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Comment by Craig (17) on June 24, 2009 at 7:58am

Love that story...one of many great memories I am sure you have taken away from your trip!

Comment by Ken Lee (30/43) on June 24, 2009 at 7:34am

You betcha! Got me a couple half-smokes and loved them! We actually ate at the Ben's on U Street in town a few days before this. That was my first time to Ben's and I really liked it. The "chili" is more of a chili sauce (instead of chili like I like it, rib sticking, thick and full of meat and beans) that they put on the half-smokes, but the flavor of it all is great. Funny thing happened just after I walked away from here with my dogs. I went over behind section 110, straight across form here, and put them down on the counter top there and a guy wearing Nationals gear (as if he worked at the park, cause he did) came up to me and said "Hey! Do you remember me?" Of course I ran through the rolodex in my mind and couldn't place him. He introduced himself as Tremaine and said he remembered us from the other Ben's on Tuesday. It hit me then, he was the guy that cleared our table (he came up to us as I was looking for a place to put our trays), refilled our pop and talked for a bit. A really nice guy. Well, he just wanted to come up and say hello and say thanks for visiting Ben's in both locations. Dude went out of his way to do that cause he told the people he was working with that he recognized me and wanted to say that. Kinda blew my mind, ya know? :)

Comment by Craig (17) on June 23, 2009 at 11:46pm

Did you eat here? Any good?