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Cincinnati Chili in Cincinnati
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Top 5 Cincinnati Chili Parlors
The Queen City's signature dish, canonized by Cincinnati Magazine's Top 5 Local Chili Parlors and classic-parlors guide, plus CityBeat's 2024 Best Of winner for non-chain chili.
- #1
Camp Washington Chili
Camp Washington
“Cincinnati Magazine's Top 5 pick and CityBeat's 2024 Best Chili (Non-Chain) winner — holder of a James Beard America's Classics Award and named by Smithsonian one of the 20 Most Iconic Food Destinations in America.”
- #2
Skyline Chili
Multiple Locations
“CityBeat's 2024 Best Chili (Chain) — founded 1949 by Nicholas Lambrinides and named for the view of Cincinnati's skyline from the original Price Hill diner.”
- #3
Pleasant Ridge Chili Restaurant
Pleasant Ridge
“Cincinnati Magazine's Top 5 pick — a 1964-vintage parlor the magazine says 'embodies the best of the chili parlor vibe without drifting into kitsch,' famous for brown-gravy cheese fries.”
- #4
Price Hill Chili Family Restaurant
Price Hill
“Cincinnati Magazine's classic-parlors guide calls this 1962-opened community hub one of the city's picks three-ways alongside Camp Washington and Empress.”
- #5
Blue Ash Chili
Blue Ash
“Cincinnati Magazine Top 5 local parlor — the classic-parlors guide flags the mini jukeboxes in the booths and full diner menu alongside the three-ways.”