Chili's Grill & Bar on Fletcher Parkway serves La Mesa's Fletcher Hills corridor with a Tex-Mex and American menu built around the chain's signature baby back ribs, fajita program, and hand-shaken margaritas. The fajita trio layers grilled chicken, steak, and shrimp over sauteed peppers and onions with warm flour tortillas, a sizzling-skillet format that anchors the Southwestern end of the Fletcher Parkway dining scene near Mario's De La Mesa Restaurant. Founded in Dallas in 1975, the chain built its baby back ribs recipe around a proprietary dry-rub spice blend and low-temperature indirect smoke that caramelizes across the rack surface during a multi-hour cook. The Triple Dipper appetizer lets each table combine three shareables from a rotating roster that includes Southwest egg rolls, boneless buffalo wings, and fried mozzarella. The Fletcher Parkway location's private dining section seats groups for events and celebrations, a banquet-scale option supplementing the dedicated event programming at Brick + Laurel in La Mesa. The Smokehouse Combo pairs half a rack of dry-rubbed ribs with a choice of smoked protein — brisket, chicken, or sausage — finishing two slow-cooked cuts on a single platter.