Chomp & Stomp: Chili-less in Cabbagetown
November 10, 2008 at 5:23 pm by Andisheh Nouraee in Scene & HerdI have a polite request of the organizers of the Cabbagetown Chomp & Stomp chili cook-off and festival: Please have more chili next year.
Unfortunately, this writer was among the many attendees of the Cabbagetown Chomp & Stomp chili cook-off who arrived too late to actually eat any chili. By the time I got there (2:30pm) all the chili appeared to have been eaten. I’m not mad, but I did go home and make chili afterwards.
Even chili-less, there was plenty to occupy me, including beer (of which there was plenty on tap), bluegrass music (which I suppose is where the second-half the of Chomp & Stomp come from), and sports. The bobbing-for-brussel-sprouts competition was nice – especially the MC’s deadpan comment to competitors reminding them its not necessary to immerse one’s entire body in water to grab the floating veggies.
It being hipster heaven, every second of the event is documented on Flickr.
November 11th, 2008 at 3:56 pm
Thanks for coming out, Andisheh.
Believe it or not, we had a lot more chili this year than last – almost 50% more – and it did actually last a bit longer this year. Unfortunately for attendees, it’s the case every year that you have to get to Chomp & Stomp close to noon or get left out in the cold. All the chili is graciously donated by the contestants so we don’t have much control over how much is ultimately served.
Glad you still had fun, though. Please come back in 2009. Around noon.
P.S. – To everyone else reading this, I can’t make any pledges about the volume of chili we’ll have next year but I promise we will have a lot more port-o-potties.
May 16th, 2009 at 11:21 am
I participated in the 5k, went home and cleaned up and returned with a couple of family members for the Chili tasting. I thoroughly enjoyed the very tiny amount of chili that was left. Edward, if we must get to the event by noon to actually eat chili, perhaps it should be advertised that way. I got a free spoon with my race entry but my family members ended up paying for the privilege of not getting any chili. Not a good value. The crafts festival was grand too BTW and we took home several treasures. I’d do it again next year but I’d eat first. Please encourage the vendors to plan on bringing more next time!
November 7th, 2009 at 2:40 pm
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