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PREVIEW: HEADLINE: Jim McTague Finds No Recession at Dockside Willies Restaurant GUEST NAME: Jim McTague SUMMARY: Jim McTague reports no sign of recession at Dockside Willies in Lemoyne, Pennsylvania. Patrons enjoy rich food, giant beer steins, and firewo

The John Batchelor Show

John Batchelor

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4.52.8K Ratings

🗓️ 19 September 2025

⏱️ 3 minutes

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PREVIEW:
HEADLINE: Jim McTague Finds No Recession at Dockside Willies Restaurant
GUEST NAME: Jim McTague
SUMMARY: Jim McTague reports no sign of recession at Dockside Willies in Lemoyne, Pennsylvania. Patrons enjoy rich food, giant beer steins, and fireworks after Harrisburg Senators games.
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0:00.0

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0:01.9

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0:04.1

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0:22.2

a conversation with my good colleague, Jim McTag, former Washington editor, Baron's magazine,

0:28.1

now a novelist in Lancaster County. What I learned from Jim is that there is a very popular

0:33.7

restaurant where you can get a beer stestein and some very rich looking food.

0:40.4

Dockside Willies on the shores of the Susquehanna River opposite Harrisburg and near a minor

0:46.1

league baseball park where the Harrisburg Senators play on the weekend especially.

0:52.4

Jim has a meal there that is extremely challenging and says that it's very popular.

0:57.5

There's a place for several hundred cars, parking lot.

1:02.6

And it was quite celebratory mood.

1:04.6

He enjoyed his meal a great deal.

1:06.4

He flattered it.

1:07.8

However, where's the recession?

1:15.5

Jim's looking. Can't find it at Dockside Willys. Full up. Here's Jim.

1:26.4

Yeah, Doxide Willys. It's the kind of restaurant that if you went to Key West Florida or the New Jersey shore, it would be overlooking the ocean.

1:28.8

But this Doxide Willis is overlooking the Susquehanna River in LeMoyne, Pennsylvania, which is on the opposite

1:34.5

bank of Harrisburg. And in between the two is City Island, which has a baseball stadium

1:40.6

where the Harrisburg Senators play. And it's a beer and pub food joint.

1:47.2

I had the most delicious meal I've had in decades.

1:51.1

It was the bottom layer was sweet potato waffle fries.

1:57.3

And on top of that, it was a big hunk of pulled barbecued pork. And on top of that was a big hunk of pulled barbecued pork,

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