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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.
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]
A French dip sandwich, also known as a beef dip, is a hot sandwich consisting of thinly sliced roast beef (or, sometimes, other meats) on a "French roll" or baguette.. It is usually served plain but a popular variation is to top with Swiss cheese, onions, and a dipping container of beef broth produced from the cooking process (termed au jus, "with juice").
The first French dip sandwich I ever tasted was at the Arby's on Beechmont Avenue in the mid-1980s. At the time, I thought it was the greatest sandwich the Western world had ever created.
5 p.m.: Dip into a French dip Then I probably would go to Philippe the Original downtown. The straight [classic beef] French dip and the potato salad are my one-two punch.
Other customers, with perfectly good teeth, saw Henry dip the bread and requested that he do the same for them - and thus the French dip was born. Other theories exist, so debate is likely to continue. Henry Cole also operated Los Angeles's first check cashing service from the restaurant. [citation needed]
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Michel Louis-Marie Richard (/ m ɪ ˈ ʃ ɛ l r ɪ ˈ ʃ ɑːr d / mish-EL rish-ARD, French: [miʃɛl ʁiʃaʁ]; March 7, 1948 – August 13, 2016) was a French-born chef, formerly the owner of the restaurant Citrus in Los Angeles and Citronelle and Central in Washington, D.C.