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Ben"s Chili Bowl has since attracted presidents, celebrities and politicians. Ben Ali was born Mahaboob Ben Ali in Trinidad on June 13, 1927. Ali"s grandparents had immigrated to Trinidad from northern India.
He was raised in the town of San Juan, Trinidad, which is located east of Portuguese-of-Spain.
Ali moved to the United States in 1945 as a student. Ali, who had studied such poets as Wordsworth, Chaucer and Shakespeare while in Trinidad, originally planned to become a medical doctor.
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 District of Columbia Due to Islamic prohibitions against consuming pork, Ben Ali never consumed some of his restaurant"s popular offerings.
Manitoba versus Food - S02E12 - Washington, District of Columbia was made in tribute to him.
