Monitor Photo/Carla Gray
Molly’s Catfish Corner owner Molly Pyle celebrates 40 years of serving the Cedar Creek Lake Area excellent catfish, shrimp, onion rings and hushpuppies. The anniversary is Oct. 20.

Monitor Photo/Carla Gray
Staff gathers in front of Molly’s Catfish Corner including Marilyn Lawson (from left), Cathy White, KC Mitchell, Pyle, Pyle’s granddaughter Gwen Williams and Melaney Huckabuy. Lawson has been working at Molly’s Catfish Corner for 28 years. 

SEVEN POINTS–On the corner of State Highway 274 aka North Seven Points Blvd. and Texas State Highway 334 aka East Cedar Creek Parkway in the town of Seven Points you will find a blue building with a sign of a catfish in a chef hat. This has been home to Molly’s Catfish Corner since 1983. 
Oct. 20 Molly Pyle will celebrate 40 years of frying catfish, onion rings, shrimp, hushpuppies, chopping cabbage for coleslaw, and much more. When asked why a restaurant? Pyle replied, “I love to cook.” 
Pyle’s family had been in the restaurant business for many years and that is where she developed her love for cooking. Pyles’ uncle had several catfish restaurants in the Dallas area. He loved to cook for family gatherings. He especially liked to cook catfish and frog legs. On a trip to New Orleans, he met a chef. Liking her hushpuppies, he bought the recipe. That same recipe, with a few modifications, is the same one that is used today at Molly’s Catfish Corner. Pyle said that he was the one who took her under his wing at a very young age and taught her the business. 
Catfish Corner opened Oct. 20, 1983. The owners were Pyle and her brother David Henderson. Pyle said, “six months into it I had to go get a job; we were not making any money. I went back to work.” Within a short time, the restaurant blew up and the dining section had to have a room added on. Pyle continued with her job and worked at the restaurant at the same time. Eventually finding that the restaurant needed more of her attention she quit her job to work full-time at Catfish Corner.
The restaurant was run by the family until fourteen years ago when it was all placed in Pyles’ name and renamed Molly’s Catfish Corner. Pyle said, “This is my home. When people come here, I feel like they are coming to eat dinner with us. I want their food to be good. I am very particular; I know we are not perfect, but we try to be.” 
The American farm-raised catfish arrives daily. Pyle’s son and partner, Ryan Pirtle, cleans and filets the fish every morning. Molly’s Catfish Corner is open three and a half days a week, Thursday through Saturday 11:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m., and Sundays from 11:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.