. "0"^^ . . . "2011-02-04T00:00:00"^^ . "Growing up in the greater Cincinnati area, everyone has there favorite chili parlour. Mine is Dixie Chili on Monmouth in Newport, KY. After moving away to St Louis in 2006 and Tuscaloosa, AL in 2007 I looked for the dish but none had any equivalent to the Cincinnati style chili. When I moved to Tempe for graduate school, I thought that I was doomed to a life without the delicious chili. But then I got curious and googled \"cincinnati chili phoenix\" and Hail Mary's was the first thing to show up. I had never heard of the place but it is right here in Tempe on Priest and 14th. \n\nThe atmosphere is awful as it is an Ohio State bar... shudder... but I will brave anything for good chili. So I decided to check it out this afternoon. \n\nI ordered up my favorite chili dish, a 4 Way with heavy onion. It came out quick, and was served in a circular soup bowl style dish with a knife. If you have ever been to a Cincy Chili Parlour then you know it is served on oval dishes and a knife is not part of the equation. You cut that stuff with a fork, no noodle twisting... However, I didn't let that get me down, the cheese is definitely not the same, but it did the trick. The onions were cut a little too big, but the taste was there. Now on to the chili, I will say, it is all there, I was not disappointed. It could have been a little less meaty, but it was all there. One grippe, Tabasco is not a thick enough hot sauce to serve with the chili, they need to get Frank's Red Hot or the Kroger brand hot sauce.\n\nThe off track betting was a little annoying but if you are into that kind of stuff then check it out...\n\nIt isn't Skyline, Gold Star, PRC, or Dixie, but in the Valley of the Sun where nobody is a native, it will do..."^^ . "0"^^ . "3"^^ . "0"^^ .