Overview
Ben Ali, the co-founder of the famous Washington D.C. eatery Ben's Chili Bowl, died at age 82 in October 2009 of natural causes. The restaurant is in D.C.'s U Street neighborhood and has been around since 1958. Celebs such as Duke Ellington, Ella Fitzgerald and Nat King Cole visited the restaurant in the past, and President Obama had lunch there...more
Ben Ali, the co-founder of the famous Washington D.C. eatery Ben's Chili Bowl, died at age 82 in October 2009 of natural causes. The restaurant is in D.C.'s U Street neighborhood and has been around since 1958. Celebs such as Duke Ellington, Ella Fitzgerald and Nat King Cole visited the restaurant in the past, and President Obama had lunch there in January 2009.
