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Ben's Chili Bowl competition may also save Trinidad eatery

The Capital City Diner, housed in a silver diner car on Bladensburg Road in Northeast, closed this January, citing rising costs, a declining economy and competition from the new Denny's a few blocks away.

Tags: National Labor Relations, capital city diner, trinidad, tragedy in trinidad, paul shinkman

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Former employee to take a bite out of Ben's Chili Bowl market

A former employee of the U Street greasy spoon stalwart plans to open up a competing restaurant on H Street in Northeast, the same neighborhood where the tight-knit clan of Ben's Chili Bowl founder Ben Ali plans to open a new franchise.

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