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TALKED WITH PEOPLE, INSIDE THE FORT WRIGHT SKYLINE CHILI ABOUT THE VIP GUES COURTIS: REGULAR CUSTOMERS OF SKYLINE CHILI KNOW WHAT TO EXPECT WHEN THEY VISIT THE FAMILIAR GREATER CINCINNATI RESTAURANT. >> ONE OF THE MANAGERS GOT A PHONE CALL AND SAID WE HAVE A SHOW GUESTS ARRIVING. >> IS NEAT. CINCINNATI CHILI IS FAMOUS. IT MAKES IT COOL. COURTIS: MIKE PENCE WAS ONLY AT THE RESUTURANT ON DIXIE HYWAY FOR LABOUT 20 MINUTES, GREETING FOLKS IN THE RESURANT, AND TAKING A MEMORABLE PHOTO WITH THE CREW. NICK OTTINO IS A MANAGER HERE, HE SAYS ONCE THE WORD SPREAD BUSINESS PICKED UP IMMEDIATELY. >> WAS MIKE PENCE HERE? YES, HE WAS. A LOT OF PEOPLE COMING INTO ASK. COURTIS: WHAT DID THE VICE PRESIDENT ORDER WHEN HE CAME TO THE RESTAURANT? RYAN AND COURTNEY PITTS LIVE IN THE AREA, THOUGHT IT WAS GREAT THE VP CHOSE THERER COMMUNITY TO STOP. >> I WAS SUPER EXCITED TO HEAR THAT, BUT I WAS SOMEWHAT DISAPPOINTED THAT IT WAS ONLY A DIET PEPSI THAT HE ORDERED. NOT SURE WHY HE DID NOT CHOSE THE CHEESE CONEY. COURTIS: IT WILL NOT CAUSE A POLITICAL CRISIS BUT IT WILL BE A LINGERING QUESTION IN THIS NORTHERN KENTUCKY COMMUNITY WHY

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Regular customers of Skyline Chili know what to expect when they visit the familiar greater Cincinnati restaurant. However, Thursday they got a surprise, and so did the staff at the chili parlor on Dixie Highway in Fort Wright, Kentucky."We had no idea he was stopping by here," Nick Ottino said.The restaurant received a call 15 minutes before that special guest arrived. It was the vice president of the United States, Mike Pence. He stopped en route to a rally at U.S. Bank Arena. Pence will speak ahead of President Donald Trump at his Keep America Great political rally in Cincinnati. Ottino is one of the restaurant managers. He said Pence spoke with customers and took pictures with the the staff. Ottino said once the word spread about Pence's visit, business picked up immediately. Of course everyone wanted to know what Pence selected on the menu during his 20 minute stay."I was super excited to hear that (Pence visited the local restaurant) but I was somewhat disappointed that it was only a diet Pepsi that he ordered, not sure why he did not chose the cheese coney," said Fort Wright resident Ryan Pitts.It won't cause a political crisis but it will be a lingering question in the northern Kentucky community, why the vice president skipped tasting, what locals call, the taste that’s so divine.