Ben From Ben’s Chili Bowl
BEN FROM BEN’S CHILI BOWL DIES (via Voices.Washingtonpost.com)
Ben Ali, the founder of Ben’s Chili Bowl, a landmark D.C. eatery that has fed presidents, celebrities and the common folks of the city, died last night of congestive heart failure at his home in Washington. He was 82. (Our full obituary is here; be sure to read it all the way to the end because you’ll be amazed.)
