Have all local (non-chain) Chili Parlors in the city be designated local/municipal/city landmarks. 10 in all.

 

Delhi

Price Hill

U.S.

Camp Washington

Createns

Covington Chili

Dixie

Empress

Pleasant Ridge

Sam’s Chili

 

Also, we should reopen the Findlay Market Gold Star along Race St.

We need to represent our famous cuisine at the tourist market.

 

Just food for thought... What do you think???

^You forgot Park Chilli in Northside.

Sounds good, but your topic is misleading...I went in here thinking it already happened!

 

  "food for thought." he he he  :-D

Reminds me of Ron White's skit about Cincinnati. He was talking about how he went to Cincinnati and there was "Bob's Chili, Joe's Chili, ...just chili everywhere". It's so true. It's too bad they didn't do this before they tore down the original Skyline Chili (by far the best Cincinnati Chili imo) in Price Hill. I say make Price Hill Chili and Camp Washington Chili landmarks. Other than those and Skyline, it's all sh!t (no offense to anyone)

 

Also, we should reopen the Findlay Market Gold Star along Race St.  We need to represent our famous cuisine at the tourist market.

 

And you want do do that with Gold Star?  Even the best Cincinnati chili is a very tough sell for out-of-towners, you don't want to sour them on the concept from the start. ;)

 

Also, we should reopen the Findlay Market Gold Star along Race St. We need to represent our famous cuisine at the tourist market.

 

And you want do do that with Gold Star? Even the best Cincinnati chili is a very tough sell for out-of-towners, you don't want to sour them on the concept from the start. ;)

That hasn't been my experience.

I liked that Findlay Market Gold Star with the old fashioned door latch.

:-)

 

Also, we should reopen the Findlay Market Gold Star along Race St.  We need to represent our famous cuisine at the tourist market.

 

 

And you want do do that with Gold Star?  Even the best Cincinnati chili is a very tough sell for out-of-towners, you don't want to sour them on the concept from the start. ;)

 

Truth. As much as I love Cincinnati-style Chili; other than Skyline, most people from out of town just aren't that impressed. At least skyline seems to survive in out of town markets like Columbus.  It's really something you have to grow up with. I would make PH and CW Chili landmarks for the locals' sake though.

Truth. As much as I love Cincinnati-style Chili; other than Skyline, most people from out of town just aren't that impressed. At least skyline seems to survive in out of town markets like Columbus. It's really something you have to grow up with.

 

I just wish we had a different word for it than "chili".  I've taken many out-of-towners to Skyline and Dixie, and when I've remembered to tell them "don't think of this as chili, it's good but it's entirely different", they've usually come away enjoying the experience.  When I've forgotten to do that, they anticipate something similar to texas style chili and are almost always disappointed.

Yeah I noticed they do expect it to be like Texas-style Chili and go in with a bad attitude. When I went to UC I used to always get people I went to school with to try it but no one seemed to really like it. It's really just spicy spaghetti with a lot of cheese. Who wouldn't like that? People would always say "why do they put so much cheese on it?" I'm like "uhh because last time I checked, cheese kicks ass". Well, until that 3-way locks up your bowels for about 3 days.

yes of course do this -- im surprized it hasnt been done already, at least for ph and cw!!!

I get homesick for Cincinnati sometimes (even though I'm originally from Columbus lol) and I'll go out and buy cans of Skyline Chili, mild cheddar cheese and spaghetti noodles or fries at the store. It's how I cope lol

FYI - Empress Chili on Rapid Run in Delhi always has cheese coneys for 99 cents.  Nothing tastes better than 99 cent coney!

somebody should pass this idea along to city council member Laure Quinlavin...

 

The fact that our city has strong local culture to support an indigenous cuisine is impressive! All GREAT cities are associated with a native food symbolizing their city. (SanFran:sourdough, Boston:chowda/beans, Baltimore:crabs, Chicago:dogs/pizza, Nawlins:po'boy&gumbo, philly:cheesesteaks, nyc:cheescakes, milwuakee:beer Seattle:java, Memphis:bbq, Cincinnati:chili).

 

(notice which cities did not make the list...colombus, indianapolis, cleveland, dallas, houston, denver, st. louie, minneapolis, san diego, etc....all places lacking signifigant ethnic cultural history.)

 

$eriously, lets recognize and celebrate this fact.  Make it a drawal for tourists. At the very least pass some legislation protecting these local institutions from the wreaking ball.

^You could say that St. Louis has a fairly significant beer history too, you know lol.