Chilly Days in Northern Colorado? Get Out for Bottomless Chili and a Cinnamon Roll

Many cities in Colorado are going to see their fair share of cold days, without question. There's a restaurant in Fort Collins that has a way to get warmed up with a bottomless bowl of chili, along with a cinnamon roll. Not just any cinnamon roll, either. The Choice City should be your choice when you're chilled to the bone, any time of year.

When I was young in Loveland, I worked a few years at [now] Colorado's only Runza location. One of the popular menu items in fall and winter was our chili and cinnamon roll special. It seemed like a Nebraska thing (Runza started in Nebraska:) some folks "got it." and some folks scoffed at having chili and cinnamon rolls teamed up together. Regardless of what customers thought, I thought it was tasty. It reminded me of those old school days at Lincoln Elementary, when they'd serve us chili and cinnamon rolls.

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Years later, at the radio station, on what was the first snow of the season, I was thinking about those days. I went to post on our station's Facebook page about chili and cinnamon rolls. I thought about how nice it would be if if the Fort Collins legend, Silver Grill, had chili to go along with their famous cinnamon rolls. I asked AI if they had chili; that's when you could have knocked me over with a feather.

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Not only does Silver Grill Cafe have chili, they have a special where you can get a bottomless bowl of chili and one of their legendary cinnamon rolls, for $10. I did call to confirm. To bring it "full circle," the special is called 'School Lunch.' It's true. I see a day where I stop in for the 'School Lunch" and leave an hour or two later to take a good nap.