ben’s chili bowl
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D.C's Historic Ben's Chili Bowl Among Small Businesses Still Waiting for Government Loans
It was already horrible news that the $349 billion set aside for small businesses struggling during the pandemic ran out of money on April 16, barely two weeks after it was released. To find out that much of that money went to large restaurant chains and publicly traded companies while many local favorites are struggling…
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Bill Cosby’s Picture Erased From Ben’s Chili Bowl Mural
A mainstay in the African-American community has changed its mural and taken Bill Cosby—the man who put it on the map—off of it. Ben’s Chili Bowl restaurant in Washington, D.C., a onetime hole in the wall made famous for its hot smokes and chili, once exhibited a barrage of famous African Americans on its side…