Gosh, Rockit takes such good care of me! Here I am again at another tasting from my awesome pals at Rockit Bar and Grill. Thank you guys for the invite and feeding me such deliciousness! My first tasting was for their WingIt week long event. This time it's for their upcoming Fourth Annual ChiliFest! (<--- click for the details). I would like to thank the amazing Executive Chef Amanda Downing for always taking care of me and The Hubster at each tasting and for giving us a personalized detailed description of the tastings. Follow her on Twitter at twitter.com/amanda2581 and follow Rockit at twitter.com/rockitchicago and twitter.com/rockitwrigley right now for all updates about the awesome ChiliFest week long event! I love love love chili. Especially after a full day of snowboarding. It's the only thing I think about on the way down the mountain. A big bowl of chili. But man oh man, chili at the slopes is nothing compared to the chili they are offering up at Rockit for their ChiliFest. I'm pretty sure they have officially ruined all future chili moments on the slopes for me. Unless a Rockit opens up at every snow resort or I kidnap Amanda and take her with me just to make me chili. The Hubster said that the picture above looks like it's photoshop-ed. LOL! But it's not. It actually took us 9 tries to get this picture and me having to put water on my forehead to make the card stick. Yes, we are mucho dedicated to acting like fools for some chili... some darn good chili.
And of course... here are the deets straight from my favorite Rockit homies. I think the most notable is that a portion of the proceeds go to the Greater Chicago Food Depository. Gotta love food and philanthropy all rolled into one!
ROCKIT HEATS UP CHICAGO THIS JANUARY
Enjoy a Variety of Chilis Every Day during the week of January 23
Portion of proceeds benefits the Greater Chicago Food Depository
CHICAGO – Of all the things to enjoy during the cold winter months, perhaps no other dish fully encapsulates warmth, comfort and sustenance than a hearty bowl of chili. Rockit Bar & Grill, at 22 W. Hubbard in River North, and Rockit Wrigley, at 3700 N. Clark in Wrigley, take the celebrated dish one step further with our Fourth Annual Chilifest. Executive Chef Amanda Downing will offer guests a unique chili by the bowl each day of the week, as well as a standard daily repertoire of Chili preparations which include Chili Cheese Fries and Chili Mac. Recipes will also be revealed throughout the week via social media, just in time for Super Bowl parties! Chili-enthusiasts, take note!
Daily offerings include Chef Amanda Downing’s classic signature Turkey Chili (red kidney beans, shredded cheese and cilantro, for $7), Vegan Chili (lentils, soy sausage, edamame, bell peppers, cumin, tomato for $12), Chili Cheese Fries (crispy french fries topped with turkey chili and cheddar and jack cheeses, for $9) and Chili Mac (Turkey Chili on top of the signature Four Cheese Mac and Cheese, for $14).
Enjoy a Variety of Chilis Every Day during the week of January 23
Portion of proceeds benefits the Greater Chicago Food Depository
CHICAGO – Of all the things to enjoy during the cold winter months, perhaps no other dish fully encapsulates warmth, comfort and sustenance than a hearty bowl of chili. Rockit Bar & Grill, at 22 W. Hubbard in River North, and Rockit Wrigley, at 3700 N. Clark in Wrigley, take the celebrated dish one step further with our Fourth Annual Chilifest. Executive Chef Amanda Downing will offer guests a unique chili by the bowl each day of the week, as well as a standard daily repertoire of Chili preparations which include Chili Cheese Fries and Chili Mac. Recipes will also be revealed throughout the week via social media, just in time for Super Bowl parties! Chili-enthusiasts, take note!
Daily offerings include Chef Amanda Downing’s classic signature Turkey Chili (red kidney beans, shredded cheese and cilantro, for $7), Vegan Chili (lentils, soy sausage, edamame, bell peppers, cumin, tomato for $12), Chili Cheese Fries (crispy french fries topped with turkey chili and cheddar and jack cheeses, for $9) and Chili Mac (Turkey Chili on top of the signature Four Cheese Mac and Cheese, for $14).
Alright boys and girls, time to get nom-nom-noming!
One tasting set for me, and one for The Hubster. From the left: pork chili, bison chili, chicken chili
So which one was my absolute favorite? Hands down the bison chili! Omg it was so good and meaty. Just the right amount of spice and little chunks of chorizo sausage that had a party in my mouth. Drooooooool. ChiliFest is running from Monday, January 23rd until Friday, January 27th with a different type of chili each day. If I had to pick a day, I would pick bison day! (Bison day is Wednesday). But I would definitely try to hit up multiple days. The Hubster's favorite was the pork chili which was also very good and very different. It's made with green tomatillos instead of regular red tomatos. They will also be having other chili items each day of the ChiliFest that are not specific to a day of the week. Chili cheese fries and ChiliMac are on that list. So make your reservation to ChiliFest like... right now. And don't forget to bring DOS with ya! I will end this post with something that has nothing to do with fashion and everything to do with nom-nom-noming in honor of some dank chili from Rockit. =D "Drop that beet!"
-DOS
