Virginia Ali is working the front room at Ben’s Chili Bowl, stopping to greet nearly everyone who has walked into her 65-year-old diner on this Monday afternoon in late January. Ali turned 90 in ...
that makes the half-smoke from Ben's Chili Bowl a legend in Washington, DC. Washington, DC, is a city rich in history, but it's this famous nine-block stretch on U Street, once known as Black ...