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Gold Star Chili adds spice to its cheese coney

January 9, 2012

Back by popular demand and for a limited time only Gold Star Chili has added the Hot Mett Cheese Coney to its menu.

The spicy variation of the classic Cincinnati-style cheese coney features mettwurst, Gold Star's Cincinnati-style chili, Firehouse sriracha sauce and hot jalapeno cheese, served on a soft steamed bun.

The cheese coney is a classic Cincinnati-style chili parlor menu item and the use of a mettwurst instead of the traditional hot dog is a nod to Cincinnati's German heritage.

The heat is supplied by the spices in the mett, the Firehouse sauce and the jalapeno cheese sauce.

"Our new product research shows two things," said Charlie Howard, Gold Star Chili vice president of Marketing & Brand Development. "Our customers retain their passion and cult-like devotion to our traditional Cincinnati-style chili menu items, yet they still desire some new menu variety. The Hot Mett Cheese Coney is the perfect synthesis of those customer desires."

The Hot Mett Cheese Coney, like most of Gold Star's menu items, features the sourcing of local menu ingredients. Gold Star makes all of its chili locally in the commissary at its corporate headquarters. The spicy hot mett is provided by local Bluegrass Quality Meats and the coney buns are baked locally and delivered fresh daily from Klosterman bakery.

The Hot Mett Cheese Coney is available through Feb. 19.

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