DOWNTOWN CHILI COOK-OFF

Record-Eagle/Jan-Michael Stump
Essam Adam of Traverse City tries one of his samples of chili during Saturday's 23rd annual Downtown Chili Cook-Off at the Park Place Hotel in Traverse City. Over 15 area restaurants offered chili in categories such as 1 and 3-alarm, white, vegetarian, seafood and ethnic, to be voted on by attendees. The event raises money for the Downtown Traverse City Association, a voluntary association of downtown merchants who's mission is to advocate for the interests of downtown Traverse City.

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