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"At Texas Chili Parlor, I zero in on the chiles that make the red sauce, and my go-to order is chunky with no beans—though I’ll happily eat chili with beans; I’m not a purist. I’ve got history with this place too: I celebrated my 30th birthday there, kicked off a bar-hop on a big Silver Eagle bus, and when the bus broke down my intoxicated friends pushed it right past a police station and we made it through unscathed." - Erin Russell