Thank you, kind Sir, for the warm (gee, is it "hot" in here?) welcome! Chili is a great all American dish which I never get tired of, any time of the year. I would have enjoyed having you (oops, just can’t help the one-liners) eat at JoAnn’s also. It’s still a personal dream of mine to start my own "Chili Bordello." I certainly learned a lot just working at JoAnn’s. I have spoken with the real JoAnn twice since the stores closed here in Southern California in the hope of purchasing a Franchise from her. She was very charming and sweet, and I wish I could have traveled to Florida to see her original store and compare it to the two I worked at. Unfortunately, JoAnn said she would absolutely never sell a Franchise to anybody in Southern California ever again! Seems she had gotten the wrong end of the Chili Spoon from the owners of these two stores. They told her it was a complete flop, when I and multitudes of others can attest that it was anything but a flop! How sad! But that was 14 years ago that I talked with her, and I guess she has since folded her whole chain. At least I got to thank her and praise her for a wonderful concept in Chili Restaurant history. [:X]Madame Joanne