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"We are now going to renovate the wiring, the plumbing, the air conditioning and all those things that you need to run a restaurant safely. … There will certainly be some improvements in the stove, the grills and the counters, but things will look the same," Ben's Chili Bowl historian Bernard Demczuk told WTOP-FM.
Original location of Ben's Chili Bowl in D.C. to close for repair work →
"Somebody dropped off soup today. We've had sandwiches dropped off, cookies, pastries. District Donuts is dropping off doughnuts. I know Ben's Chili Bowl is dropping off chili for the guys tonight," he said. "We just had Dolcezza gelato dropped off some gelato. Lion's Bakery — they dropped off a crazy amount of bread this morning."
