Any chance I get at a nice steakhouse to order a chili I’m all over it. I was surprised that the bowl was only $6. It had a nice appearance, just a little cheese and sour cream to mix around.
I’d have to say it was a little mix of sweet and smoky with some deep spice flavor. It was above average on all aspects except really no heat to it. The question is if you go to a nice steakhouse do you fill up on chili before or just have as a side?
Overall taste – 7.8
Spice level – 7
Heat level – 2
IT Factor – 6.7
Value – 9.2
I would definitely get this again, maybe lunch would be better as a lighter meal.
Been to Lyon’s a number of times but not in the past few years. The chili seems to have a perm spot on the menu so I would assume it is homemade…but I’m not totally sure of that. The price was ok at $4.95 for a cup and if you like tortilla chips there was a plateful on the side. I guess you could make a meal out of it if you aren’t terribly hungry.
I’d say this was pretty normal when it comes to chili… meat, beans, some veg with cheese and sour cream. Nothing really jumped out at me and nothing was really bad either…just a good middle of the road cup of chili.
It could have used a good amount of spices to kick it up.
I did a little search of Minneapolis chili and the Loon consistently came up so I made the long walk over lunch (10 minutes)…
Their menu does boast “award winning” and the bartender recommended the Pecos River Red, which comes either mild, medium or hot. I went with medium. It was pretty true to form of classic Texas style chili with the cubed steak and not much else. This did have a kick to it so I’d be curious as to how hot the “hot” is. Really good flavor which was a little smoky-ish, good meat flavor and some various spices. I did get that cumin note too. As I was finished this up he brought me some of the Pinto’s Diablo chili to try. This really was good and better than the Pecos in my book. It has a little sweeter profile but also a real rich, deep flavor. The ground beef was very small in size kind of like a chili dog consistency. I would definitely get both again in a heartbeat and like I said before try the hot Pecos. I do like the Texas toast it comes with too. It had a small amount of cheese and sour cream…. kudos to the Loon! I’ll be back for sure. The only thing I gotta give low marks on is the price… $8.95 for a cup. Steep but I’ll pay the extra $3 for the bowl.
