john s in burbank california restaurant information country united states coordinates 34 10 48 n 118 20 1 w 34.18000 n 118.33361 w 34.18000 ; 118.33361 chili john s is a restaurant located in green bay wisconsin that opened in 1913 . a second restaurant was opened in burbank california in 1946 ; both continue to operate . lithuanian immigrant john isaac began serving southwestern chili at his green bay bar in 1900 . thirteen years later the chili grew so popular that he renamed the establishment chili john s. the chili is most commonly served over spaghetti with oyster crackers and or shredded cheese though it can be ordered in a number of other ways as well . son ernie moved to los angeles and launched chili john s of california in 1946 installing the u shaped counter and since he was an avid fisherman painted the mountain lake mural . for the past 20 years the loguercio family has owned chili john s. owner gene died in april 2009 and his wife debbie has carried on with sons anthony and alec . see also edit cincinnati chili similar to this restaurant s signature dish but developed independently external links edit official website green bay location chili john s at urban spoon this wisconsin related article is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e this california related article is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title chili john % 27s & oldid 743497057 categories green bay wisconsinrestaurants established in 1913restaurants in los angelesburbank californiarestaurants established in 19461946 establishments in californiastreamline moderne architecture in california1913 establishments in wisconsinwisconsin stubscalifornia stubshidden categories all stub articles navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 9 october 2016 at 22 51 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view