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French Dip in Los Angeles
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Top Tier Editorial has a take on French Dip in Los Angeles below. The community ranking opens up once a few locals have weighed in.
Top 4 French Dip in Los Angeles
LA invented the French dip in 1908 — this list stays inside the LA-origin lineage, led by the century-old Philippe's and Cole's rivalry.
- #1
Philippe The Original
Chinatown
“Open since 1908, Philippe's claims the 1918 accidental-dip origin and remains the consensus pick across nearly every LA publication.”
- #2
Magee's Kitchen
Fairfax
“The oldest stall at the Original Farmers Market (1917) and the third leg of the LA-origin French dip stool, still hand-carving lamb and beef.”
- #3
The Little Door
West Third
“The French bistro counter that InsideHook ranks among LA's five best French dips — an 'excellent rendition' in a properly French room.”
- #4
Langer's Delicatessen-Restaurant
Westlake
“The James Beard-winning MacArthur Park deli offers a French-dipped pastrami — a kosher-style riff on the LA-origin format critics consistently cite.”