Bill Cosby Attends Ben’s Chili Bowl For Its 55th Anniversary!

Bill Cosby In Ben’s Chili Bowl For Its 55th Anniversary!

Bill Cosby adores his chili, especially when it derives from Ben’s Chili Bowl on the U Street in Washington D. C.

The comedian has been visiting the restaurant for many years and he was in attendance this week when the Ben’s Chili Bowl celebrated its 55th anniversary.

Cosby moderated the event, which was attended by Mayor Vincent Gray, former Mayor Marion Barry, Rev. Jesse Jackson and D. C. United player Chris Pontius also spoke at the event.

Bill Cosby said of owner Virginia Ali, 'Ben’s Chili Bowl -not merely a place to come and visit, meet your friends, but a spot of humanity. That’s what that philosophy has long been about'.

Politico notes that Ben’s Chili Bowl was a serious landmark during the civil rights movement. The March On Washington was planned more than a bowl of chili and the restaurant was on the list of only places to remain open through the riots that followed Martin Luther King Jr.’s assassination in_ 1968.

Virginia Ali said, 'I remember people getting into the Chili Bowl, having something to eat before going to the march_ I recall the enthusiasm of many people about continuing to fall there to march for identical rights and jobs'.

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