As a chili parlor, it’s very rare that Mike’s doesn’t have a pot of it on at all hours. Ordering a bowl, then, is a blindingly quick proposition: However long it takes the bartender to locate a ladle, stick it in the vat, and scoop Mike’s singularly unique blend of meat and beans into your bowl is how long it’ll take for you to be served. So at that rate, go ahead and make a meal out of this speedy experience by ordering a Big-Ass Bowl–an entire quart, guaranteed to make your ass sing like Whitney Houston on crack come midnight, but silky as Alicia Keys at suppertime. MIKE SEELY 1447 N.W. Ballard Way, 782-2808, mikeschiliparlor.com