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#30: Get heartburn at the Chili Cook-off on the Commons

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This article is written by a student writer from the Her Campus at Cornell chapter.

Thankfully I didn’t get heartburn, but I still was able to eat a ton of chili during Chili Fest! Chili Fest is a one day festival of chili and food galore in the Commons. Each year, different restaurants compete in the Chili Cook-Off for the title of Best Chili in Ithaca. At the end of the day, the winner is announced in different categories such as “Best Veggie Chili,” “Best Aesthetics Presentation,” and of course, the grand title of “Best Meat Chili.”


Now that I’ve gotten to take Intro to Wines (which is another item to check off on my 161 Big Red Ambition List), I was able to try some of the wines the local wineries were selling in the Commons. It was the perfect way to spend a Saturday, even with the atrocious weather!

This year, Razorback BBQ, a restaurant in Ithaca, won Best Meat Chili for the second year in a row with their Smoked Brisket Chili. Here they are accepting their prize:


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Elisabeth Rosen is a College Scholar at Cornell University with concentrations in anthropology, social psychology and creative writing. She is currently the co-editor of Her Campus Cornell. She has interned at The Weinstein Company and Small Farms Quarterly and worked as a hostess at a Japanese restaurant.