Hi, I'm Ben Ali, Human Being. Child of God.
Optimist. Son. Husband. Father. Motivator. Businessman.
I Love Life and I Love People.
I Love Living and I Love to be Free.
I Love Caring, Working, Playing, Growing, Thinking,
Writing, Spending Time with Friends, and Helping Others.
I'm passionate about My Family
I'm passionate about Ben's Chili Bowl
I'm passionate about helping others Grow.
I've spent 40 years building the Ben's Chili Bowl Brand as Owner-Operator, cook, waiter, head chili maker, and everything in between, into a World Famous Institution. We've proudly served our local DC Community for over 6 decades as well as celebrity movie stars, athletes, comedians, and even a Head of State or two.
From the March on Washington to the Million Man March, from the 1968 Riots to the Black Lives Matter Movement protests, from Metro Construction to Covid, we've stayed open 65 years, closing only Thanksgivings' and Christmas'.
The Ben's Chili Bowl Message, our True Legacy, is Love, service, acceptance, bringing people together, building and uplifting people. Inspiring and elevating the human spirit through good music and good food, through family, friendship, and service.
Our message is hard work, perseverance, staying together, community building, guiding our youth and respecting our elders. At Ben's Chili Bowl , we are more than just our food and our history, we are our values lived every day.