Monterey Chicken shown in photo is topped with BBQ sauce, tomato, cheese and applewood smoked bacon. Served with mashed potatoes with black pepper gravy and seasonal veggies (subject to change)

How's the food? It is quite tasty, and includes quite a few calories. You can stick with salads & soups, but that isn't what Chili's is known for. To get a gestimate of their prices, a special that ran in 2010 offered two entrees for $20, no beverage, etc.

Fortune Magazine called the company that owns Chili's (Brinker's) the World's Most Admired Food Services Companies in 2009. FORBES Magazine named it one of the 400 Best Companies in America between 2002-2007.

Chili's Grill & Bar is a restaurant chain founded by Larry Lavine. In 1975 Chili's opened its first location, a converted postal station on Greenville Avenue in Dallas, as a fun burger joint with a popular happy hour. The following year it was renamed Chili's, Inc. By the early 1980's there were close to 30 Chili's locations featuring similar Southwest decor and an affordable, American menu. In 1983, Lavine sold Chili's, Inc. to Norman E. Brinker, formerly with Pillsbury restaurant group. He joined the company and under his leadership, it went public that same year. In 1991, to encompass a growing restaurant portfolio, the name was changed to Brinker International, Inc. Dallas-based Brinker International, Inc.

Chili's Grill & Bar and Maggiano's Little Italy are its two brands. While the restaurant has offered franchise opportunities, no such opportunities existed in the U.S. at the close of 2010, according to the official Brinker website.

The Menu

Chicken options include Monterey Chicken and Margarita Grilled Chicken, plus several types of Chicken Crispers in original, extra crispy and spicy --Tossed in a new sweet & smoky sauce. Served with corn on the cob, fries and ranch dressing.



Cajun pasta is Penne pasta with creamy garlic Alfredo sauce with Cajun spices and topped with tomatoes and green onions.



Remember that Chili's started with burgers? Here are some burgers Avocado burger, Shiner Bock BBQ Sauce burger, traditional, mushroom-swiss burger, peppercorn, jalapeno smokehouse bacon burger, Southern Smokehouse bacon burger and bacon burger.



Sandwiches include Turkey, Steak, Pull Pork, and Santa Fe Chicken Wrap.

Chili's includes salads, soups, appetizers, kids' foods, full cocktail bar, casual, comfortable, carpeted floors, vinyl booths, tables & chair options, and in each restaurant one signature upside down picture on the wall.

California Locations - see Chilis.com

Chico

Yuba City

Roseville (2)

Sacramento (3)

West Sacramento (1)

Fair Oaks

Folsom

El Dorado Hills

Rancho Cordova

Elk Grove

Rohnert Park

Vacaville

San Leandro

San Bruno

Oakland

Fremont

Union City

Concord

Pittsburg

Antioch

Union City

Manteca

Tracy

Modesto

Livermore

Pleasanton

San Ramon

Modesto

Turlock

Morgan Hill

Cupertino

Mountain View

San Jose (4)

Milpetas

Gilroy

Santa Cruz

Salinas

Los Banos

Fresno

Visalia

Tulare

Hanford

Bakersfield

Paso Robles

Arroyo Grande

Barstow

Lancaster

Palmdale

Santa Clarita (2)

West Hills

Encino

Simi Valley

Oxnard

Thousand Oaks (2)

Monrovia

Laverne

Glendora

Northridge

Victorville

Redlands

San Bernardino

Fontana

Rancho Cucamonga

Moreno Valley

Beaumont

Riverside

Corona

Hemet

Lake Elsinore

Murrieta

Temecula

Mission Viejo

Aliso Viejo

Irvine

Foothill Ranch

Orange

Huntington Beach

Los Angeles

Inglewood

Manhattan Beach

Torrance

Carson

Lakewood

Buena Park

Downey

Montclair

Chino Hills

West Covina

City of Industry

Diamond Bar

La Habra

Whittier

Pico Rivera

Cypress

Long Beach

Yorba Linda

El Centro

Oceanside

Vista

Escondido

Encinitas

San Diego (7)

Chula Vista (2)

Poway

La Mesa

Santee

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