Chili in the west burbs?

Someone wrote:

>        Anyone know of a place to get good, HOT chili in the Downers
>Grove/Naperville area? A guy I worked with told me about Bishop's Chili,
>so I made the trek to the Bishops in Westmont yesterday. Ugh! It was
>terrible! Warm ketchup would be spicier than that!

Bishop's is an acquired taste, it seems.  I don't care for it either. Don't know of any good chili places out here.  Taylor's Chili in Carlinville used to be very good.

Dave

The best chili I have ever had in a restaurant is found in the far Northwest Suburbs in Algonquin.  The place is called The Texan.  If you are looking for real, authentic, hot, no bean, all meat chili; this is the place.  This is a real texan restaurant with smoke house on site.  The beef and pork there are excellent.  The ribs are also probably the best I have had in a restaurant.  In the late 80's and early 90's they even sponsored annual chili fests.  I highly recommend this place, you won't be disappointed.  It is located on RT. 31, 1 block north of RT.62 (Algonquin Rd). Pat Cox

Someone wrote:

>         Anyone know of a place to get good, HOT chili in the Downers
> Grove/Naperville area? A guy I worked with told me about Bishop's Chili,
> so I made the trek to the Bishops in Westmont yesterday. Ugh! It was
> terrible! Warm ketchup would be spicier than that!
>         Whenever my friends or relatives come up from Springfield to
> visit, I beg them to bring me two quarts of chili from either of the two
> fine chili restaurants there...The Den and Joe Roger's. Both restaurants
> have about five or six different "temperatures" of chili to choose from.
> Is there any place like that in the Chicago area?
>
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