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Where's the best chili in town?
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Anonymous
| Recent TX transplant. Not snobby about my chili, but am looking for something with a bit of kick. |
Anonymous
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Have you tried Hard Times? They have several different styles (all good).
Personally, I love Old Ebbit's chili, but I doubt it would meet your Texas standards. |
Anonymous
| Ben's Chili Bowl on U St. gets a lot of love but I haven't actually tried it (far away from where I live) so I can't vouch for it. I like Hard Times chili but I like my chili on the not-super-spicy side; you might need to add some tabasco. Carpool in Arlington has decent chili, as does the Vienna Inn in Vienna. |
Anonymous
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Hard Times chili is actually quite good, have several choices. Despite the, "you got to go to Ben's Chili bowl," hype they're the only ones that I've seen w/it listed as Chili con Carne, and it's also pretty good with a kick.as are the half-smokes.
As a removed Tejano I can relate, if you see any Wolf Brand chiil (yes, I know in a can) or Big Red please post. Good luck! |
Anonymous
| Ben's sucks for chilli and the only reason mos tpeopel go there is because they wan tto say they have been since Obama has been there. 99.9% of them woud not go there after dark |
Anonymous
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Ouch, 14:11 sure has some issues.
Dude, everyone know that the reason to go to Ben's is because of good ole' Bill Cosby. Oh, I think 99.9% of the people from your trailer park wouldn't go there after dark, it's much to gentrified & diverse. |
Anonymous
| The original Stoney's used to have chili with a kick, don't know if the same holds true since they moved to P street NW. |
Anonymous
Ha ha, you're so dated! |
Anonymous
| I love Jammin' Java in Vienna but I don't think it would suit a Texan's taste. |
Anonymous
| Right in your own kitchen! |
Anonymous
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DH is a Texas transplant. The only place he'll eat chili is Hard Times. The Terlingua red. I think that is the name of the one he orders. We visit Texas often and I have to agree with him. Also,we are not fans of Ben's.
To the Pp searching for Wolf's DH has lived here 20+ years and still searching without any luck. 
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Anonymous
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You can get Wolf's on Amazon:
http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=wolf+chili&x=0&y=0 |
Anonymous
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I would not go to Ben's for the chili. It really isn't very good.
Best is what you make yourself. It isn't difficult to make a fantastic chili, and you can customize according to your preferred heat, meat, etc. |
Anonymous
| California Tortilla (local burrito place with numerous locations) actually has a good chili made with ground turkey. |
Anonymous
Ive never had the meaty chili at Bens but I love the veggie chili and have for ten years, before Obama ever went there 
Ive heard from others who have had the meat version that the veg version is better. |