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Philippe's, or "Philippe the Original" (/ f ɪ ˈ l iː p s / fi-LEEPS) [1] [2] is a restaurant located in downtown Los Angeles, California. The restaurant is well known for continuously operating since 1908, making it one of the oldest restaurants in Los Angeles. It is also renowned for claiming to be the inventor of the French dip sandwich.
Two Los Angeles restaurants have claimed to be the birthplace of the French dip sandwich: Cole's Pacific Electric Buffet [1] and Philippe the Original. [1] [2] Philippe's website describes the dish as a "specialty of the house", and the words "Home of the Original French Dip Sandwich" are present in the restaurant's logo. At Phillippe's, the ...
Some have suggested that Philippe's is the original, as the sandwich was named "French" dip because of the original proprietor Philippe Mathieu's French heritage. [1] However, according to carvers at Cole's, Henry Cole first dipped the French bread in jus at the request of a customer who had had recent dental work. The French bread was too hard ...
Philippe the Original / Yelp. 15. French Dip. Region: Los Angeles . The French dip traces its roots back to Los Angeles, where a couple different restaurants claim to have been the first to serve ...
P er Order: 490 calories, 16 g fat (5 g saturated), 2270 mg sodium, 44 g carbs (2 g fiber, 3 g sugar), 41 g protein. Black Bear Diner, the family-friendly restaurant with a strong presence on the ...
The French dip was invented in Los Angeles in the early 1900s at either Cole's, in downtown Los Angeles, or Philippe's, in Chinatown. After decades of debate, no one can figure out which ...
Philippe's in downtown Los Angeles, which Binder ran until 1985. William Otto Binder (February 28, 1915 – January 28, 2010) was an American restaurateur and businessman who ran the landmark Philippe's restaurant, known as Philippe the Original, downtown Los Angeles for decades. [1]
Bourdain visits Los Angeles, in search of the local culture, away from the glitz and glamor of Hollywood. He dines at Roscoe's Chicken and Waffles with writer and screenwriter Jerry Stahl . He meets a women's roller derby team, and has French dip sandwiches with them at Philippe's , which claims to have invented the French dip sandwich.