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by Steven Doyle | September 29, 2022 · 9:49 am

2022 Best Chili Finds in DFW

by Steven Doyle

We have written about the history of chili, and Dallas is definitely a large part of that. The original Tolbert’s downtown served some of the best chili that could be found on the planet. Also, the original Chilis’, the chain that can be found just about anywhere, opened over 40 years ago by Larry Lavine at the now-defunct Greenville Avenue and Meadow location served fantastic chili back in the day, with a recipe inspired by the first chili cook-off in Terlingua. By the way, Terlingua’s Chili cookoff(s) are the first week in November.

As we do each year, we bring you our favorite bowls of chili in the DFW area. Please note there is not a bean to be found on this list. If you do enjoy beans with your chili, we invite you to check out another article we wrote some time ago on the subject. But feel free to legume!

This year a few favorites fell off the list, not due to a bad chili, but rather they removed the item from their menu. It may return as it gets colder, but sayonara CBD Provisions, Ferris Wheelers and Katy Trail Ice House. They all have amazing food.

Check out our list:

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2017 Best Chili Finds in Dallas and Fort Worth

by Steven Doyle

A true bowl of Texas red is near and dear to me, and I am always willing to order a bowl if found on any menu I stumble across. I am pleased to report that there are more chili offerings this year than last, and many have upped the ante in developing a perfect bowl. With temperatures dipping into freezing ranges in the coming month, what a perfect opportunity to go out and taste a bowl for yourself. Continue reading →

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Tagged as Allgood Cafe, Best Chili, CBD Provisions, Chef, Chili, Dallas, Ellen's Southern Kitchen, Fort Worth, Fred's Texas Cafe, Goodfriend Beer Garden and Burger House, Haystack Burger, Holy Grail, Katy Trail Ice House, Rodeo Goat, Stampede 66, Terlingua, The Ranch at Las Colinas, Tim Love, White Elephant Saloon

by Steven Doyle | January 3, 2017 · 9:30 am

Beans or No Beans Chili Brouhaha

by Steven Doyle

Temperatures are dropping this week and many of you will be seeking out great bowl of chili. Chili is the perfect accompaniment with football. We also have the tale of the original chili cook off in Terlingua if you are interested in chili facts and figures. It is certainly something we enjoy and take to heart as a true Texas original. However, it has been disturbing as each one of these conversations always ends with a debate on “beans or no beans”.

Our stance stays true to the no beans camp. We have a few original chili recipes to prove that this is the way God intended chili to be served. Beans may join the table as a condiment, just as you might add a fresh brunoise of onions, or even Fritos to make your own pie. Continue reading →

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Tagged as Beans or no Beans, Chili, Chili Queens, Dallas, Debate, Frank X. Tolbert, San Antonio, Terlingua, Wick Fowler

by Steven Doyle | November 2, 2015 · 1:01 pm

11 Hot Spots In Dallas For Chili

by Steven Doyle

Terlingua Is A Spicy Party In The Texas Desert

by Steven Doyle

It’s the right of passage for seasons; merging Summer into Fall in a spicy mélange set in a bowl of stewed meat. Chili gives us pause to celebrate, and many do as 8,000 people have qualified internationally to cook at one of two cook offs set in the desert near the Mexican border in Terlingua, Texas.

I wrote up the history of the cook off last week, detailing the highlights that produced the legendary event set in the Chihuahua desert. We just celebrated Terlingua’s 46^th cook off in grand style with near perfect weather. The final night a gale-force wind swooped in, but otherwise you couldn’t ask for better weather. Continue reading →

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by Steven Doyle | October 31, 2012 · 9:44 am

The Colorful History Of The Chili Cook Off

by Steven Doyle

The first weekend in November over 10,000 people, fondly referred to as chili-heads, converge onto the tiny former mining town in the Texas desert called Terlingua. Each year at this time the town with a population of no more than a few dozen play host to two of the largest chili cook-offs in the world. That’s right, two.

It all first began in 1967 and organized by Texas historian and chili aficionado Wick Fowler and car manufacturer Carroll Shelby as a means to settle a storied feud between two journalists; namely Frank X. Tolbert who wrote for the Dallas Morning News, and a gentleman by the name of H. Allen Smith who wrote a scathing article in Holiday Magazine entitled “Nobody Knows More About Chili Than I Do”. Continue reading →

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Tagged as Carroll Shelby, CASI, Chili Cook Off, Frank X. Tolbert, Terlingua, Texas, Wick Fowler