2026 Annual Chili Crawl

The Chili Crawl will take place in Aggieville this October for the 24th year. This year 13 organizations compete to see who has the best chili. Participants buy a ticket from the Optimist Club with all proceeds going to area youth programs. Participants visit all of the locations and after tasting the various chili recipes vote on their favorite. Bragging rights and an award are presented to the organization with the best chili. This fun event is hosted by Optimist Club members.

Participating

• Buffalo Wild Wings
• Cold Stone Creamery
• Custom Woods Products
• Full Circle Diner + Cocktails
• Goolsby's
• Happy Hippie
• Kites Bar & Grill
• Nico’s Little Italy
• O’Malley's Alley
• Porter's Bar
• Riley County EMS
• Riley County Police
• So Long Saloon/ Taco Lucha

Ghost Pepper Level Sponsors

Addair Law	McCown Gordon

Habanero Pepper Level Sponsors

• Kohlmeier Orthodontics
• Olsson
• The Trust Company of Manhattan
• ESB Financial
• ICON Structures
  
• PKMR Engineers
• Briggs Auto Group
• Kansas Commercial

Jalapeno Sponsors

• Bank of the Flint Hills
• Central National Bank
• Commerce Bank
• Community First National Bank
• Duell Construction
• GMCF
• K-State Federal Credit Union
• KS State Bank