Food history · A classic LA sandwich stop (while it lasted)
Latest recorded visit2015-05-10
“Dank French dip”
Roger, Google Maps review (2015-05-10)
American
Cole's French Dip
Downtown, Los Angeles$$Closed
A 118-year-old downtown LA sandwich institution that claimed to have invented the French dip, visited for exactly that sandwich before the restaurant served its final meal in 2026.
Cole's closed for good on March 30, 2026 (after a drawn-out search for a buyer and a community-driven push, reported by ABC7, that kept it open through the 2025 holidays). Roger's 2015 visit predates the closure by more than a decade.
