Philippe The Original

Name: Philippe The Original
Address: Chinatown, Los Angeles, US
Price range: $

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Philippe is one of LA's two origin-claim French dip institutions, built around counter ordering, sawdust floors, and mustard. Order beef double-dipped if you want the bread fully committed to the jus.

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Getting thereTake Metro or Amtrak to Union Station, then walk north on Alameda.

Hours10:00–11:30 or 14:00–16:00; lunch queues are part of the institution.

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