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Hard Times Cafe Celebrates National Chili Dog Day Thursday
Restaurant offering free chili dog with any purchase.
Who knew there was a National Chili Dog Day? Thankfully, is a fully advised and highly qualified contributor to the culinary festivities.
Thursday, from open to close, the restaurant group will celebrate the tasty event by giving away free chili dogs with any purchase.
Mike Dankwa, general manager at the Old Town Alexandria site, said the event is a way to thank faithful patrons while attracting new clientele to sample Hard Time's signature chili.
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The all-beef dogs will be prepared with the Cafe's "Cincinnati Chili" – a tomato-based chili with sweet spices, including cinnamon, and topped with shredded cheddar cheese.
If you're still hungry after the free dog, other signature chili specialties include the "Texas," the "Vegetarian" and the "Terlingua Red." The recipes claim to be historically accurate versions of chili created during turn-of-the century Southwestern cattle drives and in the chili parlors of the Midwest.
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Popular menu items also feature the Chili Mac, the Frito Chili Pie – Frito's corn chips topped with your choice of chili – and the "Chili Bubba" – two choices of chili atop cornbread.
Hard Times Cafe is located at 3028 Wilson Blvd. in Clarendon.
It's open 11 a.m. to 2 a.m. Sundays through Thursdays, and 11 a.m. to 3 a.m. Fridays and Saturdays. Phone: 703-528-2233.