Happy Wednesday, Scoopers!

Today’s email is a 2min 7sec read…

• 💍 This Ohio town is hosting is mass wedding ceremony

• 🇯🇵 Best place to buy Japanese food & staples

• 🍝 The full Cincy Chili Week breakdown

But first…

Do you hope to retire early? If so you’ve probably heard of the FIRE (Financial Independence Retire Early) movement before. Well, did you know that the largest FIRE conference in the world takes place in Cincinnati?

Not kidding, it’s called EconoMe and will take place March 15 - 17 at UC!

🐷 LOCAL

It’s Chili Week Cincy

In Cincinnati, we love a good food-themed week.

We all know about the famous Taste of Cincinnati, but there’s also Cincy Burger Week and Wing Week. Well, guess what? We now have a Cincy Chili Week, and yes we are equally surprised that wasn’t a thing yet.

Cincinnati Chili Week is hosted by CityBeat and will run through this Sunday, February 25th. During the week you can get your chili fix for less than $7!

Participating restaurants include:

• Blue Ash Chili

• Camp Washington Chili

• Dixie Chili

• all Gold Star locations

• Grub Local

• Lucius Q

• Sammy's Craft Burgers and Beer

• The Chili Hut

More participating restaurants are expected to be announced throughout the week.

Obviously missing is Skyline, which is weird, but who knows they may join the lineup soon or are just too cool to participate 🤷‍♂️

The event even has an app - Cincinnati Chili Week, which has up-to-date information on participating restaurants and will allow you to track the number of restaurants you eat at during the week.

Eat at 4 or more places and you will be automatically entered to win prizes.

If you happen to be particularly competitive, and REALLY love chili, at the end of the week, the person who eats the most chili (and can prove it via the app) will be named Biggest Chili Lover in Cincinnati and awarded $300 among other prizes.

🍦 MINI SCOOPS

📱 A new app is helping you keep track of all the Cincinnati Fish Frys

🇯🇵 New Japanese convenience store is opening in Court Street Plaza and will carry authentic Japanese household staples and snacks

💍 Trenton, Ohio is giving couples “the chance of a lifetime” by hosting a mass wedding ceremony during the solar eclipse on April 8th

🌼 Back to life: Once extinct plant is now flourishing in southwest Ohio. Here’s where you can go see it.

🦛 The Cincinnati Zoo is building a large solar array over its Euclid Ave parking lot in the hopes of reaching net-zero emissions by next year.

📆 UPCOMING EVENTS

🥳 FRI FEB 23, Art After Dark | Queer and Now at Cincinnati Art Museum

🍩 FRI FEB 23, Graeter’s Monthly Donut Pop-Up at Braxton Brewing

🕺 FRI FEB 23, Megan Mitchell Welcome Back Party at OTR Stillhouse

🐠 FRI FEB 23, Aquarium After Dark at Newport Aquarium

🐐 SAT FEB 24, Bockfest Bar Crawl starting at Pilar

🌿 SUN FEB 25, Advanced Backyard Gardening at Gorman Heritage Farm

⚽️ SUN FEB 25, FC Season Kickoff Party at Sam Adams Taproom

🐕 CINCYDOG OF THE WEEK

Here’s a little snap of doggos loving the Spring-like weather in Cincy recently

Thanks for being here with us. We’re looking forward to building a strong community of informed Cincinnatians who want to stay in the loop.

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