chili parlor

From chili +‎ parlor.

chili parlor (plural chili parlors)

1. (US) A diner or restaurant featuring dishes like chili con carne, either as a house specialty or a selection of various different recipes.
2. (Cincinnati) A restaurant that specializes in Cincinnati chili and related dishes such as cheese coneys.
   • 1978 October, “Rating Cincinnati Chili”, in Cincinnati, pages 62–64:

     This is a cafeteria, not a chili parlor. … The classic chili parlor: grungy, but not hard-core dirty. … The decor is more that of a sandwich shop than a chili parlor. … This restaurant suffers from an identity crisis — it is half urban chili parlor, half suburban chili parlor. Half new booths, half old tables and chairs. … A bustling, luncheonette-type chili parlor.

   • 2013 April 16, Dann Woellert, The Authentic History of Cincinnati Chili‎^[1], Charleston, South Carolina: Arcadia Publishing, →ISBN, page 144:

     The earliest chili parlor to pop up in downtown Cincinnati after Empress was owned by Macedonian immigrant Paul Taleff. … The Taleff family would be in the chili parlor restaurant business for more than thirty years.

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