Even if she didn't recognize the famous young singer ("He was really nice, but I had no idea who he was."), this Southie native, ice cream aficionado, and grandmother, is all love: for her neighborhood, her customers, and the diner’s chicken quesadillas.
Some things just go together, like tomato soup and grilled cheese, and chili and the Super Bowl. But the subject of chili poses a culinary conundrum for us at the Globe’s Winter Soup Club: Is chili a stew or a soup or both?