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The Best Chili Joints in America

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Real Chili

Milwaukee's Real Chili has used the same secret spice recipe since its founding at Marquette University in 1931. Though best known for its beef chili

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Ben’s Chili Bowl

Named after founder Ben Ali, this DC landmark is one of the most famous black-owned businesses in the nation's capital

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Fox Bros. Bar-B-Q

A lot of southeastern chili culture is actually an offshoot of the South's better-known barbecue culture, which explains why many of the best Southern chili options are actually found at barbecue joints.

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McSorley’s Old Ale House

The old ale house is old indeed, at least by American standards. It first opened in 1854 and has been in business ever since (it’s also considered by many, including us,

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El Farol

New Mexico calls itself the “Chile Capital of the World,” with hundreds of different chilies grown there, including the green, mild, and iconic “Hatch peppers,” named for the state's Hatch Valley

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Blue Ash Chili

There are dozens of chili parlors throughout greater Cincinnati, and in that hyper-competitive chili market, one of the most popular places is Blue Ash Chili, founded in 1969 in Blue Ash, Ohio.

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Camp Washington

Founded in 1940, Camp Washington has served chili-topped spaghetti to Cincinnati residents since before World War II.

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Varallo’s

Nashville's restaurant scene had scads of chili parlors when Frank Varallo first opened for business in 1907. Over a century later, Varallo's is the last chili parlor still operating in the city

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