Only in Cincy

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I always did wonder about that place...

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Originally posted by fdoosey

I always did wonder about that place...

What's to wonder?
3 way: chili, spaghetti, cheese
4 way: chili, spaghetti, cheese, onions
5 way: chili, spaghetti, cheese, onions, beans.

Too bad the original location in Price Hill is no more.

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Originally posted by jimcor

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Originally posted by fdoosey

I always did wonder about that place...

What's to wonder?
3 way: chili, spaghetti, cheese
4 way: chili, spaghetti, cheese, onions
5 way: chili, spaghetti, cheese, onions, beans.

Too bad the original location in Price Hill is no more.

I have had all of that but it is a odd name.

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Originally posted by ohman

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Originally posted by jimcor

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Originally posted by fdoosey

I always did wonder about that place...

What's to wonder?
3 way: chili, spaghetti, cheese
4 way: chili, spaghetti, cheese, onions
5 way: chili, spaghetti, cheese, onions, beans.

Too bad the original location in Price Hill is no more.

I have had all of that but it is a odd name.

Are you referring to the dish -- 3-, 4-, or 5-way -- or to "Skyline"?

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Originally posted by jmckee

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Originally posted by ohman

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Originally posted by jimcor

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Originally posted by fdoosey

I always did wonder about that place...

What's to wonder?
3 way: chili, spaghetti, cheese
4 way: chili, spaghetti, cheese, onions
5 way: chili, spaghetti, cheese, onions, beans.

Too bad the original location in Price Hill is no more.

I have had all of that but it is a odd name.

Are you referring to the dish -- 3-, 4-, or 5-way -- or to "Skyline"?

I have had the dish and skyline, they have good food.

LOL..

Oh my!
Now that will definately get your attention. Pretty clever.

Wish I could have a 3-way right now (Skyline Chili 3-way that is). I only get to go to a Skyline about once every 2 years to visits relatives in KY/OH. I absolutely love their coney dogs. I always stop at Skyline even before I stop to visit the relatives.

I wish there was a Skyline in Texas! I think it would work here???*^$ Weird but it's hard to find a good chili served in Texas.
Joe

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Originally posted by PapaJoe8

I wish there was a Skyline in Texas! I think it would work here???*^$ Weird but it's hard to find a good chili served in Texas.
Joe

Texans would justifiably revolt after a taste of Cincinnati's so-called chili. It's not chili, it's a cinnamon-flavored meat sauce.I like it, but it bears as much resemblance to chili as a dead bird to a concrete planter.

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Originally posted by jimcor

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Originally posted by fdoosey

I always did wonder about that place...

What's to wonder?
3 way: chili, spaghetti, cheese
4 way: chili, spaghetti, cheese, onions
5 way: chili, spaghetti, cheese, onions, beans.

Too bad the original location in Price Hill is no more.

I had one of the last 5-ways and cheese coney's out of the place. I used to go to school just around the corner. Have not been to the new one. Looked just too clean! I can wait a couple of decades I guess. Got to let the smells seep into the place!

Cincinnati chili is indeed chili. However, it's quite different that plain ole chili or Texas style chili. Goldstar chili, for example, has cinnamon, allspice, and cocoa in it. I think Cincinnati chili is an acquired taste. For some reason people around here love it. People from out of town either love it or despise it. It's just one of those things I guess.

I'd choose Goldstar Chili any day of the week over Skyline Chili. That doesn't mean I dislike Skyline. I know that I can't wait for Goldstar to come out with footlong cheese coneys, though. They have them in the summer time. It's too bad it's only a seasonal thing.

I also want to add that Cincinnati chili isn't very spicy. However, they have bottled cayenne pepper sauce at every table, and you can get it in packets at the drive-thru. Goldstar bottles their own cayenne pepper sauce. I think Skyline does the same also.

Check this out about Cincinnati Chili... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cincinnati_chili .

Of course, chili snobs like to thumb their noses at Cincinnati chili. There's one in every crowd. Chili has become different things to different places around the world. The word means nothing, in that it only refers to one component of the spice (herd) used to flavor whatever the dish might look like.
I really like a nice plate of Cincy 5-way. It's nothing like I'd get at home, in Texass or South Carolina, but it's good.
Food snobs get preconceived notions in their heads and think nothing can be different. I've learned to enjoy many types of food by shedding those notions.

I remember when President Reagan was in town once, the local news guys did a piece on the press corps being fed Cincinnati chili for their lunch before moving on, asking their reaction to our Beloved Regional Specialty. A large florid Australian gentleman said, as he finished off what looked like a five-way and two coneys, "Well it's not rilly a fair dinkum chili, is it? It's more like a curry, really, or something you'd find in Indonisier. But it's not really a fair dinkum chili. [Forking up the last bits from his plate.] Damn. It's bloody good, though, i'n't it?"

Personally I prefer Camp Washington

Yeah it's not chili the way people think of chili but honestly who in their right mind would put texas type fire hot chunky chili on a dog...........
Skyline is exactly what you'd want on a dog or over spaggetti ... so chili purists be damned ... i'll have a 3 way and two skyliners please ......

wanna talk about bad 3 ways try steak n shake urghh makes me ill thinking about it .......

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Originally posted by wreckless1

Yeah it's not chili the way people think of chili but honestly who in their right mind would put texas type fire hot chunky chili on a dog...........
Skyline is exactly what you'd want on a dog or over spaggetti ... so chili purists be damned ... i'll have a 3 way and two skyliners please ......

wanna talk about bad 3 ways try steak n shake urghh makes me ill thinking about it .......

"Texans will argue about anything" -- the late Charles Kuralt

Actually not only in Cinci: http://www.skylinechili.com/skyline_locations_main.php
There's a couple here in Michigan. Though not shown in their locations listing, from what I understood there was one in Grand Haven or Muskegon also...

Just did a quick search, Muskegon is the place:
Skyline Chili
(231) 767-0603
2039 E Apple Ave
Muskegon, MI 49442

I love it.

You must have to be born here to love Skyline, Goldstar or any other Cincy chili. Coney dogs are the worst also. I just don't get it!?!
I would put a Fort Wayne Famous Coney Island chili dog up against any Cincy coney. Chili dogs in downtown Roanoke, VA are pretty good also.

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Originally posted by Cheezburger

You must have to be born here to love Skyline, Goldstar or any other Cincy chili. Coney dogs are the worst also. I just don't get it!?!
I would put a Fort Wayne Famous Coney Island chili dog up against any Cincy coney. Chili dogs in downtown Roanoke, VA are pretty good also.

Don't think so. We have a friend who moved here from SC some years back; she left for NC a few years ago, and whenever she visits us, she needs Skyline. And whenever we visit her or send gifts, we get her cans of Skyline. Co-workers from not-here are enthusiastic as well.

Jmckee, I think those folks must not want to offend the sensibilities of local Cincy folks. It's the only thing I can figure......

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Originally posted by Cheezburger

Jmckee, I think those folks must not want to offend the sensibilities of local Cincy folks. It's the only thing I can figure......

Just so I am sure I understand your point....your claim is that people not from this region (Cincinnati and thereabouts) cannot possibly enjoy this regionally unique food, and you're making this claim on a website that is at it's heart about people from many different regions enjoying regionally unique food generally not found in their own home region, ie they go on the "road" to enjoy this "food"

Right?

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Originally posted by Cheezburger

Jmckee, I think those folks must not want to offend the sensibilities of local Cincy folks. It's the only thing I can figure......

Pretty impressive for one to come in here and establish oneself as a jackass in less than ten posts.