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| known_for = [[Ben's Chili Bowl]]
| citizenship = [[British subject|British]] (1927-1945)<br>[[Trinidadians|Trinidadian]]<br>[[Americans|American]]
| nationality = [[Trinidadians|Trinidadian and Tobagonian]]<br>[[Americans|American]]
| spouse = Virginia Rollins
}}
'''Mahaboob Ben Ali''' (June 13, 1927 – October 7, 2009), known as '''Ben Ali''', was an [[Indo-Caribbean Americans|Indo-Trinidadian and Tobagonian American]] [[businessman]] and [[restaurateur]]. Ali co-founded [[Ben's Chili Bowl]], a [[landmark]] [[restaurant]] located on [[U Street]] in [[Washington D.C.]], with his wife, Virginia Ali, in 1958.<ref name=wp>{{cite news|first=|last=|title= Ben Ali, 82, Whose Chili Bowl Became a D.C. Landmark, Dies |url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/10/08/AR2009100804353.html?sid=ST2009100804374|work=[[Washington Post]] |publisher=|date=2009-10-09 |accessdate=2009-11-20}}</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=December 23, 2009 | work=[[The New York Times Magazine]] | publisher=[[The New York Times|nytimes.com]] | accessdate=December 30, 2009 | archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20130408022235/http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/27/magazine/27Ali-t.html| archivedate=April 8, 2013<!--DASHBot-->| deadurl= no}}</ref>
==Biography==
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