Memorial Day Chili Coof-Off May 30, 2011

Café Saint-Ex & Bar Pilar are bringing back their annual Memorial Day Chili Cook-Off on Monday, May 30 from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., gathering 14th Street’s best chefs for a Chili Smack Down competition. Closing down T Street for the community street festival, the afternoon will offer chili tastings from the best local chefs, flowing brews, live music and kids’ activities, all to raise money for the local Garrison Elementary School. Chefs will present unique chili recipes which will be judged by a panel of food journalists and bloggers and tasted by over 1,000 consumers. Prizes will be awarded in a number of categories including First Place, Second Place, Best Use of a Unique Ingredient and People’s Choice, which will be judged by those who attend the Smack Down. First place will be awarded $500 and second place will be awarded $200.