The only thing better than hot chocolate in cold weather… is chili! It’s time for the Third Annual Lower Georgia Ave Main Street Chili Cook-Off!

This popular community-based, family-friendly and free event is in its third year of delicious chili and social gathering. The highlight is the chili tasting, featuring 9 local restaurants and chefs along the Georgia Ave corridor. Come hang at the Midlands on February 16th from 2-4pm!

Come hang with your neighbors and favorite local restaurants, and get a taste for their chili! Stay for the judging and see who wins!

FEATURING: 9 local Lower Georgia Ave restaurants providing FREE tastings with Judges Panel Awards and People's Choice, always family friendly. 2020 participating restaurants are (These include 4 vegetarian options and 2 vegan):

Cinder BBQ, 800 Upshur St. NW
Looking Glass Lounge, 3634 Georgia Ave NW
DC Reynolds, 3628 Georgia Ave NW
Midlands, 3333 Georgia Ave NW
Heat da Spot Cafe, 3213 Georgia Ave NW
Sweet Sosumba Jamaican Vegan Cafe, 3501 Georgia Ave NW
NuVegan Cafe, 2928 Georgia Ave NW
Here's the Scoop, 2824 Georgia Ave NW
Just AJs at Park View Farmers Market at Hook Hall, 3400 Georgia Ave NW

JUDGES: There will be a distinguished judging panel who know and write about food and local restaurants, (including yours truly, back for my third year):

Drew Schneider, Founder/Writer, Petworth News
Kent Boese, ANC1A Chair and Editor of Park View, D.C.
Ruth Tam and Patrick Fort, Co-Hosts, Dish City on WAMU radio
Chef Furard Tate, Co-Curator, DMV Black Restaurant Week
Anna-Lysa Gayle, three-time Emmy award winning journalist, ABC 7 News on WJLA

WHAT: 3rd Annual Lower Georgia Ave Chili Cook-Off!!
DATE: Sunday, February 16th
TIME: 2pm-4pm (while supplies last)
LOCATION: The Midlands Beer Garden, 3333 Georgia Ave NW

SPONSORSHIP: This event would not be possible without the generous support of The Midlands Beer Garden, DC's Department of Small and Local Business Development's DC Main Street grant, Peter Fortner of TTR Sotheby's International Realty, and Guinness (which will be offering for-purchase tasting flights and a raffle prize tour of the Guinness Open Gate Brewery in Baltimore).