RIP - Ben Ali of Ben's Chili Bowl fame!

Didn't look to see if it's mentioned in the other thread, but he deserves his own thread.

http://voices.washingtonpost.com/postmortem/2009/10/ben_ali_of_bens_chili_bowl_die.html


Ben Ali, who founded the famous Ben's Chili Bowl in Washington, died last night at his DC home of congestive heart failure. He was 82.
:(

This calls for a memorial visit and a heaping helping of artery clogging vegetarian chili cheese fries.
damn. rest in peace. i know it'll be packed today because of this.
I was going to offer how sad, but then I saw that he died in 2009.

I still have never eaten at a Ben's or any of their related places.

Tangentially, I also didn't change my dog's name even with all the shit that went down with Cosby.
Space wrote:
I still have never eaten at a Ben's or any of their related places.

is this equivalent to commenting on shows you haven't attended
SEA-hatch wrote:
Space wrote:
I still have never eaten at a Ben's or any of their related places.

is this equivalent to commenting on shows you haven't attended
*spits water on my monitor*
glad that someone is paying attention here…
SEA-hatch wrote:
Space wrote:
I still have never eaten at a Ben's or any of their related places.

is this equivalent to commenting on shows you haven't attended


No, since i did not comment on the quality of the food. I will hazard a guess that it's better than the food at the Birchmere, which i have had, albeit many years ago.
Meh.  I go to Ben's for the music.
I go to Ben's for the street theater
i go to ben's when i am constipated
notme wrote:
i go to ben's when i am constipated

Good stuff notme good stuff