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'''Mahaboob Ben Ali''', known as '''Ben Ali''', (June 13, 1927 - October 7, 2009) was a [[Trinidad and Tobago|Trinidadian]]-born [[United States|American]] [[businessman]] and [[restaurateur]]. Ali co-founded [[Ben's Chili Bowl]], a [[landmark]] [[restaurant]] located on [[U Street]] in [[Washington D.C.]], with his wife, Virginia Ali, in 1958.<ref name=wp>{{cite news|first=<A|last=Href="Http://Projects.Washingtonpost.Com/|title= Ben Ali, 82, Whose Chili Bowl Became a D.C. Landmark, Dies |url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/10/08/AR2009100804353.html?sid=ST2009100804374|work=[[Washington Post]] |publisher=|date=2009-10-09 |accessdate=2009-11-20}}</ref> Ben's Chili Bowl has since attracted presidents, [[celebrities]] and [[politicians]].<ref name=nytimes>{{cite news | url=http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/27/magazine/27Ali-t.html | title=Ben Ali: Hot Sauce | last=Witchel | first=Alex | date=December 23, 2009 | work=[[The New York Times Magazine]] | publisher=[[The New York Times|nytimes.com]] | accessdate=December 30, 2009 }}</ref> |
'''Mahaboob Ben Ali''', known as '''Ben Ali''', (June 13, 1927 - October 7, 2009) was a [[Trinidad and Tobago|Trinidadian]]-born [[United States|American]] [[businessman]] and [[restaurateur]], of [[Indian]] extraction. Ali co-founded [[Ben's Chili Bowl]], a [[landmark]] [[restaurant]] located on [[U Street]] in [[Washington D.C.]], with his wife, Virginia Ali, in 1958.<ref name=wp>{{cite news|first=<A|last=Href="Http://Projects.Washingtonpost.Com/|title= Ben Ali, 82, Whose Chili Bowl Became a D.C. Landmark, Dies |url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/10/08/AR2009100804353.html?sid=ST2009100804374|work=[[Washington Post]] |publisher=|date=2009-10-09 |accessdate=2009-11-20}}</ref> Ben's Chili Bowl has since attracted presidents, [[celebrities]] and [[politicians]].<ref name=nytimes>{{cite news | url=http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/27/magazine/27Ali-t.html | title=Ben Ali: Hot Sauce | last=Witchel | first=Alex | date=December 23, 2009 | work=[[The New York Times Magazine]] | publisher=[[The New York Times|nytimes.com]] | accessdate=December 30, 2009 }}</ref> |
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Mahaboob Ben Ali, known as Ben Ali, (June 13, 1927 - October 7, 2009) was a Trinidadian-born American businessman and restaurateur, of Indian extraction. Ali co-founded Ben's Chili Bowl, a landmark restaurant located on U Street in Washington D.C., with his wife, Virginia Ali, in 1958.[1] Ben's Chili Bowl has since attracted presidents, celebrities and politicians.[2]
Biography
Early life
Ben Ali was born Mahaboob Ben Ali in Trinidad on June 13, 1927.[1] He was the firstborn child of seven[3] in a Muslim family.[1] Ali's grandparents had immigrated to Trinidad from northern India.[1] He was raised in the town of San Juan, Trinidad, which is located east of Port-of-Spain.[1]
Ali moved to the United States in 1945 as a student.[1] Ali, who had studied such poets as Wordsworth, Chaucer and Shakespeare while in Trinidad, originally planned to become a medical doctor.[1]
Ali enrolled at the University of Nebraska, but suffered a broken back as the result of a fall down an elevator shaft while at the school.[1] He spent months recovering from the accident. Following his recovery, Ali attended four separate universities before earning his bachelor's degree from Howard University in Washington D.C.[1]
Due to Islamic prohibitions against consuming pork, Ben Ali never consumed some of his restaurant's popular offerings.[1]
An episode of Man vs. Food was made in tribute to him.
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j Href="Http://Projects.Washingtonpost.Com/, <A (2009-10-09). "Ben Ali, 82, Whose Chili Bowl Became a D.C. Landmark, Dies". Washington Post. Retrieved 2009-11-20.
- ^ Witchel, Alex (December 23, 2009). "Ben Ali: Hot Sauce". The New York Times Magazine. nytimes.com. Retrieved December 30, 2009.
- ^ "Ben Ali Bio Summary". Bens Chili Bowl. Retrieved 2012-01-30.