Chili Cook-off draws a crowd to downtown Kalamazoo
A chance to wander downtown, taste great chili, meet your neighbors and a charity event all rolled into one. That describes the recent Chili Cook-off in Kalamazoo. Second Wave's Erik Holladay was there, camera in hand.
Congratulations to the winners: People’s Choice and Retail category winner Nature Connection, Retail winners–Tempo Vino Winery, Baird; and Restaurant category winners: Mangia, Mangia, Zazios and The Union Cabaret and Grille.
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