As someone who's spent most of my life in this region, I recommend the coneys over the 5-ways. Instead of noodles, they put the chili, cheese, and onions (mustard and hot sauce optional) onto a hot dog! It's very delicious, better that the spaghetti option.
Back in the day Empress and Skyline both put mustard and ketchup on top of the hot dog before they would put the chili sauce on, those 2 combos along with the sauce makes for a great flavor combo, kind of a sweet and sour taste, which is my favorite combo anyway! Also Empress had dried chilis in there sauce, we had a family friend that owned a franchise in Harrison, which is where, I grew up. We had Empress long before we got a Skyline and, sadly shortly after we got a Skyline put in his Empress Store shut down! Aka/ If you buy the frozen tub of Empress Chili in the grocery store it doesn’t have the dried chilis in it!
Again the Chili is more of a Sauce, one, I also know this because my uncle owned a Tavern in Lawrenceburg, IN and along with it came the chili recipe and, then, my mom took over after a time, and she also got the chili recipe, however, not the Cincinnati recipe but, yrs ago keep in mind they would make these chili sauces in batches and, I was given the recipe and, I never made it and, I lost it! The reason, I never made it was because, it took close to 3 wks to make it, and it had practically everything in it but, the kitchen sink!
Seeing this I'm wondering if there is some sort of greek influence to their chili? In my village in Peloponnisos we often eat spaghetti with a ground beef sauce akin to chili, and it's rather unique (well, compared to other parts of the country that is) in that it's flavoured with cinnamon and cloves. I'd love to try that one day!
It actually was a Greek recipe that was brought over here by our Greek Ancestors that migrated here and, settled in Cincinnati! Skyline uses a Hershey’s 8oz Chocolate Bar for every 4 to 6 servings! It’s the combination between the chocolate and cinnamon that make it taste so good!
I wish wunna people wud stop saying "in the world" just cause u only find chilli like that in one part of the USA does not mean it's only found there compared to the world
Same. I didn’t know the chili was going to be that thin and then the cinnamon... I thought they forgot to melt the cheese. I took two bites, paid my bill and left.
Best chili in the city. Also open real late. Always go there after playing a gigs at Northside Tavern and other local music spots. Also it’s not about how it looks, it’s about how it tastes. I’m a NYC transplant and it took me a while to realize that it isn’t chili. It’s a Greek meat sauce.
In Milwaukee , WI there’s a place called Real Chili. They make the Chili the same way. They put the sauce on top of spaghetti & you can add beans , onions, cheese, jalapeños plus, and I don’t know if they do it in Cincinnati or not, they have hot sauce , crackers, and Malt vinegar. It’s so delicious! I moved to California years ago and I have to make it at home because no one has a chili place like it here. ❤
I went to high school in Cincy. Calling it a mole is good descriptor. Cinnamon and cocoa are in there like many moles. It's a complex flavor, which is why it's such a good sauce on everything from pasta to burritos to fries-- pretty much everything on the menu. In the 80s, there was a chain called Gold Star that sold coneys for 25c on Wed! That was cheap even then. And it was perfectly good. The way to each it is not to stab and twist, but rather cut and scoop, to get the right proportion of each layer onto the fork. :-) Add hot sauce and oyster crackers to soak up and liquid and fat on the plate. I now live in NM and miss it a lot, though we certainly have our own chile(s)
Cincinnati native here. Camp Washington is hugely overrated. Don't get me wrong, it's really good, but the talk of it being noticeably better than Skyline or Goldstar is bunk. That all comes from the old folks. Most people in Cincinnati would say that's Skyline is the best.
There wasn't too many things making me want to go to Cincinnati or anywhere in Ohio but after seeing this I can safely say that I'll never be making a trip there
I live in Ky., but fairly near many Cinti chili parlors, my wife & I crave it, it is not like Texas chili, etc... more like a chili sauce but it is a love/hate chili, we love it, there are appx. 300 chain/1 owner places within in 5-45 minute drive parlors near us, take your pick, 1 owner fave is camp Washington, chain is skyline
As a southerner who’s mothers family is from up north let me tell you. I’d take the 10 hour drive if I didn’t have a family recipe that literally exactly mimics it in every single way.
As an Ohioan originally from Cincinnati, that stuff probably got nothing on skyline. Skyline legit invented ohio chili and the Greek owner basically invented this type of food, probably not basically, he just did. P.S. THATS NOT HOW YOU EAT A WAY YOU USE YOUR FORK TO CUT IT YOU DONT TWIRL IT OR PULL IT YOU CUT IT
My friend, you need to be like me, eat all the chili you want ( I like Camp Washington), but stay out of the dance clubs, lol, I can't dance either, lol
Camp Washington is hands down the best in Cincinnati. It's like a wafflehouse and a skyline had a baby and it's open 24/7... We would go every weekend in college.
for anyone that's tried both, how does this compare to Chili John's or maybe some other midwest chili joints? Chili John's is my favorite, but i've only had it because they have a location in los angeles.
I live near here on the Ky. Side, we love Cinti chili, actually you can get similar chili at Mike's chili parlor in Seattle/Ballard Wa. & American Coney Island chili in Detroit, Mi., with another same family owned parlor named Lafayette , family fued split into 2 places, all are Greek owned like most Cinti chili parlors, the Gold Star chain ( appx. 100 parlors) & family is from country of Jordan/middle east, & all parlors use Mediterranean spices, there is a 60 mile outer interstate loop/belt that is 60 miles long( incumbents Southern Oh., Southern Indiana, Northern, Ky.) with appx. 300 Cinti style chili parlors within from chains to mom & pops & even more if you count diners, cafe's , restaurants, etc... that do not even have the word chili in their name
if the chili is 10% of the chili bowl you can't call it the best chili; are you also saying it's the best cheddar , noodles , beans, and onions in the midwest . call it spiced gravy that you add to other stuff and you might get respect from the rest of the country
I guess this cold cheese on top is like cold cut pizzas so you don't burn your mouh. I never tried it but I'l probably be more happy if the cheese is melted 😂
Literally every Cincinnati chili place separates out the cheese and onions for carry out. Every single one.
Came down here to say the same thing...
Literally
Seriously what bullshit
That’s what I came to say.
I launched my phone into the wall when I saw that. I want to go that place and take a dump in a frying pan. I'm so angry I'm throbbing
For all the cheese, I'd love that spaghetti but maybe without the beans. 😅
BEANS?
That would be called a 4-way...
Try chilli with beans, though, it is amazing🤤
@Brian you've the right to your opinion😀
Yep chili and spaghetti doesn’t sound so great
As someone who's spent most of my life in this region, I recommend the coneys over the 5-ways. Instead of noodles, they put the chili, cheese, and onions (mustard and hot sauce optional) onto a hot dog! It's very delicious, better that the spaghetti option.
@@Weeble_Wobble at Skyline and probably most Cincinnati style chili restaurants, they use the exact same chili for the spaghetti and the coneys.
Back in the day Empress and Skyline both put mustard and ketchup on top of the hot dog before they would put the chili sauce on, those 2 combos along with the sauce makes for a great flavor combo, kind of a sweet and sour taste, which is my favorite combo anyway! Also Empress had dried chilis in there sauce, we had a family friend that owned a franchise in Harrison, which is where, I grew up. We had Empress long before we got a Skyline and, sadly shortly after we got a Skyline put in his Empress Store shut down! Aka/ If you buy the frozen tub of Empress Chili in the grocery store it doesn’t have the dried chilis in it!
Again the Chili is more of a Sauce, one, I also know this because my uncle owned a Tavern in Lawrenceburg, IN and along with it came the chili recipe and, then, my mom took over after a time, and she also got the chili recipe, however, not the Cincinnati recipe but, yrs ago keep in mind they would make these chili sauces in batches and, I was given the recipe and, I never made it and, I lost it! The reason, I never made it was because, it took close to 3 wks to make it, and it had practically everything in it but, the kitchen sink!
It's all garbage hillbilly trash all cheap ingredients. I'll rather eat out in Cleveland
**Beans, Chili, Cheese, Onions**
A moment of silence for the toilets in this restaurant.
F in the chat Bois.
It actually doesn’t seem that bad, except for the pound of unmelted cheese, beans, cinnamon, and that thin chili, wait......
Hahahahaha
lame
Y’all wack AF
I died. I was just going to comment the same. Who paid for this to be made? Lmaoooo
Trust me it is heaven
Locals: Oh yeah, that chili is kind of good...
Food Insider: *THERE'S NOTHING ELSE LIKE IT IN THE REST OF THE COUNTRY*
There’s definitely better...
To be honest there literally is nothing else like it
Seeing this I'm wondering if there is some sort of greek influence to their chili? In my village in Peloponnisos we often eat spaghetti with a ground beef sauce akin to chili, and it's rather unique (well, compared to other parts of the country that is) in that it's flavoured with cinnamon and cloves. I'd love to try that one day!
Yes, Skyline was started by two Macedonians. It is very simar to what you seem to be talking about.
Cincinnati has a HUGE Greek influence.
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It actually was a Greek recipe that was brought over here by our Greek Ancestors that migrated here and, settled in Cincinnati! Skyline uses a Hershey’s 8oz Chocolate Bar for every 4 to 6 servings! It’s the combination between the chocolate and cinnamon that make it taste so good!
Why isnt the cheese melted? Looks rather unsettling tbh.
P Arte thats how its done
You don’t want it melted. It’s part of the satisfying texture that makes it great.
The cheese is grated on-site and is light and fluffy. Melting it into the way or coney kind of ruins the texture of it.
They’re putting way too much cheese that’s why. If you don’t put as much it will melt from the heat of the chili
It melts as u eat it
Born and raised in Ohio and I like Cincinnati chili, and also coneys with it, but I don't like it on spaghetti at all.
Have you tried dese?
im with you. coneys over ways every day.
I’ve put Cincinnati Chili on Eggs and love it!
I wish wunna people wud stop saying "in the world" just cause u only find chilli like that in one part of the USA does not mean it's only found there compared to the world
Yessss! My favorite 4 or 5 way and a cheese coney. MY HOME TOWN.😋😋 🌭 Skyline Gold star are the fav Camp Washington is the bomb too.
Go to any NJ diner, and you’ll get the same thing minus the spaghetti. It’s chili with Greek seasonings
I’m sorry to say but this was one of the worst foods I’ve tried in my life.
Same. I didn’t know the chili was going to be that thin and then the cinnamon... I thought they forgot to melt the cheese. I took two bites, paid my bill and left.
Try dese
SAME! I don’t understand why it’s so popular
First time I tried it I hated it. Didn't eat it for years, but after awhile it grows on you. I usually only get the coney not the pasta.
Go to skyline not this place
Best chili in the city. Also open real late. Always go there after playing a gigs at Northside Tavern and other local music spots.
Also it’s not about how it looks, it’s about how it tastes. I’m a NYC transplant and it took me a while to realize that it isn’t chili. It’s a Greek meat sauce.
Yes it just rolls off the tongue....Cincinnati Greek meat sauce. Poetry.
I think they have the best chili spaghetti of any place. I wish I could get it in the Pacific NW!
You know that you can just make it yourself, right?? It's super simple, and the recipe is all over the internet.
Oooh, looks good. Love my chili with cheese, and over pasta is always good.
In Milwaukee , WI there’s a place called Real Chili. They make the Chili the same way. They put the sauce on top of spaghetti & you can add beans , onions, cheese, jalapeños plus, and I don’t know if they do it in Cincinnati or not, they have hot sauce , crackers, and Malt vinegar. It’s so delicious! I moved to California years ago and I have to make it at home because no one has a chili place like it here. ❤
Nobody puts chilli over boxed spaghetti just stop. People eat anything
I love the thicker chili! I live in Wisconsin and we eat it a lot here! So good for the winter and fall months!!!
I went to high school in Cincy. Calling it a mole is good descriptor. Cinnamon and cocoa are in there like many moles. It's a complex flavor, which is why it's such a good sauce on everything from pasta to burritos to fries-- pretty much everything on the menu. In the 80s, there was a chain called Gold Star that sold coneys for 25c on Wed! That was cheap even then. And it was perfectly good.
The way to each it is not to stab and twist, but rather cut and scoop, to get the right proportion of each layer onto the fork. :-) Add hot sauce and oyster crackers to soak up and liquid and fat on the plate. I now live in NM and miss it a lot, though we certainly have our own chile(s)
Not this guy again.... 😑
👏
Better than eye girl...
Cincinnati native here. Camp Washington is hugely overrated. Don't get me wrong, it's really good, but the talk of it being noticeably better than Skyline or Goldstar is bunk. That all comes from the old folks. Most people in Cincinnati would say that's Skyline is the best.
There wasn't too many things making me want to go to Cincinnati or anywhere in Ohio but after seeing this I can safely say that I'll never be making a trip there
That’s Cincinnati only California soy boy, maybe you should look up Cedar Point.
Come on! Only newbies twirl their 5 ways! Cut the spaghetti, so you can g eat all five flavors in one bite!
I Love Cincinnati & The Food Here. 💯
I wonder do you all prefer cinnamon roll or cornbread with your chili?
Where I’m from they serve them together.
I live in Ky., but fairly near many Cinti chili parlors, my wife & I crave it, it is not like Texas chili, etc... more like a chili sauce but it is a love/hate chili, we love it, there are appx. 300 chain/1 owner places within in 5-45 minute drive parlors near us, take your pick, 1 owner fave is camp Washington, chain is skyline
Cincinnati got the best chili !!! Hands down !!
IDK why but I've got a strong urge to throw a bowl of chili at Jake's head ! 🤣
Man u need some milk
Same!
It’s even better when the weather is extremely cold outside!
As a southerner who’s mothers family is from up north let me tell you. I’d take the 10 hour drive if I didn’t have a family recipe that literally exactly mimics it in every single way.
This looks great!
American: specialties worthy of driving 👉 cheese beef & dairies along the way .
Asian: lol 😁
As an Ohioan originally from Cincinnati, that stuff probably got nothing on skyline. Skyline legit invented ohio chili and the Greek owner basically invented this type of food, probably not basically, he just did. P.S. THATS NOT HOW YOU EAT A WAY YOU USE YOUR FORK TO CUT IT YOU DONT TWIRL IT OR PULL IT YOU CUT IT
this place was around 8 years before skyline and the founder of skyline worked there
ME WATCHING YOUR VIDEOS: 🤤🤤🤤
I worked for Steak n Shake and I had to make so many chili 5 ways, I still get sick by looking at them almost 20 years later.
I live in this city. Camp Washington is the go to, for anything. Down on Hopple St. Omg! Its good! He's right 513..
Camp Washington is holy 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏
why do i always watch food videos at midnight SIR IM HUNGRY
Skyline chili is way better and if your from Ohio you know what I’m talking about
Zoe M. It’s not. Go to Camp Washington, or another independent chain. Skyline is greasy and soupy.....
I thought this video was going to be about Skyline before I clicked on it 😭😭
You gotta try camp Washington. I love skyline but when I need cincy chili at 3 in the morning, cMp Washington is everything,
Skyline is good (and is way better than Gold Star), but Camp Washington has great 4-ways and Dixie is the king of coneys.
Who actually goes out of their way to go to camp washington for some chili you have a good chance of getting mugged in the process anyways
Wow fully loaded😋👍
Look delicious, cheesey recipe 🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧
if I ate that my toilet would be extinct
Lol
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Every cincinnati chilli puts the cheese on the side for take outs.
Shout out to Cincinnati!
By far my favorite host. I would love to try some chili 5 way 🤩🤩🤩
They literally pick the least charismatic people to do these videos.
My friend, you need to be like me, eat all the chili you want ( I like Camp Washington), but stay out of the dance clubs, lol, I can't dance either, lol
Oh lordy. This is why even i started making food videos. Yummy!
Oh my God 😱 spaghetti with beans, I’m sorry but i think that’s a crime😂
I promise you. If you tried this even once you’ll rarely eat chili any other way ever again. It’s probably the best thing I’ve ever had.
That looks great too.
...and actually that's NOT how we do Cincinnati chili. We cut it like a casserole rather than twirling it. Lol.
My guy love worth the drive
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"This is something you crave"
NOOPE !!!
Damn! I wanna try!!!!😮
Camp Washington is hands down the best in Cincinnati. It's like a wafflehouse and a skyline had a baby and it's open 24/7... We would go every weekend in college.
This looks like school food lmfao
for anyone that's tried both, how does this compare to Chili John's or maybe some other midwest chili joints? Chili John's is my favorite, but i've only had it because they have a location in los angeles.
Looks good
Spaghetti is too soft! Noodles are mushy. It needs to be cooked less for a firmer noodle. "Al dente" to the tooth. 😂
AMAZING
Try some chili with well cooked barley and cheddar, even grits and chili, pretty satisfying.
This is some late night, back alleyway crack head shit right here for realz. 🤣
Gold star for coneys and skyline for the ways
Camp Washington is a University of Cincinnati staple.
Usa : we have our own culture!
*Proceeds to mix random food from other cultures to make a horrible dish*
Omg lmfao 🤣
Come down to Cincy and say that
Well done. Good host!
Why did I think this video was going to be about Skyline Chili 😭
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GO GO !!!!
THAT'S A LOT OF CHILI!
I live near here on the Ky. Side, we love Cinti chili, actually you can get similar chili at Mike's chili parlor in Seattle/Ballard Wa. & American Coney Island chili in Detroit, Mi., with another same family owned parlor named Lafayette , family fued split into 2 places, all are Greek owned like most Cinti chili parlors, the Gold Star chain ( appx. 100 parlors) & family is from country of Jordan/middle east, & all parlors use Mediterranean spices, there is a 60 mile outer interstate loop/belt that is 60 miles long( incumbents Southern Oh., Southern Indiana, Northern, Ky.) with appx. 300 Cinti style chili parlors within from chains to mom & pops & even more if you count diners, cafe's , restaurants, etc... that do not even have the word chili in their name
Hell noooooooooooo, the sauce doesn't even stick to the noodles🤢
And the cheese is wayyy too much and impossible to melt. This dish is having an identity crisis.
I wish I would’ve known this sooner when I was staying In Cincinnati 😪
Those noodles look so overcooked
They really do ...yuck
Who else wants to eat that right now
if the chili is 10% of the chili bowl you can't call it the best chili; are you also saying it's the best cheddar , noodles , beans, and onions in the midwest . call it spiced gravy that you add to other stuff and you might get respect from the rest of the country
Have u tried dese?
Who said it was the best traditional bowl of chili? Cause it’s not, but eaten how we eat it, it’s awesome.
Respect for mole shoutout this man know food
Just for the record, skyline and Gold star take out is separated also.
If you come to Cincinnati; Get Skylines Chili
The spaghetti looks disgusting, actually everything looks gross.
Its called the Midwest
Close your eyes and eat it and it'll be top 5 foods u ever tried guaranteed
@@chillywilly01 Noooooooooooooope.
Cincinnati style spaghetti is awesom
Dang insider needs to give him a bigger budget.
Camp Washington chili is great and so is skyline. I prefer a 3 way.
If you are following a strictly diet chart
FOOD INSIDER is here again to demotivate you🙂 but I'll keep watching 😂
I prefer my spaghetti al dente
CHEESY CHILI!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I guess this cold cheese on top is like cold cut pizzas so you don't burn your mouh. I never tried it but I'l probably be more happy if the cheese is melted 😂
It is awful with melted cheese, trust me dude.
That food mak me hungy
No doubt
The captions for this video are trying to translate from Vietnamese to English. Only problem is: the audio obviously isn't Vietnamese.
Do not want beans in my spaghetti
I prefer Skyline, but this is pretty good as well
No beans and no onions. Otherwise, that looks amazing.
Replace the noodles with fries and beans with guacamole and add some salsa.
Wait isn't empress chilli the OG chilli house?
It is.
This is sort of just typical early 20th Century Greek immigrant coney chili. I'm sure it's good, but it can be found in many places in the country.
Now i know why growing up in Michigan people told "Horror stories" on why to never get out of the car in Ohio.
Gives me the Willies..
Then you come here to use our amusement parks and drive like assholes.
The comments are hilarious 😂
this man is living the dream :(
Comparing that chili to mole should be a fireable offense
you're supposed to cut and scoop, not twirl.