Hey everyone, haven't posted in a while, but always enjoy reading.
Jared, I went to the Chili cookoff, you're right the place was packed. While it was scheduled to run from 5-10pm, my friends and I could not arrive until 8pm, and they had already cut the admission price in half because of dwindling chili supplies. We got in and discovered that out of the 30+ vendors, there were only 4 left who still had chili to distribute. So that was pretty disappointing. But we definitely learned our lesson for next year - don't try and go late!
I was wondering if this is the first year the event was held at that large park across from LCC on Grand. I thought I remembered it taking place closer to the Lansing Center, on the large decks / veranda they have on the river, just west of the Center. But there isn't any way they would have been able to host the number of attendees I witnessed last night.
According to the BWL's "Connections" newsletter they held it at Adado Riverfront Park because of construction on the east side of the Grand River. I didn't go this year, totally forgot about it. But the last few years I have gone they still ended up with long lines and ran out of chili at a lot of the tents. Did they extend the times this year? I don't remember it going past 8 in previous years.
It's on the website under Local News Briefs. I hope that this happens and that the place has the same look and feel as the original. I wonder if it will be at the same location?
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This is good news, they said that they expect to turn it into office space and renovations are to be done by early 2010.
Jared, I went to the Chili cookoff, you're right the place was packed. While it was scheduled to run from 5-10pm, my friends and I could not arrive until 8pm, and they had already cut the admission price in half because of dwindling chili supplies. We got in and discovered that out of the 30+ vendors, there were only 4 left who still had chili to distribute. So that was pretty disappointing. But we definitely learned our lesson for next year - don't try and go late!
I was wondering if this is the first year the event was held at that large park across from LCC on Grand. I thought I remembered it taking place closer to the Lansing Center, on the large decks / veranda they have on the river, just west of the Center. But there isn't any way they would have been able to host the number of attendees I witnessed last night.