Cincinnati, OHCincinnati Chili

Camp Washington Chili carries a James Beard America’s Classics legacy, serving ways and coneys from a landmark parlor with a full diner menu. The parlor format keeps the regional ritual accessible, whether ordered over spaghetti, layered into a coney, or paired with diner staples.

Pleasant Ridge Chili has served its neighborhood since 1964, with Cincinnati chili sharing the menu with diner plates and brown gravy cheese fries. The kitchen serves the city style in familiar combinations, with enough diner range for guests who want something alongside the chili.

Price Hill Chili has operated as a West Side community hub since 1962, combining local chili standards with breakfast and a broad diner menu. It remains a practical place to understand the local vocabulary of ways, coneys, cheese, onions, and beans at the table.

Blue Ash Chili pairs ways and coneys with an expansive diner menu in a room whose booth jukeboxes reinforce the classic parlor atmosphere. The experience connects a specific neighborhood to the wider Cincinnati chili tradition through straightforward service and recognizable plates.

Dixie Chili & Deli serves Cincinnati-style chili from its Monmouth Street parlor in Newport. The family recipe comes in familiar ways, coneys and a six-way that adds fresh chopped garlic. Its roots trace to a founder who learned the trade at Empress Chili before opening this Northern Kentucky restaurant.