Get in line: Skyline Chili opens its 1st Orlando location
Orlando’s food scene just added a big dash of Cincinnati.
▶ See inside Skyline Chili’s first-ever Orlando location
On Wednesday, the iconic Skyline Chili officially opened its newest restaurant right here in Central Florida.
Skyline Chili Orlando is located at 2231 Western Way B in the Flamingo Crossings Town Center near Winter Garden.
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A Skyline Chili restaurant neon sign is pictured here. A 16-year-old boy saved a customer’s life on his second day on the job at a Skyline Chili. He didn’t waste any time making a good impression at work.
The chain’s signature dish is a pile of spaghetti topped with chili and shredded cheddar cheese.
Nicholas Lambrinides first opened the restaurant in Cincinnati, Ohio, in 1949 after immigrating to the United States.
He discovered his love for food while watching his mother prepare family recipes in their hometown of Kastoria, Greece.
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Lambrinides wanted to share those recipes with his customers while also giving them a taste of downtown Cincy’s cityscape.
That’s what served as the inspiration for the restaurant’s name.
Florida was already home to a handful of other Skyline locations, including the following:
See a map of the location below:
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