Ben’s Chili Bowl had been open less than two months when Virginia and Ben Ali tied the knot. Their budding business, much like the farm that she knew as a child, was situated in a self-contained ...

Ben’s Chili Bowl, the 65-year-old Washington restaurant known for its chili-smothered half-smokes — and for its role in the civil rights movement — will soon be opening locations well beyond ...

There's a place called Ben's Chili Bowl on U Street in Washington D.C. that's been the talk of the town since 1958. Ben's half-smokes and chili sauce — a riff on the traditional chili dog ...

WASHINGTON — For nearly six months, the brick wall outside D.C. landmark Ben’s Chili Bowl was blank. That has changed now. A new Ben’s Chili Bowl mural titled “The Torch” features a ...

Ben’s Chili Bowl is slated to open its Horseshoe Baltimore location in early March. The restaurant will feature its world-famous half-smokes, classic chili dogs, angus beef burgers, veggie ...

Founder Of Ben's Chili Bowl, A D.C. Institution, Has Died : The Two-Way Bill Cosby, Virginia Ali and Ben Ali, left-to-right, in 2003. (Dennis Cook/AP) By Mark Memmott If you've spent much time in ...

Former President Barack Obama and former first lady Michelle Obama are featured in the new Ben's Chili Bowl mural. (WTOP/Kate Ryan) WASHINGTON — A mural on a D.C. landmark seemed to come to life ...

WASHINGTON – Ben’s Chili Bowl has been a place of refuge for Danis Hebb, 59, since he was a teenager. During times of racial tension in the past decades, Hebb was among black residents beaten ...

Bill Cosby, who has a lifetime eat-for-free deal at Ben's Chili Bowl and is regarded by its staff as "family," is not part of the new mural to replace the 2012 version that was painted over by Ben's ...

Ben’s Chili Bowl was founded during the summer of 1958, by newlyweds Ben and Virginia Ali. The two struck out on the venture at a time when Dwight D. Eisenhower was president, ...