Eating Skyline at the Ludlow St location in Cincinnati! I ate there many times in my UC days, I remember after the Clifton bars closed, we would head to Ludlow Skyline...to wait in line @3am in the freezing cold. I have vivid memories of looking at the steamed up windows, and the 20 minute wait. But it was so worth it. Give me a 4 way with 2 cheese coneys and I'm in heaven!
That little fountain and corner part of Burnet Woods Park (where he was recording from) wasn't there until the late 1990s. That dressed up that intersection nicely.
This is my favorite and the best Skyline Chili which is located in the Clifton neighborhood. Also, true Cincinnatians eat their chili-ways by cutting the spaghetti with a fork.
Lived in Cincinnati my whole life, and I can confidently say that this is the best Skyline by far when it comes to taste, atmosphere, and customer service. It's followed close behind by the Kings Mills location.
They opened a Skyline chili in Tampa Florida a few years ago. Apparently there is a large population of Cincinnati retirees that live in Tampa and was homesick for their Skyline chili.
I grew up in Cincinnati. I remember eating at some little independent chili parlor in Madeira from the time I started remembering things, 4 or 5 years old. Place is long gone. I'm in Cleveland now, thankfully there's 1 remaining Skyline 20 minutes away. It's my ultimate comfort food.
Only bad thing about Skyline anymore is the stores running as corporate assembly lines. My local skyline would keep there spaghetti that was in back storage in chili juice, so your noodles had flavor, and it made such a difference. Its like PennStations bread, there were stores that did not use the conveyor belt to finish cooking the bread, they cooked the bread properly, sometimes little tiny things make huge differences.
I go to skyline about 4 times or more a week lol😅😂 next time you go you should try a chilli cheese and spaghetti burritos, add sour cream if you feel like it 😊
That's one of my favorite skyline location my other one is downtown on 7th and vine st my first skyline restaurant i visit as a kid but Ludlow and Clifton was my go to when they were opened till 3am are they still opened that late?
I love this stuff.... I would drive over to Cincinnati from Florence, KY just for Skyline. Now living in TX, we can get all the "grocery" store products which is awesome!! I'm currently back home visiting in California and not a single store within 1 hours drive has anything Skyline. As far as flavor... I find it sweet. Not oversweet, but nothing like anything in TX. It's every bit as good as TX chili but in a COMPLETELY DIFFERENT RESPECTFUL way... LOL
I came to the comments to say - Cincinnatians aren’t as serious about chili as TX is! But I’m from Cincy, so we’ll always stick up for Skyline, even when I didn’t like it I would defend it 😂now I actually like it lol classic coneys you can’t go wrong. The smell of the places used to get me 😅now I’m used to it
Dixie chili in Newport Ky is excellent chili and it is an interesting vibe if you’re ever into some cool mafia stuff around the original sin city? Lots of history!
If you ever want to eat at the chili parlor that started it all head to Alexandria Ky and eat at Empress Chili. Former employees opened up Skyline. Unfortunately it's not in the place it originated from but it's still the same chili.
$6.89 a 15 oz can here in St. Louis. Skyline has been selling here for several years now. No Restaurants! But you know, ah, Wal-Mart $5.89 shipped. LOL. I would think close to or same as Kroger? Honestly, I would rather buy the Spice Packets and make a gallon. Freeze the rest.
Dude, I noticed that too. I was like, "Should I say something", but then I saw your comment. You're right. You cut through the chili with your fork then scoop it onto your fork and eat it that way.
Chris, go to a Ponderosa.A chain that was in our childhood. I worked for Ponderosa and Bonanza. There are a few Ponderosa’s left. No Bonanzas. I think there is one in Pennsylvania
@@SetsStreetsEats I was a General Manager of a Ponderosa in Dearborn Heights Michigan, when I was 20. I worked for Bonanza before that. It was my first job.
0:59 I like to think its funny if he worked on his chili recipe in chili, its just so ironic if this story was actually true XDD also chuck e cheeese shirt for a chili restaurant, can't be more american than that, I've worn my white castle shirt inside a taco bell at times
@@andig2218 Most people I know and people I’ve watched cut it with a fork. I also saw a video saying cut it so you can get all the flavors. I have even people twirl it but very few.
Chris if you come back to Northern Ohio could you please go to the bordman ohio chuck e cheese i was talking to someone who was working there they said the 2.0 makeover was coming in the summer
Our dad used to take us two boys to Sam's Chili out in Price Hill, where we would order three-ways. The Greek guy (owner?) behind the counter used to repeat our order to the kitchen, "Trree trree-ways!" (He rolled his R's.) This was before the Skyline Chili Restaurant opened at the corner of Clifton and Ludlow (the site of the video's location). My brother and I were pretty young. It had to have been the early 1960s. I honestly don't remember anything else ever being in that location. I was surprised when he said that it didn't open until 1966. I'm a local and I remember Skyline Chili and Virginia Bakery in that little business part of Ludlow and Clifton.
Clifton is certainly the most iconic location but it is not the longest franchise. You have the Lambrinides location on the West Side, Bridgetown and Western Hills. Kenwood and Oakley were the first franchises. Also, for the love of God, you do not twirl the spaghetti. Classic sign of an amateur.
@@SetsStreetsEats - It's like pronouncing the 'T' in the word "often". It hits the ear wrong. Twirling spaghetti in a 4-way just looks wrong. It's a local thing. I noticed it right off. Locals see it immediately.
Having grown up in and around Cincinnati chili… my neighbors owned several Empress Chili locations and friends at school are the grandkids of both Empress and Skyline. Got my first job at Empress Chili at 12 years old. Indeed, locals know it’s eaten “cut and shovel” from end to end. Got to cut some slack to the visitors who twirl!
Agreed, the music just makes it a pain in the @ss to understand what is being said. I don't know why anyone thinks it improves a video. Turn the music off!
I cringed as you twirled it! You got to slice with the fork then turn it around once you reach the middle! Real Cincinnatians know we do NOT twirl our food lol
I'm a fan favorite! I mastered how to make it at home (original and a vegan option) when I lived in Chicago. Now that I'm back in Ohio, I can get anytime. I would have loved to hear more about the immigrant owner. What a genius!
@@GizmoFromPizmo Wow, I agree. I just yelled at you so loud. I don't think it's legal to sell it that way. Better off just getting Extra Cheese. Maybe add a Coney to be safe. Used to know a guy who would get a Cheese Coney without the hotdog. Never could trust him!!! LOL!!
Stupidly, Skyline Chili shut down their original location in Price Hill just a few years ago. Most restaurants would recognize the value of their landmark #1 but not Skyline. Last I heard, they use the space as a warehouse for their t-shirts and beer coozys. 😂
Yeah, monuments are important but since the border has been wide open the old neighborhood has gone distinctly "South American". Fortunately, Price Hill Chili is still a going concern.
You heard wrong 😂 The original skyline location shut down over 20 years ago (2002). It was so old and decrepit there was no way they could save it. The building was then soon demolished. It has been nothing but an empty lot ever since. Skyline sold the lot to the Archdiocese of Cincinnati back in 2022.
@@GizmoFromPizmo You know some of the best food I have ever had was in Cincy. Geez, of course, Skyline. Yum, Montgomery Inn Ribs, and those Saratoga Chips. I'm Drooling. Taco Casa has the best Taco Salad you will ever eat, and it's HUGE. LaRosa's, Sucks. Enough of that. Never could understand why Frisch's Tarter sauce was the best. I Know Fight 'n words. But you know LaRosa's sucks, I assume you have taste buds? Go to the Eastgate side, (Anderson) El Coyote Mexican restaurant has The Best Margareta I have ever had. Period. Best. Steak Ranchero, Oh Man... I'm so hungry. And BTW, It's always Soda, Never Pop!!!!! LOL!!!! 4:30 in the morning and I'm Craving Skyline. Bastards!!
Eating Skyline at the Ludlow St location in Cincinnati! I ate there many times in my UC days, I remember after the Clifton bars closed, we would head to Ludlow Skyline...to wait in line @3am in the freezing cold. I have vivid memories of looking at the steamed up windows, and the 20 minute wait. But it was so worth it. Give me a 4 way with 2 cheese coneys and I'm in heaven!
ditto. from the 1970's and now I live about a mile and a half from there. very nostalgic
I was born in 57' and as a kid, we met after school in that park, and hung out at that Skyline. Good memories. Thanks♥
That little fountain and corner part of Burnet Woods Park (where he was recording from) wasn't there until the late 1990s. That dressed up that intersection nicely.
This is my favorite and the best Skyline Chili which is located in the Clifton neighborhood. Also, true Cincinnatians eat their chili-ways by cutting the spaghetti with a fork.
Lived in Cincinnati my whole life, and I can confidently say that this is the best Skyline by far when it comes to taste, atmosphere, and customer service. It's followed close behind by the Kings Mills location.
That's awesome to hear, I definitely enjoyed the look and atmosphere of this location
kings island skylines up in King Mills is goated ngl
@@Abel-8511 ??? Can you say that in English?
@@1Barrett50 my bad.. MASON OH. YOU HAPPY??
@@Abel-8511 No, you missed my point. You only fixed the location, which I didn't say anything about.
No hot sauce on that 4 way? Your a mad man it's one of the best hot sauces ever.
Agreed!
And it's actually hot and flavorful
Thank you for covering the backstory. Hello from Cincinnati ❤ a lot of us make our own way, which is fun… at home!
They opened a Skyline chili in Tampa Florida a few years ago. Apparently there is a large population of Cincinnati retirees that live in Tampa and was homesick for their Skyline chili.
Got one in Naples too. Large contingent of Natti migrants
There’s one in Ft Lauderdale too
I grew up in Cincinnati. I remember eating at some little independent chili parlor in Madeira from the time I started remembering things, 4 or 5 years old. Place is long gone. I'm in Cleveland now, thankfully there's 1 remaining Skyline 20 minutes away. It's my ultimate comfort food.
All Cincinnatians will cut small squares with the fork and scoop up each piece.
Only bad thing about Skyline anymore is the stores running as corporate assembly lines. My local skyline would keep there spaghetti that was in back storage in chili juice, so your noodles had flavor, and it made such a difference. Its like PennStations bread, there were stores that did not use the conveyor belt to finish cooking the bread, they cooked the bread properly, sometimes little tiny things make huge differences.
Watched several of your videos i like this intros music the best, feels like an 80s kids adventure movie.
I go to skyline about 4 times or more a week lol😅😂 next time you go you should try a chilli cheese and spaghetti burritos, add sour cream if you feel like it 😊
That's one of my favorite skyline location my other one is downtown on 7th and vine st my first skyline restaurant i visit as a kid but Ludlow and Clifton was my go to when they were opened till 3am are they still opened that late?
I love this stuff.... I would drive over to Cincinnati from Florence, KY just for Skyline. Now living in TX, we can get all the "grocery" store products which is awesome!! I'm currently back home visiting in California and not a single store within 1 hours drive has anything Skyline. As far as flavor... I find it sweet. Not oversweet, but nothing like anything in TX. It's every bit as good as TX chili but in a COMPLETELY DIFFERENT RESPECTFUL way... LOL
I came to the comments to say - Cincinnatians aren’t as serious about chili as TX is! But I’m from Cincy, so we’ll always stick up for Skyline, even when I didn’t like it I would defend it 😂now I actually like it lol classic coneys you can’t go wrong. The smell of the places used to get me 😅now I’m used to it
Dixie chili in Newport Ky is excellent chili and it is an interesting vibe if you’re ever into some cool mafia stuff around the original sin city? Lots of history!
That's my favorite chili
The Gold Star Chili places there are great also.
I was so relieved when he got mustard and onion on the coney. There's no other way
If you ever want to eat at the chili parlor that started it all head to Alexandria Ky and eat at Empress Chili. Former employees opened up Skyline. Unfortunately it's not in the place it originated from but it's still the same chili.
Thanks for the tip!
The chili bean mix burrito is where it's at. Best thing on the menu IMO.
Can’t wait for this video to premiere 🎉
A tiny can of their chili is $8 in WV
Wow, that's crazy
$6.89 a 15 oz can here in St. Louis. Skyline has been selling here for several years now. No Restaurants!
But you know, ah, Wal-Mart $5.89 shipped. LOL.
I would think close to or same as Kroger?
Honestly, I would rather buy the Spice Packets and make a gallon. Freeze the rest.
Love skyline
I don't like skyline pasta. But I love their cony dogs. I crave coneys every couple weeks.
I got a couple cec videos on my channel from the w.des Moines cec...it has the oldest operating band at a cec....
you do NOT twirl the spaghetti. you cut it with a fork!
You eat spaghetti however you want! There's no rules
Cut and lift!!
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Dude, I noticed that too. I was like, "Should I say something", but then I saw your comment. You're right. You cut through the chili with your fork then scoop it onto your fork and eat it that way.
fuq
He's not gonna be able to escape this is his final video
For those who don’t get it it’s an Ohio joke
Hey That’s my hometown!! Sad that I’ve been in Michigan this weekend lol Skyline is superior!!
I just watched a video about super smelly service station and I went so all my God guys it’s amazing
Chris, go to a Ponderosa.A chain that was in our childhood. I worked for Ponderosa and Bonanza. There are a few Ponderosa’s left. No Bonanzas. I think there is one in Pennsylvania
Ponderosa is actually on my list to do I have many fun memories of Sunday afternoons after church going to both ponderosa and bonanzas growing up.
@@SetsStreetsEats I was a General Manager of a Ponderosa in Dearborn Heights Michigan, when I was 20. I worked for Bonanza before that. It was my first job.
The spaghetti twirl for meeeeeee 😮😅
0:59 I like to think its funny if he worked on his chili recipe in chili, its just so ironic if this story was actually true XDD
also chuck e cheeese shirt for a chili restaurant, can't be more american than that, I've worn my white castle shirt inside a taco bell at times
One think about our Chilli, is you cut the paste 😂
SO many locals have noticed that. I thought to myself, "Look at how he's eating that..."
Spaghetti/chili looks amazing 🍻🍻
Great place
My favorite 🌭👍
Cincinnati chili is Greek chili. It's an important distinction.
Rest of the country might be repulsed by what they eat, but they should be proud of their local food.
Most Cincinnatians cut into the dish instead of twirling it. You get a bite of everything like lasagna.
Really? New to me? Born and raised.
@@andig2218 Most people I know and people I’ve watched cut it with a fork. I also saw a video saying cut it so you can get all the flavors. I have even people twirl it but very few.
Chris if you come back to Northern Ohio could you please go to the bordman ohio chuck e cheese i was talking to someone who was working there they said the 2.0 makeover was coming in the summer
I already made a video there, you can see it in my Chuck E Cheese playlist 🙂
Epic
I been eating Skyline Chili since I was 16 years old
Our dad used to take us two boys to Sam's Chili out in Price Hill, where we would order three-ways. The Greek guy (owner?) behind the counter used to repeat our order to the kitchen, "Trree trree-ways!" (He rolled his R's.)
This was before the Skyline Chili Restaurant opened at the corner of Clifton and Ludlow (the site of the video's location). My brother and I were pretty young. It had to have been the early 1960s.
I honestly don't remember anything else ever being in that location. I was surprised when he said that it didn't open until 1966. I'm a local and I remember Skyline Chili and Virginia Bakery in that little business part of Ludlow and Clifton.
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Well now I am hungry again and want chili
Heard That. Was just thinking the Same thing ...........
You Know what time It Is!!!
DON’T TWIRL THE WAY!!!!!!!
Slice like a pie. Skyline rule!
Skyline is better than Goldstar
It all just comes from the factory in Fairfield. None of them are any different than the next. And not great anymore.
Clifton is certainly the most iconic location but it is not the longest franchise. You have the Lambrinides location on the West Side, Bridgetown and Western Hills. Kenwood and Oakley were the first franchises. Also, for the love of God, you do not twirl the spaghetti. Classic sign of an amateur.
Why would it matter if someone twirls or cuts spaghetti? And explain how that makes one an amateur at eating lol
@@SetsStreetsEats - It's like pronouncing the 'T' in the word "often". It hits the ear wrong. Twirling spaghetti in a 4-way just looks wrong. It's a local thing. I noticed it right off. Locals see it immediately.
Cincinnati native , thanks for the video on this. Next time speak up I can’t seem to hear a damn word
Stop twirling!
Having grown up in and around Cincinnati chili… my neighbors owned several Empress Chili locations and friends at school are the grandkids of both Empress and Skyline. Got my first job at Empress Chili at 12 years old. Indeed, locals know it’s eaten “cut and shovel” from end to end. Got to cut some slack to the visitors who twirl!
Don’t twist it cut it with a fork
Don’t listen to anyone. Eat your food the way you want to. Twirling, cutting and lifting…… snort it if you want to.
@@michaelschroeck2254 🤣😂 I definitely do!
4 way is most popular most don't get beans
Jumbo 5-way. It's the only way to go. Always get the beans.
Agree, 4-Way onion please.
Clifton looks a lot smaller on camera. You should have put some hot sauce on your chili and cheese coney.
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Turn the music down. No idea what your saying
Bring Skyline to Myrtle Beach!
Agreed, the music just makes it a pain in the @ss to understand what is being said. I don't know why anyone thinks it improves a video. Turn the music off!
dont twirl it!
I cringed as you twirled it! You got to slice with the fork then turn it around once you reach the middle! Real Cincinnatians know we do NOT twirl our food lol
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I'm a fan favorite! I mastered how to make it at home (original and a vegan option) when I lived in Chicago. Now that I'm back in Ohio, I can get anytime. I would have loved to hear more about the immigrant owner. What a genius!
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whats the point of all the fucking cheese? wouldnt that be disgusting to eat
Ummm, NO!!
God will forgive you.
They Don't know, Understand. Don't Smit them, Oh, Mighty Smiter!!
don't twirl it, cut it!
I’d try it with out the cheese.
Shame on ya...
@@GizmoFromPizmo
Wow, I agree.
I just yelled at you so loud.
I don't think it's legal to sell it that way. Better off just getting Extra Cheese.
Maybe add a Coney to be safe.
Used to know a guy who would get a Cheese Coney without the hotdog.
Never could trust him!!! LOL!!
Cinnamon chili 🤢🤮
Stupidly, Skyline Chili shut down their original location in Price Hill just a few years ago. Most restaurants would recognize the value of their landmark #1 but not Skyline. Last I heard, they use the space as a warehouse for their t-shirts and beer coozys. 😂
Yeah, monuments are important but since the border has been wide open the old neighborhood has gone distinctly "South American". Fortunately, Price Hill Chili is still a going concern.
You heard wrong 😂 The original skyline location shut down over 20 years ago (2002). It was so old and decrepit there was no way they could save it. The building was then soon demolished. It has been nothing but an empty lot ever since. Skyline sold the lot to the Archdiocese of Cincinnati back in 2022.
@@steveniemyer9288 - What street was that on? Is it off of Warsaw (or ON Warsaw)?
Price Hill Chili is now the premier chili parlor in that town.
Not my fav food now. Sorry.
Wasn't impressed by skyline chile coney dog want a real one go to detroit coney island
Cincinnati was settled by a lot of Germans but our favorite food is Greek Chili. Talk about a melting pot.
@@GizmoFromPizmo
You know some of the best food I have ever had was in Cincy.
Geez, of course, Skyline.
Yum, Montgomery Inn Ribs, and those Saratoga Chips. I'm Drooling.
Taco Casa has the best Taco Salad you will ever eat, and it's HUGE.
LaRosa's, Sucks. Enough of that.
Never could understand why Frisch's Tarter sauce was the best. I Know Fight 'n words.
But you know LaRosa's sucks, I assume you have taste buds?
Go to the Eastgate side, (Anderson) El Coyote Mexican restaurant has The Best Margareta I have ever had. Period. Best.
Steak Ranchero, Oh Man... I'm so hungry.
And BTW, It's always Soda, Never Pop!!!!! LOL!!!! 4:30 in the morning and I'm Craving Skyline. Bastards!!
Chris, the original KFC in Corbin would be nice