Updated Feb. 25, 2026, 11:34 a.m. ET
What do local and national celebrities order when they visit Skyline, Gold Star and all the other parlors Cincinnati has to offer? We initially reached out to a handful of stars in 2022 for Cincinnati chili’s 100th birthday. More famous folks have revealed their favorite menu items since then, so we made an updated list with some of the biggest names in the Queen City and America as a whole.
See your your favorite celebrities’ chili orders in this gallery.
Meg Vogel/The Enquirer
Bench told The Enquirer in 2024, “I’m mostly a four-way, if I’m doing it.”
“I never stayed out that late that I needed chili that late,” Bench joked, adding that he mostly visits the Skyline Chili on Madison Road in Oakley with his sons.
Otto Rabe/The Enquirer
While Estevez frequents Skyline whenever he wants Cincinnati chili, he said, ”You can’t go wrong with Camp Washington’s historic vibe.”
Tony Tribble For The Enquirer
“Oh man, it’s embarrassingly large. It’sfour chili cheese sandwiches and a four-way onion, like a regular size. It’s a lot. It’s enough for easily two or three people, but I take it down.”
Alberto E. Rodriguez, Getty Images For AFI
List and host Josh Scherer then went on to eat a five-way, along with hot sauce and oyster crackers.
Michael Loccisano, Getty Images
“The first time I ever had Skyline Chili, it was absolutely disgusting,” Kelce said on the show. “But then you eat it enough times at 3 in the morning and it tastes delicious eventually.”
Michael Reaves, Getty Images
“I call it a wet SOC: Spaghetti, onions and chili, wet with extra drippings from the chili to make it juicy. First time I ordered it about 20 years ago they took me literally (because) they never heard of it that way. A wet sock was delivered with the order. It was all in fun. I knew the kid who prepared my order. I think they now prepare it my way but don’t call it a wet SOC. I think they call it juicy.”
Liz Dufour/The Enquirer
Cincinnati mayor Aftab Pureval enjoys a regular four-way with onions and two coneys with everything on them.
Sam Greene/The Enquirer
She’s a Princeton grad and a WNBA star for the Indiana Fever, but when she’s not draining shots, Mitchell enjoys eating Gold Star. Go-to order? A five-way with beans and onions.
Kamil Krzaczynski, Kamil Krzaczynski-Imagn Images
Michael Chow/The Republic
“I like a three-way with the oyster crackers and a cheese coney,” she said.
“I would eat both (Skyline or Gold Star). I’ll eat any of it.”
Andrew Nelles / Tennessean.com
“When you come from out of town, you’re exposed to (Cincinnati chili) for the first time. You either love it or hate it, or you’re somewhere in between, and over time, you discover you like it,” he said. “Hardly does a week go by that (his wife) Amanda and I don’t have Skyline Chili at least once in a week.”
Brennaman’s go-to order? A five-way.
“I go the whole nine yards,” he said. “I love the stuff.”
Kareem Elgazzar/Enquirer File Photo
“Typically, three coneys. I’m not an onion, I’m not a mustard guy, so three cheese coneys plain.”
FABRICE COFFRINI, AFP Via Getty Images
