Julie Bove wrote:

>>>> Do you consider Oregon part of the PNW? I saw chili with rice and chili
>>>> with macaroni countless times when I lived in Corvallis.
>>>
>>> Really? At a restaurant? I've never seen it.
>>
>> You might never have *noticed* it, but I'd bet that well over half the
>> chili-serving restaurants in Washington offer one of those options. Many
>> of them might also offer the additional options of cornbread or tortillas.
>
> Not in this area. I love chili. Not too many places serve it. Sometimes
> it comes with a muffin or roll. Cornbread is not all that common here. I
> have never seen it with tortillas.

*shrug* Maybe Oregon is just more cosmopolitan than whatever micro-niche
you mean by "this area." I had no difficulty finding chili in
restaurants there, and nearly all of them offered either rice or
macaroni to accompany it.

Bob