Chili's

Chili's Bar & Grill is a chain of more than a thousand restaurants, most of them in the United States. Founded as the chain by Larry Lavine. It is currently owned by Brinker International. To this parent group remains one of the restaurant chain Maggiano 's Little Italy.

The current slogan is "more LIFE happens here ."

History

The first Chili's was in the Greenville Ave on March 13, 1975. opened in Dallas Texas by Larry Lavine. The food offered was so popular that often long queues formed in the parking lot to get a table in the restaurant. In 1979, the porch of the building has been remodeled to make it possible for those waiting to order margaritas while they waited for a table. At this time were almost exclusively burgers, chili, tacos and fries on the menu.

The chain operates restaurants in 49 states of the USA, as well as in 30 other countries, such as Venezuela, Saudi Arabia and Egypt. The 1000th restaurant opened on August 3, 2004. The first and only Chili's in Germany, opened on 5 August 2004 at the Ramstein Air Base. Chili's Ramstein was closed on September 7, 2013 due to necessary renovations. The end of September 2013, a smaller restaurant under the brand Chili's Too opened in the KMCC Mall, which will remain open after the renovations. 2009 joined Brinker International, all branches in England and Australia.

On September 20, 2004 September 25, 2006 and 24 September 2007, the daily receipts of all of the parent company Brinker International restaurants were associated with the St. Jew Children's Research Hospital donated.

Menu

Chili's offers American dishes that are easily influenced by the Mexican cuisine. Appetizers include Awesome Blossom strings ( onion rings in a spicy breading ), Boneless Buffalo Wings (spicy chicken nuggets ), and Fried Cheese (fried mozzarella). Classic Nachos, Fajita Nachos and Quesadillas are the Mexican component of the menu. Popular main courses are the Big Mouth Burgers, fajitas and baby back ribs.

The song

Chili's ( baby back ribs ) is a popular advertising jingle in the USA. It is used in the advertisements of the company, to draw attention to the different variations of pork ribs offered. The song is sung a cappella by a quartet. Three phrases of the song have entered the American pop culture:

• A staccato baritone voice: " I want my baby back, baby back, baby back, I want my baby back, baby back, baby back ..."
• A tenor voice: " Chilliiiiiii baby 's baaack .... riiibbs Chili's baby back ribs "
• A bass voice: "Barbecue Sauce"

Was composed the melody by Guy Bommarito, produced by Tom Faulkner for GSD & M Acvertising, Austin, Texas. From the commercial song cover versions exist, including * NSYNC and of Evander Holyfield. The jingle was the " Fat Bastard " in the film Austin Powers - The Spy Who Shagged quoted and parodied. It comes including in the sitcoms "Will & Grace " and " Scrubs - " before. In Scrubs - it is claimed that this was the only song the hospital own a cappella group know where the word " baby " occurs. In the same episode " tortures " the group someone in which they sing the baritone part of the song over and over again, without other passages.