Cafe Saint-ex And Bar Pilar's 3rd Annual Memorial Day Chili Cook-off Returns With 14th Street Chef Throwdown

Cafe Saint-Ex and Bar Pilar's 3rd Annual Memorial Day Chili Cook-Off Returns with 14th Street Chef Throwdown

Mid-City Community Street Festival Offers Chili from 14th Street's Best Chefs, Flowing Brews, Live Bands and Kids Activities for Charity

WHAT: 14th Street restaurants are all the rage - but which one of them makes the best chili? Cafe Saint-Ex & Bar Pilar are bringing back their annual Memorial Day Chili Cook-Off on Monday, May 30 from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., this time gathering 14th Street's best chefs for a Chili Smack Down competition. Closing down T Street for the community street festival, the afternoon will offer chili tastings from the best local chefs, flowing brews, live music and kids' activities, all to raise money for the local Garrison Elementary School.

Chefs will present unique chili recipes which will be judged by a panel of food journalists and bloggers and tasted by over 1,000 consumers. Prizes will be awarded in a number of categories including First Place, Second Place, Best Use of a Unique Ingredient and People's Choice, which will be judged by those who attend the Smack Down. First place will be awarded $500 and second place will be awarded $200.

The community event will also feature live music from local Washington, DC bands, flowing beer from an on-site Peroni truck, and a family-friendly interactive Kids Zone. All proceeds from the 14th Street Chili Smackdown will be donated to Garrison Elementary, and the public is invited to join the festivities and sample some of DC's best chili while supporting the local community.

WHO:
- Cafe Saint-Ex
- Bar Pilar
- Garrison Elementary School

WHEN: Monday, May 30, 2011
11 a.m. - 5 p.m.

WHERE: Cafe Saint-Ex (and along T Street)
1847 14th Street, NW
Washington, DC 20009


About Cafe Saint-Ex
Cafe Saint-Ex is a charming restaurant and lounge in the Mid-City area of Washington, DC that integrates a classic bistro-cafe ambiance with vintage aviation and travel motifs from the art deco era. Cafe Saint-Ex's menu is rooted in American Bistro style cuisine, and enhanced by international and seasonal influences. The mainstays of the menu are foods that comfort, while being superbly prepared using only the finest quality ingredients. More information on Cafe Saint-Ex can be found online at www.saint-ex.com.