A bit ago I went to a fundraiser for Martha's Table. Martha's Table is a great little organization which raises hunger awareness. Did you know that if you lived on food stamps you'd get $3 a day to live. $3 bucks.
So a group of us went to the little shin-dig and decided collectively to go out for a bit to eat after (curiously enough they don't feed you at hunger awareness events). And there we were right across the street from Ben's Chili Bowl.
For my faithful readers not of DC (all 2 of you) Ben's Chili Bowl is a DC institution. Among others, President Obama made it one of his first stops after he was elected. Your DC experience just isn't complete if you haven't had a half smoke.
I have to admit though, it's always been a little too...something for me... I'm almost a vegetarian and I would have to be really hungry or tired to down pretty much anything that comes off the grill. Maybe someday.
However, thanks to Next Door, which is owned by the same folks who run the Chili Bowl, and literally next door to Ben's, I can have my chili and eat it too. (Actually I had mac & cheese, but it was fab.)
So we all went Next Door and MAN is the food good. A definite MUST TRY for DC foodies.
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