Chili's North Druid Hills (2024)

FAQs

What restaurant chain owns Chili's? ›

Brinker International, Inc. (NYSE: EAT) is one of the world's leading casual dining restaurant companies and home of Chili's® Grill & Bar, Maggiano's Little Italy® and virtual brand: It's Just Wings®. Founded by Norman Brinker in Dallas, Texas, we've ventured far from home, but stayed true to our roots.

History. Chili's first location, a converted postal station on Greenville Avenue in the Vickery Meadows area of Dallas, Texas, opened in 1975. The original Chili's on Greenville Avenue moved to a new building on the same site in 1981; it relocated again in 2007.

Chili's served and inspired by American food, Tex-Mex cuisine and Mexican cuisine such as spicy shrimp tacos, quesadillas, fajitas.

Brinker International owns, operates, and franchises the Chili's Grill & Bar, Maggiano's Little Italy and It's Just Wings restaurant concepts. They also have a minority stake in Mac Acquisition LLC, the owners of Romano's Macaroni Grill as of 2008.

The brands face stagnant or slumping sales and shifts in consumers' dining habits. They include not only Chili's, a division of Brinker International Inc., but also DineEquity Inc., which owns Applebee's and IHOP, BJ's Restaurants Inc.

We smoke our ribs in-house for 24 hours. Guests can choose up to four proteins for their fajitas. Which of these are NOT an option for an appetizer on the 3 for 10? Which item is NOT included in the fajita boat?

The chili served at Chili's is a Texas-style con carne recipe, which traditionally means no beans and no tomato. You won't find any beans in this recipe or chunks of tomato, but their chili does have a tomato base to boost flavor, so I'm adding that into the mix by including one 6-ounce can of tomato paste.

Lavine's pragmatic assessment of the Chili's success story was in step with how their story started, in 1975, when Lavine founded the restaurant with Malloy Buckner and John Foshee. They picked the name Chili's because they had chili on the menu, and they figured "it was something people would talk about," Lavine said.

You can make my Chili's Secret Sauce recipe revealed here in just a couple of minutes with a simple combination of mayonnaise, ketchup, barbecue sauce, honey, and mustard, plus a little turmeric to add a golden tint.

Why are chilis called peppers? ›

Although originated in Mexico, chilies are today cultivated around the world, with Peru holding the highest cultivated capsicum diversity. Christopher Columbus encountered these chilies when he discovered America, calling them “peppers” because of the similar spicy taste like the familiar peppers in Europe.