Meaning of chili parlor | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A diner or restaurant featuring dishes like chili con carne, either as a house specialty or a selection of various different recipes.
   US
2. A restaurant that specializes in Cincinnati chili and related dishes such as cheese coneys.
   Cincinnati

Examples

“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.”

“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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