![]() Near a sign that warned, "Who eats free at Ben's: Bill Cosby. Photos of visiting celebrities - including Denzel Washington, Danny Glover and Bill Cosby - lined the walls, and in January the restaurant received its best publicity boost ever when president-elect Obama dropped by for a half-smoke (a smoked sausage). (Our full obituary is here be sure to read it all the way to the end because you'll be amazed.)Ī fixture of U Street since 1958, the cramped restaurant has outlasted the changing fortunes of its neighborhood and supplied hungry Washingtonians with heaping bowls of chili, hot dogs and its trademark chili-topped half-smokes. ![]() 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. Ben Ali, the founder of Ben's Chili Bowl, a landmark D.C.
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