Gold Star Chili is a restaurant chain based in Cincinnati, Ohio, that sells Cincinnati chili. The original restaurant was established in the Cincinnati neighborhood of Mt. Washington in 1965 by four Daoud brothers, immigrants from Jordan.[1] Gold Star Chili was the "Official Chili" of the Cincinnati Bengals until April 19, 2023.[2]
History
Gold Star Chili was founded in 1965[3] by four Daoud brothers (Fahhad, Fahid, Basheer, and Bishara) in Mount Washington, originally under the name Hamburger Heaven. The Daoud brothers immigrated from a village in Jordan in 1957.[4]
As the original name suggests, the original vision for their restaurant was primarily hamburgers.