The Great Chili Cook-off of 2012- Winners

 

2012 Winners

Best Other Chili Item: Life's So Sweet Chocolate

Best Presentation: Mat'e Factor

Best Meat Chili:

 

• 1^st Place- Razorback BBQ - Smoked Brisket Chili
• 2^nd Place- Collegetown Bagels - Pulled Pork Chili
• 3^rd Place- Cayuga Medical Center - Flank Steak Medicine Man Chili

 

Best Veggie Chili:

 

• 1^st Place- Collegetown Bagels - Roving Gypsy Chili
• 2^nd Place- Kilpatrick’s - Farmer’s Veggie Chili
• 3^rd Place- GreenStar-Oasis - “We Warned You Chili”

 

Best Local Beverage:

 

• 1^st Place- Red Jacket Orchard-Black Currant Apple Juice
• 2^nd Place- Red Jacket Orchard-Raspberry Apple Juice
• 3^rd Place- Red Jacket Orchard- Strawberry Apple Juice

 

 

 

The 14th Annual Great Downtown Ithaca Chili Cook-off will feature chili prepared by approximately 30 restaurants as they compete for the titles of Best Meat/Overall Chili, Best Vegetarian, and People's Choice Chili. In addition to Chili, there are other Chili related food items. The Chili Cook-off will feature a farmers market with vendors and local wineries, breweries, and farmer's sampling their goods. All activities will take place on the Commons and surrounding streets.
There will be other events occurring throughout the day of the cook-off including:

• Hot Pepper Show Down (2:30pm at the Bernie Milton Pavilion)
• Chili 'Stache Competition (3pm at Bernie Milton Pavilion) 
• Festive Photo Booth (All day)
• Street Performers
• Chili Idol Karaoke ( All day)
• DJ

Sneak Peek of 2012 Chili Competitors

1. Agava, Beef with Ancho Chili and Mexican Oregano

2. Bandwagon Brew Pub: Chili and Beer Together at Last- Local Beef & Bandwagon Beer (Local Beer, Local Beef)

3. Blue Stone

4. Cayuga Medical Center: Medicine Man Chili- Smoked paprika, A variety of hot peppers & Flank Steak

5. CCETC: Get Your Green Back Chili Verde

6. Crooked Carrot: Crooked Con Carne (Local: Beans, Beef, Onions, Tomatoes, Carrots, Peppers)

7. CTB - Smoked Pork & Vegetable

8. D.P. dough: Chili Stixs

9. Fine Line Bistro: Black Bean & Chipotle Chili - finished with Jicama Slaw

10. Green Star - Oasis: Vegan Black Bean, Grilled Chicken & White Bean (Black Beans, Free Range Chicken)

11. Hotel Ezra Cornell

12. Ithaca Ale House: Smoked Pulled Pork with Ithaca Smoked Porter, Ghost Veggie

13. Just a Taste Wine & Tapas Bar: Featured Bison, Super Spicy Beef

14. Kilpatricks: Slow Simmered Kobe Mole

15. Lakeview Mental Health: Chili Verde

16. Longview: Longview's Famous m&m Chili

17. M & T Bank - Venison Sausage

18. Mahogany Grill - Fruit and Nut Chili with Smoked Pork and a Corn Bread Crouton

19. Mandible Café: Deep Water Farm Beef Chili, Big Red Vegetarian Chili (Local Beef, Local dried beans)

20. Mate Factor: Tribal Chili (Grass Fed Local Beef, Organic Tofu)

21. Max's American Grill: Max's Chili

22. Moosewood Restaurant: Moosewood Vegetarian Chili- Garnished with Cilantro Sour Cream

23. New Roots Charter School: New Roots "3 Chile Chili"

24. North Star Pub: 99% Local Chili Con Carne with Sweet Corn (All Local but the Salt and Pepper)

25. Southern Tier AIDS Program: The Secret Gluten-free Vegan

26. Razorback BBQ

27. Red Newt: Black Bean Chocolate Chipotle

28. Rulloff's: Rulloff's Chili

29. Scale House Brew Pub: Scale House Far From Veggie, Brew Pub Vegetarian

30. Shortstop Deli: Shortstop Deli Chili

31. Simeons On The Commons: Southwest Style Chili with Blue Heron Acres Local American Wayqu Beef, Dougie's Chicken & White Bean Chili

32. Simply Red Bistro at La Tourelle Resort and Spa: Simply Meaty Chili (Local Meat)

33. Stella's: Spicy Sirloin and Stout Chili (Sierra Nevada Stout)

34. Taste of Thai Express: Vegetarian Grilled Eggplant, Green Chili & Sweet Corn, Braised Local Beef Shank, Green Tomato & Lotus Root

35. Tellez's Mexican Grill & Catering: Chili Colorado, Chili Beans with Meat, Poru Chili, Charro Beans and Chicken Mole

36. Tompkins Trust

37. Viva Taqueria & Cantina: Sassy Meat Chili ,Sassy Veggie Chili

38. Life's So Sweet Chocolates: Chili Chocolates

Local Beverages & Farmer's Market Products:

Bacchus Brewing Company: Beer
Finger Lakes Cheese Trail: multiple types of homemade cheese
Finger Lakes Wine Center: Wine
Fruit Yard Winery: Wine
MacDonalds Farm: Sauerkraut
Northeast Pizzeria/ Scalehouse Brewpub: Beer
Red Jacket Orchard: Fresh Juice
Red Newt: Wine
Roosterfish: Beer
Three Brother's Wineries: Wine

For Tickets:
Pre-Sale

• VIP Packages- Available February 11th
  -10 VIP tickets for $20 or 22 VIP tickets for $40 & Sassy Chili Necklace (while supplies last)
  Sale Locations:Autumn Leaves Used Book Store, Collegetown Bagels (Collegetown and Downtown), the DIA office located in Center Ithaca at 171 E. State St.
  ***** The additional cost associated with the VIP ticket allows the patron access to a separate fast moving VIP line. In order to avoid waiting in long lines to purchase tickets, the DIA encourages attendees to purchase their tickets in advance. (VIP and Non-VIP tickets)*****
  -Non-VIP tickets cost: $1.25 for one, $5 for 5 or $10 for 11 for sampling chili, wine, beer or cider.

Day of Tickets

• Both VIP and Non-VIP Tickets will be sold
• A limited number of VIP packages will be sold on February 18th
• There will be three ticket booths located at each entrance to the Commons (Aurora, Cayuga, and Bank Alley).

For more information: visit: downtownithaca.com or call the DIA office at 607-277-8679

The Chili Cook-off is sponsored by:

Tompkins Trust Company
I100                             
Downtown Ithaca Alliance

 

More Events Happening Downtown on Chili Cook-off Weekend:

Friday February 17th-Sunday February 19th- Light In Winter http://lightinwinter.com/

Saturday February 18th- Comedy Festival  http://www.comedyflopscomedyfest.com/

Saturday February 18th- Stringfever http://www.stateofithaca.com/stringfever/index.html

Sunday February 19th- Galumpha http://www.stateofithaca.com/galumpha/index.html