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Title: RIP - Ben Ali of Ben's Chili Bowl fame!
Post by: MindCage on October 08, 2009, 12:13:51 pm: 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.
Title: Re: RIP - Ben Ali of Ben's Chili Bowl fame!
Post by: Shadrach on October 08, 2009, 01:30:04 pm: :(

This calls for a memorial visit and a heaping helping of artery clogging vegetarian chili cheese fries.
Title: Re: RIP - Ben Ali of Ben's Chili Bowl fame!
Post by: Ardamus on October 08, 2009, 01:32:56 pm: damn. rest in peace. i know it'll be packed today because of this.
Title: Re: RIP - Ben Ali of Ben's Chili Bowl fame!
Post by: ggw on August 22, 2018, 07:26:52 am: https://wtop.com/dc/2018/08/bens-chili-bowl-a-dc-institution-turns-60/slide/1/
Title: Re: RIP - Ben Ali of Ben's Chili Bowl fame!
Post by: Space Freely on August 22, 2018, 10:11:24 am: 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.
Title: Re: RIP - Ben Ali of Ben's Chili Bowl fame!
Post by: ye-ole-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on August 22, 2018, 10:31:55 am: Quote from: Space Freely on August 22, 2018, 10:11:24 am
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
Title: Re: RIP - Ben Ali of Ben's Chili Bowl fame!
Post by: Julian, Forum COGNOSCENTI on August 22, 2018, 10:53:13 am: Quote from: SEA-hatch ılılıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llılılı on August 22, 2018, 10:31:55 am
Quote from: Space Freely on August 22, 2018, 10:11:24 am
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*
Title: Re: RIP - Ben Ali of Ben's Chili Bowl fame!
Post by: ye-ole-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on August 22, 2018, 11:08:36 am: glad that someone is paying attention here...
Title: Re: RIP - Ben Ali of Ben's Chili Bowl fame!
Post by: Space Freely on August 22, 2018, 11:57:50 am: Quote from: SEA-hatch ılılıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llılılı on August 22, 2018, 10:31:55 am
Quote from: Space Freely on August 22, 2018, 10:11:24 am
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.
Title: Re: RIP - Ben Ali of Ben's Chili Bowl fame!
Post by: grateful on August 22, 2018, 01:07:17 pm: Meh. I go to Ben's for the music.
Title: Re: RIP - Ben Ali of Ben's Chili Bowl fame!
Post by: ye-ole-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on August 22, 2018, 01:15:31 pm: I go to Ben's for the street theater
Title: Re: RIP - Ben Ali of Ben's Chili Bowl fame!
Post by: notme on August 22, 2018, 03:55:28 pm: i go to ben's when i am constipated
Title: Re: RIP - Ben Ali of Ben's Chili Bowl fame!
Post by: ye-ole-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl on August 22, 2018, 07:21:52 pm: Quote from: notme on August 22, 2018, 03:55:28 pm
i go to ben's when i am constipated
Good stuff notme good stuff