R.I.P. Ben Ali
Earlier today DCist reported that Ben Ali, founder of Ben’s Chili Bowl, has died at age 82. Ali’s business, which opened in 1958, is the oldest business on U Street still open today.
October 08, 2009
LeDroit Park, when it was established in 1873, was one of the first suburbs of Washington.
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