Best of the Beach 2016, Best Chili: Barney’s Beanery
It should be no surprise that Barney’s Beanery won the chili competition. They’ve been specialists in chili since the first Beanery opened in the 1920s. The location on the second floor of the Redondo Pier serves five different kinds of varying hotness, including a zippy vegetarian version. You can get your favorite bowl of red straight, with spaghetti, over fries, in a potato skin, and on a burger. Or get their chili sampler and try all five. It comes with onions, cheese, sour cream, and tortilla strips so you can garnish your heart out. When you’ve been making chili for close to a 100 years you have the technique down.
100 Fisherman’s Wharf, Redondo Beach. (424) 275-4820.