{"id":4616,"date":"2009-10-09T11:45:00","date_gmt":"2009-10-09T11:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.yurasko.net\/wfy\/2009\/10\/more-on-ben-ali-founder-of-bens-chili-bowl.html"},"modified":"2009-10-09T11:45:00","modified_gmt":"2009-10-09T11:45:00","slug":"more-on-ben-ali-founder-of-bens-chili-bowl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yurasko.net\/wfy\/2009\/10\/more-on-ben-ali-founder-of-bens-chili-bowl\/","title":{"rendered":"More on Ben Ali, founder of Ben&#8217;s Chili Bowl"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" marginheight=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" width=\"480px\" height=\"270px\" src=\"http:\/\/specials.washingtonpost.com\/mv\/embed\/?title=Ben's%20Chili%20Bowl%20Founder%20Remembered%20Fondly&#038;stillURL=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fwp-dyn%2Fcontent%2Fphoto%2F2009%2F10%2F08%2FPH2009100802522.jpg&#038;flvURL=%2Fmedia%2F2009%2F10082009-8v&#038;width=480&#038;height=270&#038;autoStart=false&#038;clickThru=http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/video\/2009\/10\/08\/VI2009100802507.html\"><\/iframe><br \/><a class=\"post-article-link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/story\/2009\/10\/08\/ST2009100804374.html?sid=ST2009100804374\"><b>He Added Spice to Our Lives<\/b><\/a> &#8211; <i>The Post<\/i><br \/><a class=\"post-article-link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtontimes.com\/news\/2009\/oct\/09\/death-of-a-washington-legend\/?feat=home_headlines\"><b>Death of a Washington legend<\/b><\/a> &#8211; <i>The Wash. Times<\/i><br \/><a class=\"post-article-link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtoncitypaper.com\/blogs\/youngandhungry\/2009\/10\/08\/ben-alis-son-were-all-ok\/\"><b>Ben Ali&#8217;s Son: &#8220;We&#8217;re All OK.&#8221;<\/b><\/a> &#8211; <i>CityPaper<\/i><br \/><a class=\"post-article-link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.wtop.com\/?nid=596&#038;sid=1781315\"><b>Ben Ali, founder of Ben&#8217;s Chili Bowl, dies <\/b><\/a> &#8211; <i>AP\/WTOP<\/i><br \/><span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">Ben Ali<\/span> obituaries from the two D.C. broadsheets, plus the alternate tabloid and AP. The great irony of his life &#8212; he never had a half-smoke because his Muslim faith prohibits pork.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"post-article-link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtoncitypaper.com\/blogs\/youngandhungry\/2009\/10\/08\/despite-founders-death-it-was-business-as-usual-at-bens\/\"><b>Despite Founder\u2019s Death, It Was Business As Usual at Ben&#8217;s<\/b><\/a> &#8211; <i>CityPaper<\/i><br \/><a class=\"post-article-link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2009\/10\/08\/AR2009100804130.html?sid=ST2009100804374\"><b>Life Goes On in Rhythm of Ben&#8217;s<\/b><\/a> &#8211; <i>The Post<\/i><br \/>It was just a little busier at Ben&#8217;s Chili Bowl yesterday &#8212; Sounds like a good tribute to me.<\/p>\n<p>For much of yesterday, &#8220;Ben&#8217;s Chili Bowl&#8221; and later &#8220;Ben Ali&#8221; were trending on Twitter.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"post-article-link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtoncitypaper.com\/blogs\/youngandhungry\/2009\/10\/08\/the-death-of-ben-ali-what-others-had-to-say\/\"><b>The Death of Ben Ali: What Others Had to Say<\/b><\/a> &#8211; <i>CityPaper<\/i><br \/>What others are saying about Ali. What are you saying?<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">PREVIOUSLY<\/span><br \/><a class=\"post-article-link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/story\/2009\/10\/08\/ST2009100804374.html?sid=ST2009100804374\"><b>Ben Ali of Ben&#8217;s Chili Bowl dead at 82 <\/b><\/a> &#8211; 10.08.2009<br \/><a class=\"post-article-link\" 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> &#8211; 04.21.2008<\/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. Yurasko<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>He Added Spice to Our Lives &#8211; The PostDeath of a Washington legend &#8211; The Wash. TimesBen Ali&#8217;s Son: &#8220;We&#8217;re All OK.&#8221; &#8211; CityPaperBen Ali, founder of Ben&#8217;s Chili Bowl, dies &#8211; AP\/WTOPBen Ali obituaries from the two D.C. broadsheets, plus the alternate tabloid and AP. 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