In defense of Chili's, Mike Pence's preferred NYC culinary destination
Twitter erupted like a Molten Chocolate Cake on Saturday when vice presidential candidate Mike Pence admitted to eating dinner at Chili's. At 4pm. In New York City, ostensibly one of the best culinary cities in the world.
But while it's cool to be hard on Pence, let's soften our hearts a bit for Chili's. Pence's real sin was eating dinner at 4:30pm — the truth is, there are many Chili's menu items that even our jaded urban hearts can love.
This Tweet is currently unavailable. It might be loading or has been removed.
Here are a few of our picks, which we cannot promise resemble these photos in real life.
You May Also Like
1. Onion rings dipped in ranch dressing
It works. Trust us.
2. Steak fajitas
That trademark sizzle adds an extra dash of excitement.
3. Quesadillas
We recommend the smoked chicken.
4. Molten Lava Cake
Looks just like a volcano! So fun.
5. Ribs
The most famous dish at Chili's, these ribs are sincerely delicious. They are also the inspiration for that "baby back ribs" song your dad loves to sing.
6. $5 Presidente margaritas
This is just a solid deal.
7. This cookie inside of a pan
Who could turn down a big ol' skillet cookie?
8. Fried asparagus
In case you were wondering, that dip is totally mayonnaise.
9. Burger
"Not the best, but not bad." — our endorsement of this burger, and also the GOP's endorsement of Donald Trump.
10. Chili queso
Trust us. This beefy cheese dip is very delicious. Even Zagat thinks so.
11. Triple Dippers
The culinary embodiment of the phrase "everything happens so much" — we're here for it.
Hope you made the right choices, Mike Pence. Let's just shoot for 5 o'clock dinner next time, okay? Great.
Have something to add to this story? Share it in the comments.
Chloe was the shopping editor at Mashable. She was also previously a culture reporter. You can follow her on Twitter at @chloebryan.
