Seattle-style chili??

I found out something interesting the other day when I was talking to the K.C and Jim Thrasher, the new owners of The Chili Company, who have re-opened the original store in Colerain Township. K.C. says she practically grew up at the restaurant, because her father took her so often and was close to the original owner, Papa Bill Poulis. Apparently, Papa Bill's father, a Greek immigrant, had originally made his chili in Seattle before he brought it here to Cincinnati. Not that he invented it: other Greek immigrants were already making chili here before he showed up. (His son still has the recipe and makes it for the Thrashers.) But it makes me wonder if there's something more to the story of the origins of Cincinnati-style chili. Did it have some other originating point, go to several places, but only survive in Cincinnati? What if it had caught on in Seattle? It would probably be a trendy national dish by now. . .
Oh, well, SEattle doesn't know what it's missing.