I have to chime in for three reasons. First, I have to defend cincinnati chili. I'm a native son and I would say that by far Goldstar is the worst version that is easily available. I would tell you that if you have have a singlular version of it, you want to have Skyline. There are other good versions in Cincinnati, but this version is the standard bearer for the dish. I suspect Bruni had Goldstar because he was passing through the Airport and there is only Goldstar in the Airport.

Second, Cincinnati Chili is a perception issue as much as anything. It is NOT chili like most people think of chili. If you are going to eat it for the first time, do not say to yourslef this is chili. It's really speghetti with greek style meat sauce. I just think people who get themselves in a twitch so often think they are getting beautiful meaty stew when its nothing of the sort.

Third, I'm going to shamelessly drop some knowledge for people. If you want a fairly reliable and mostly authentic version of the recipe, I have my own version on my blog. So try some cincinnati chili at home. It is definately an acquired taste, I've had Hard Times and I don't think it's that good a version either, so spare yourself the misery and jump right into it.

I have to chime in for three reasons. First, I have to defend cincinnati chili. I'm a native son and I would say that by far Goldstar is the worst version that is easily available. I would tell you that if you have have a singlular version of it, you want to have Skyline. There are other good versions in Cincinnati, but this version is the standard bearer for the dish. I suspect Bruni had Goldstar because he was passing through the Airport and there is only Goldstar in the Airport.

Second, Cincinnati Chili is a perception issue as much as anything. It is NOT chili like most people think of chili. If you are going to eat it for the first time, do not say to yourslef this is chili. It's really speghetti with greek style meat sauce. I just think people who get themselves in a twitch so often think they are getting beautiful meaty stew when its nothing of the sort.

Third, I'm going to shamelessly drop some knowledge for people. If you want a fairly reliable and mostly authentic version of the recipe, I have my own version on my blog. So try some cincinnati chili at home. It is definately an acquired taste, I've had Hard Times and I don't think it's that good a version either, so spare yourself the misery and jump right into it.