{"id":3532,"date":"2008-08-25T15:30:00","date_gmt":"2008-08-25T15:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.yurasko.net\/wfy\/2008\/08\/bens-chili-bowl-at-50-chat-right-now.html"},"modified":"2008-08-25T15:30:00","modified_gmt":"2008-08-25T15:30:00","slug":"bens-chili-bowl-at-50-chat-right-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yurasko.net\/wfy\/2008\/08\/bens-chili-bowl-at-50-chat-right-now\/","title":{"rendered":"Ben&#8217;s Chili Bowl at 50 chat right now"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"post-article-link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/discussion\/2008\/08\/19\/DI2008081901560.html\"><b>Ben&#8217;s Chili Bowl Turns 50<\/b><\/a> &#8211; <i>The Post<\/i><br \/>&#8220;D.C. culinary institution Ben&#8217;s Chili Bowl turned 50 this month. Nizam Ali, son of founders Ben and Virginia, who runs the family business with his brother Kamal, will be online Monday, Aug. 25 at 11:30 a.m. ET to take your questions about the restaurant&#8217;s past, present and future.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">PREVIOUSLY: <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.yurasko.net\/wfy\/2008\/08\/fifty-years-of-bens-chili-bowl.html\"><b>Fifty years of Ben&#8217;s Chili Bowl<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/website_3c1e0e40\/graphics\/technorati.gif\" border=\"0\" \/>  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.technorati.com\/tag\/BensChiliBowl\" rel=\"tag\">Ben&#8217;s Chili Bowl<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.technorati.com\/tag\/halfsmoke\" rel=\"tag\">half-smoke<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.technorati.com\/tag\/UStreet\" rel=\"tag\">U Street<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.technorati.com\/tag\/DC\" rel=\"tag\">DC<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.technorati.com\/tag\/Washington\" rel=\"tag\">Washington<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"blogger-post-footer\">&copy;MMX William F. 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