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@colesfrenchdip

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Originators of the FrenchDip Sandwich, est 1908.
Open Mon-Fri from 2pm / Sat & Sun from 12pm
Until 2am on Fri-Sat
⬇️Order to-go below⬇️

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Well, we've had a hell of a week of news for classic LA restaurants. After many long months of delay, my beloved @theoriginalpantrycafe is coming back on November 19th! LA is diner town. Every neighborhood has their little coffee shop that's a byword for local identity. But The Pantry is THEE diner of Los Angeles. Being downtown, and historically open 24 hours, you don't get a broader section of LA life on display than at The Pantry. No matter whether you're from the Valley, the Harbor, or the Westside, we've all got a story about being downtown for some reason or another and eventually finding respite at this century-old institution. No word yet on whether they'll be returning to 24-hour service—we can only hope—but I think we'll all be pleased to know that many of the regular staff WILL be returning after the unfortunate labor dispute that originally closed the place. I plead with the new owners: DON'T CHANGE A THING.

Elsewhere downtown, big changes are coming to LA's oldest continuously operating (until recently) restaurant, @colesfrenchdip as the new owners intend to transform this once scruffy, lovable dive into a white tablecloth steakhouse. How much will the new Cole's resemble the Cole's we've known and loved for so many years? Only time will tell. I pray, at least, that I'll finally be able to buy a bottle of that atomic mustard. They were out of it every time I ever tried to grab one.

#dtla #diner

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share your favorite @colesfrenchdip memories. we’ll reach out to best ones and buy you a drink 🥃 🍸

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we’ll see you soon 🥩

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AM I CONTROLLING THE WORLD WITH MY MIND??? I just told you yesterday that one of the restaurants featured in our book Main Street and Mistletoe had closed.

Well, apparently the Christmas magic is already working because COLE’S FRENCH DIP is reopening! It looks like the new owners are aiming for mid to late November. 🎉

Cole’s has been around since 1908 and I am so happy that another little piece of LA history is being preserved!

Now, if only the rest of my wishes would come true this quickly!

#dtla #colesfrenchdip #downtownla #lahistory #exploredtla

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When Cole’s (@colesfrenchdip), one of the oldest restaurants in Los Angeles — and rumored inventor of the French dip sandwich — shut its doors seemingly for good on March 29, chef and hospitality entrepreneur Jeremy Fall was one of scores in the city who mourned its closing. After all, he spent years of his childhood living two blocks from the famous restaurant and bar, above his family’s Angelique Cafe.

Now he’s leading the charge to reopen the French dip icon that began in 1908 as Cole’s Pacific Electric Buffet and sold carved-meat sandwiches to Red Car commuters, then evolved into a legendary bar that attracted famous poets, gangsters, actors and downtown dwellers including Mickey Cohen and Charles Bukowski.

Since early August, Fall and Sean Maloney, former chief hospitality officer of Mozza Restaurant Group, have been quietly working to revive the historic restaurant, setting it up to live another life as early as next month.

Read the full story from reporter Stephanie Breijo (@breij) at the link in bio.

📷: Con Keyes, Jeremy Fall, Sophia Bernard Design, Jay L. Clendenin

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🙌 The historic and beloved @colesfrenchdip will reopen its doors this November and regardless if who you think the original inventor of the 🥩 French Dip sandwich is, this is GREAT news for L.A

#dtla #dtlaeats #frenchdip #losangelesrestaurants

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i called @seanmaloneyyy almost a year ago to tell him i wanted to take over @colesfrenchdip. we decided to partner and the rest is history… in the making

thank you @latimes for telling the story of the oldest restaurant in los angeles that lived forever

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National Register visit 288: Pacific Electric Building 📍610 Main Street, Downtown

Now that Cole’s has closed (pour out some jus for the homies) most of us have no reason to enter the building at the southeast corner of 6th and Main. For a few decades beginning in 1905 though, the Pacific Electric Building was one of the busiest structures in the city, with tens of thousands of passengers passing through the concourse every day, en route to somewhere on a Pacific Electric red car, or a Los Angeles Railway yellow car.

This was the central hub of LA’s legendary inter- and intra-urban transit systems for more than half a century. Built by Henry E. Huntington, the building witnessed the evolution of LA’s complex transportation history – and even housed the offices of the PE and LARy companies.

But the streetcars were just part of the story here. Upstairs LA’s power brokers shaped the city over cocktails at the private Jonathan Club, based out of the top two floors from 1905-1925. Countless professionals offered their services from offices on the middle floors, including architects Greene & Greene and John C. Austin. And if the legends are accurate, two culinary milestones took place here: the French dip sandwich may have been invented at Cole’s, and the avocado may have turned from exotic fruit to iconic California export because of a single meal that Huntington ate upstairs.

Over on EtanDoesLA.com, you can find an in-depth look-see at 120 years of history on the Pacific Electric Building. It’s a great story to read while you’re waiting for the train. 🔗in bio.

Photo credits in the comments.

#publictransportation #pacificelectric #losangeles #lahistory #streetcars

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LA, 2009 #losangeles #analogbartendinginstitute #3days #workshop #thevarnish #colesfrenchdip @nikkawhiskyglobal @colesfrenchdip

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Iconic Los Angeles disappears. @colesfrenchdip 118 years of #DTLA history. #shotoncanon

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RIP to a true LA legend. 💔🥪

@colesfrenchdip

Still processing the closure of Cole’s. It used to be an underground bar during the era of Prohibition.

It had incredible speakeasy vibes, and of course, that iconic French Dip sandwich will be deeply missed in the Los Angeles food scene. 🥺

Now, when those intense beef dip cravings hit, there’s only one historic spot left to step up to the plate.

Looks like we’ll be making all our lunch runs to Philippe’s from here on out! 🏃‍♂️💨
Let the great French Dip rivalry rest in peace. 🕊️🥩

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