I went to lunch and came back with...

Cafe Society
1

A cool sticker.

Our office moved in July, and I’m still finding my way around. Today I went to Luna Park Café for lunch. I was looking at the patty melt on the menu, but I was also looking at the ‘chili burger’. (Note: To me, a chili burger is a closed cheeseburger with chili in it. A ‘chili burger’ up here – or everywhere else besides Southern California or even just L.A. and Orange Counties – is what I’d call a chili size.) I went for the latter. It was OK. Not great, but not objectionable. They serve coated fries, which I’m not a huge fan of; and the chili was weird. Kidney beans and black beans. I like that kind of chili, but it’s the wrong kind for a chili size.

I’ll go back sometime soon, but next time I’ll get the patty melt and onion rings.

2

Cool sticker. . . and I still don’t understand what a “chili size” is. . . .a bowl of chili? And how can a “chili burger” be the same as a “chili size?”

3

Chili size
Chili burger

A chili size is called a chili burger up here. I don’t know what they call chili burgers up here, because I’ve yet to come across a Tommy’s (or Tommy’s analogue).

I think it’s cool that Luna Park Café gives away free advertising. And it’s a cool sticker. :slight_smile:

.

4

I’m in North Carolina and I’ve never heard of an open-faced chili burger. . . so we agree on what a “chili burger” is. . . anyway.

Around here a “chili dog” may, or may not, have a wiener. Same with a “cheese dog.”

5

You have to scroll down about 3/4 of the way to find your answer, but the whole article is worth reading:

http://www.chilicookoff.com/history/history_started.asp

6

I shudder at the implications of this! :eek:

7

NB: There are some typos in the article, which was copied from the official ICS chili cookbook (I’ve had a copy myself for the last 30 years or so). There’s a major omission about halfway down; it should read “… and a herb that apparently was oregano. This was set down as the true origin of chili.”

8

I guess I should link to the café’s website. But really, I just wanted to show you the sticker.

9

I’ve ordered some stuff online lately from small shops, and in return I got some cool stickers and baubles.

Strawberry Luna sent me stickers from their own shop, a pencil or two, I think some candy, and maybe something else. (along with my purchase, of course)

Homage sent me a sticker for their shop as well as a real, vintage pack of ProSet Super Stars Musicards from the 90s. They are rock legend trading cards. Pretty neat because I used to collect those, and the purchase I made from Homage wasn’t even music related. I hemmed and hawed but I did open them :slight_smile:

I get cute stickers and stuff from eBay and Etsy purchases from time to time too. One person even sent a free sample of perfume.

Anyway, cool stickers are cool. It’s always fun to get them, even as a grown up! I have quite a box from my days of going to the rock shows. I never know when to hold on to them or show them off.