Private company

Gold Star Chili

Logo: Gold Star Chili, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons4

American restaurant chain

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.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

1965Founded1
  • Industryfood service1
  • HeadquartersCincinnati, United States1
  • Websitewww.goldstarchili.com
  • Legal formINCORPORATED3
  • LEI549300H2BJ6YJ46I20623
  • StatusActive3
  • LEI statusLapsed (not renewed)3
  • Registered addressC/O Corporation Service Company, 43215 Columbus, United States3
  • Registered withCorporation Database (Ohio Secretary of State), 3435463
Gold Star Withamsville Exterior
Photo: Dwhit110, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons5

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.2

Products and brands

  • Cincinnati chili

Listed on Wikidata.1

Timeline

  1. 1965Founded Founded1

Funding

Where the company's money came from, by calendar year: private offerings filed with the SEC, federal grants, loans, contracts and other assistance from USAspending.gov, and PPP loans from the SBA. Each bar links to the records below.

Money received by year$945.7K 2020–2020
Money received by yearMoney received by year, 2020–2020: $945.7K in all. PPP loans $945.7K.$0$250K$500K$750K$1M2020 · PPP loans: $945.7K2020
Figures by year
YearPPP loansTotal
2020$945.7K$945.7K

PPP loans

Paycheck Protection Program loans of $150,000 and up, approved April 2020 to July 2021, from the SBA6. Matched to this company by name and state.

  1. Apr 13, 2020$945.7K PPP loan (first draw) from The Huntington National Bank6To GOLD STAR CHILI INC, Cincinnati OH; $956.3K forgiven Jun 18, 2021