1904
-St. Louis Worlds Fair - C.O. Taylor learned to cook
some Mexican style dishes.
-Pushcart Tamales C.O. Taylor makes and sells
tamales with a pushcart.
-The fateful Mexican Stranger Incident C.O.
Taylor pays a $3 fine for a Mexican stranger who repays the favor by showing
C.O. how to make a traditional Mexican chili with beans.
-The First Chili Parlor 219 W. Main - six stools and one table
C.O. Taylor with his 3 daughters.
Olive with younger sisters.
C.O. with his father.
C.O. Taylor
Photos submitted by Janet Gay,
Granddaughter of Olive Taylor
Parlor II 116 S. West 36 seats including the counter.
63 years at this site.
Butterbean Soup was added to the menu.
Rationing - canning suspended, except for chili going overseas to the troops. Flat crackers were added to compensate for the lack of the original soup (oyster) cracker.
Ed Jr. home from WW2
Ed I (left) and C. O. (center) during war years
Ed II
Ed III and Tom Taylor, with Ed II at the stove
Ed Jr. shortly before move to W. Main
(thanks to Judy Bowles)
The Parlor III - in the old Coach House Hotel
Ed Jr. and wife Cynthia (Cy) with the original tamale cart at Parlor III 219 W. Main
