(Washington Post) — For 51 years, Ben’s Chili Bowl has been a family-owned greasy spoon, a U Street fixture that bustled with hungry customers from breakfast to late at night. Now it is on the verge of becoming a franchise.
Kamal and Nizam Ali, two of chili bowl founder Ben Ali’s three sons, are considering extending the Ben’s name into a chain that would bring the restaurant’s famous chili and half-smokes to new locations locally and maybe around the world.
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