Tuesday, February 10, 2009
‘Both my grandparents were from India, 100 percent East Indian'
W hen Washington's Mayor Adrian Fenty took President-elect Barack Obama to Ben's Chili Bowl on January 10, ten days before his historic inauguration, the Mayor wanted to show off a city landmark that caters to the common man and to the famous.
The restaurant survived the 1968 riots and the 1980s building of the Green Line metro station, events that closed many businesses down in that depressed neighborhood. On its 50th anniversary in 2008, Ben's Chili Bowl opened a branch at the D.C. National Park. And this January 23, The Washington Post in its ‘In Town' section noted that "When Bill Cosby is in town, you know you can find him in one of two places: performing at the Kennedy Center or eating at Ben's Chili Bowl."
There's a reason for that. Bill Cosby used to meet his future wife at Ben's and he told Ben Ali he would make the Chili Bowl famous one day. He kept his word.
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The restaurant survived the 1968 riots and the 1980s building of the Green Line metro station, events that closed many businesses down in that depressed neighborhood. On its 50th anniversary in 2008, Ben's Chili Bowl opened a branch at the D.C. National Park. And this January 23, The Washington Post in its ‘In Town' section noted that "When Bill Cosby is in town, you know you can find him in one of two places: performing at the Kennedy Center or eating at Ben's Chili Bowl."
There's a reason for that. Bill Cosby used to meet his future wife at Ben's and he told Ben Ali he would make the Chili Bowl famous one day. He kept his word.
To read the full article, click here..
To read the ePaper, visit: http://epaper.vaarttha.com
Labels: Ben's Chili Bowl, Bill Cosby, historic inauguration, Indian American, Mahboob Ben Ali, President Barack Obama, Washington's Mayor Adrian Fenty
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