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	Ben's Chili Bowl

Antara

11-4-2009 6:44 PM

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Antara says:

I ate a halfsmoke at Ben's last week.....and yes Bill Cosby was right, yummmm yummm.

You lucky bucks can order some of their food right online! See site for fun pics and more detailed stories, etc.

The founder himself only died last month

, but his wife was there and gave us a very warm welcome.

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11-4-2009 8:19 PM

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Wonderful comment and never even knew about this Chili before!

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