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The Original 6th Annual Rockabilly Chili Contest

Thanks to the 1800+ supporters who attended the 6th Annual WMSE Rockabilly Chili Contest!

On Sunday, March 2nd, we raised more than $26,000 for the station, one ladle of hot and spicy goodness at a time.

Video from Last Year's Chili Contest

Huge new location!
MSOE Kern Center
1245 N Broadway

More competitors than ever before!
42 restaurants, taverns, and cafe's battled it out for the title of Best Chili 2008!

The winners !

As voted by those in attendance:

Best Meat Chili Recipe - First: Old German Beer Hall (Runner-up: Nessun Dorma)
Best Vegetarian Chili Recipe - First: The Annona Bistro (Runner-up: Brewed)
Best Heat - First: Koppa's Fulbeli Deli (Runner-up: Flannery's)
Best Table Presentation & Display - First: Great Northern BBQ Co (Runner-up: Brewed)

Sponsored by:

About the Contest

The WMSE Rockabilly Chili Contest is the original culinary fundraising event for listener supported radio, WMSE 91.7FM. The community got the chance to vote for their favorite chili recipes from more than forty area restaurants, cafes, and taverns. Cash bars served beer and soft drinks courtesy of event sponsor, the Milwaukee Ale House.

And because it's WMSE, of course there was plenty of music! Jonny Z of the Chickenshack and Dietrich of Saturday Morning Car Tunes presented the best rockabilly, bluegrass, country, and hot rod sounds throughout the event.

Admission was $5, and each chili sample was $1, with all proceeds benefiting WMSE. The event is open to the public, so bring the whole family!

2007 winners:

Best Meat Chili (tie):
The Wicked Hop
Nessun Dorma

Best Vegetarian Chili:
The Annona Bistro

Thanks to this year's competitors:

Meat
Anaba Tea Room
Bada Bing Pizza/Lakeview Buffalo Farm
Bayou Cajun Restaurant & Lounge
Bella's Fat Cat
County Clare
Flannery's
Forty8
G-Daddy's BBC
Good Life
Great Northern BBQ Co.
Harry's Bar & Grill
Hector's - A Mexican Restaurant/Hector's on Delaware
Hi-Fi Cafe
Hi Hat Lounge
Koppa's Fulbeli Deli
Mama's Best Soul Food
Maxie's Southern Comfort
McGillycuddy's
Milwaukee Ale House
Nessun Dorma
North Shore Bistro
Old German Beer Hall
O'Keefe's House of Hamburg
Palms Bistro
Pepe's Rockin' Taco Shack
Rip Tide Seafood Bar & Grill
Roots
The Sin Bin
Solly's Grille
Soup's On!
T.L.C. Soup Co.
The Wicked Hop

Vegetarian
The Annona Bistro
Ball 'N' Biscuit Catering
Beans and Barley
Brewed Cafe
Fuel Cafe
Harry's Bar & Grill
Hotch-A-Do
Koppa's Fulbeli Deli
McBob's Pub & Grill
O'Keefe's House of Hamburg
Outpost Natural Foods Co-op
Palms Bistro
PJ's Original Subs & Clubs
Riverwest Co-op
Roots
Soup's On!
T.L.C. Soup Co.