When it’s cold outside, cozy comfort foods such as chili beckon to help warm you up from the inside — and there are several places in Charlotte where you’ll want to consider making a stop.
In my hometown, chili is such a staple food that there’s a specific grocery store section just for chili ingredients. I also tell everyone who will listen that I once won our neighborhood chili cookoff — complete with the award of an apron and spoon — so I feel like this is a food I can speak to with some authority.
Beans or no beans, meat-based or vegetarian, it’s all good to me. What matters is that the chili is hearty and warm, full of flavor and made with a little love…