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Line 1: {{Short description|Trinidadian-American restaurateur (1927–2009)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2019}} {{Infobox person Line 4 ⟶ 5: | birth_name = Mahaboob Ben Ali | birth_date = {{birth date|df=y|1927|6|13}} | birth_place = [[San Juan, Trinidad and Tobago|San Juan]], [[Trinidad and Tobago]] | death_date = {{death date and age|df=y|2009|10|7|1927|6|13}} | death_place = [[Washington, D.C.]], U.S. | occupation = Businessman, restaurateur | known_for = Founding [[Ben's Chili Bowl]] |children = 3
| citizenship = | nationality = [[Trinidadians and Tobagonians|Trinidadian and Tobagonian]]<br>[[Americans|American]] | spouse = [[Virginia Ali]] | alma_mater = [[Howard University]] }} '''Mahaboob Ben Ali''' (13 June 1927 – 7 October 2009), known as '''Ben Ali''', was an [[Indo-Caribbean Americans|Indo-Trinidadian American]] businessman and [[restaurateur]]. Ali co-founded [[Ben's Chili Bowl]] with his wife Virginia Ali, a landmark restaurant located on [[U Street (Washington, D.C.)|U Street]] in Washington D.C., with his wife, Virginia Ali, in 1958.<ref name=wp>{{cite news|title= Ben Ali, 82, Whose Chili Bowl Became a D.C. Landmark, Dies |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/10/08/AR2009100804353.html?sid=ST2009100804374|work=[[The Washington Post]] |date=9 October 2009 |accessdate=20 November 2009}}</ref> Ben's Chili Bowl has since attracted presidents, celebrities and politicians.<ref name=nytimes>{{cite news | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/27/magazine/27Ali-t.html | title=Ben Ali: Hot Sauce | last=Witchel | first=Alex | date=23 December 2009 | work=[[The New York Times Magazine]] | accessdate=30 December 2009 | archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20130408022235/http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/27/magazine/27Ali-t.html| archivedate=8 April 2013| url-status= live}}</ref>▼ ▲'''Mahaboob Ben Ali''' (13 June 1927 – 7 October 2009), known as '''Ben Ali''', was an [[Indo-Caribbean Americans|Indo-Trinidadian American]] businessman and [[restaurateur]]. Ali co-founded [[Ben's Chili Bowl]]
== Mahaboob Ben Ali was born in [[San Juan, Trinidad and Tobago|San Juan]], [[Trinidad and Tobago#British rule|British Trinidad and Tobago]] on 13 June 1927.<ref name=wp/> He was the firstborn child of seven<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.benschilibowl.com/ordereze/Content/14/Summary.aspx |title=Ben Ali Bio Summary |publisher=Bens Chili Bowl |accessdate=30 January 2012 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120117163228/http://www.benschilibowl.com/ordereze/Content/14/Summary.aspx |archivedate=17 January 2012 }}</ref> in a [[Muslim]] [[Indo-Trinidadian|Indian]] family.<ref name="wp"/> Ali's grandparents had immigrated to Trinidad from [[British Raj|British ruled]] [[Northern India]] as [[Indian indenture system|indentured laborers]].<ref name=wp/> He was raised in the town of San Juan, which is located east of the capital city of [[Port of Spain]].<ref name=wp/> Ali moved to the United States in 1945 as a student.<ref name=wp/> Ali, who had studied such poets as [[Wordsworth]], [[Chaucer]] and [[Shakespeare]] while in Trinidad, originally planned to become a medical doctor.<ref name=wp/> Ali enrolled at the [[University of Nebraska]], but suffered a broken back as the result of a fall down an [[elevator shaft]] while at the school. He spent months recovering from the accident. Following his recovery, Ali attended four separate universities before earning his [[bachelor's degree]] from [[Howard University]] in Washington, D.C.▼ ▲Mahaboob Ben Ali was born in [[San Juan, Trinidad and Tobago|San Juan]], [[ Due to [[Islamic]] prohibitions against consuming [[pork]], Ben Ali never consumed some of his restaurant's popular offerings.<ref name="wp"/>▼ ▲Due to [[Islamic [[Man vs. Food]] – S02E12 – Washington, DC was made in tribute to him. == References == {{Reflist}} Line 31 ⟶ 36: [[Category:2009 deaths]] [[Category:American restaurateurs]] [[Category: [[Category:Businesspeople from Washington, D.C.]] [[Category:Howard University alumni]] [[Category:Trinidad and Tobago emigrants to the United States]] [[Category:American [[Category:Trinidad and Tobago people of Indian descent]] [[Category:20th-century American businesspeople]] |