,563 in alcohol sales in December 2025. That’s a 26% increase compared to December 2024. 

The local chain’s other locations in North McAllen and Weslaco sold $245,199 and $125,761, respectively, in December 2025. Oak Texas Bar & Grill was founded in 2016 by Jesus Fabian Davila and Jorge Eduardo Guajardo.