For $6.38, you can get a cup of chili, a medium Pepsi and a cinnamon roll from Runza, the Nebraska-based fast-food chain with 86 locations dotting its home state, Colorado, Iowa and Kansas. The brand's signature menu item is its namesake sandwich, the "Runza" — a yeasted bun filled with ground beef, cabbage and onions — but it acknowledges that its "Chili & Cinnamon Roll Meal" is a slightly more controversial regional delight.
"If you tell someone who's not from the Midwest that you like chili and cinnamon rolls together, they'll look at you like you have three heads," Runza's website says. "But if you let them try Runza's homemade chili with a sweet sugary cinnamon roll, they'll still look at you like you have three heads but they'll also be like, 'Hey guy, you were right, this is fantastic.'"
