While most businesses rely on new technologies like chip and pin or iPad card scanners, a few have remained very old school. Take, for example, the restaurant Philippe The Original….
A delightfully old-school cheap-eats institution like no other, Philippe The Original is about to enter the modern age and make it easier for you to buy one of its famous…
The cluster of high-rises that increasingly cram downtown Los Angeles outlines a ruling corporate aesthetic that makes a sawdust-floored joint like Philippe The Original sandwich shop absolutely necessary. Those breathtakingly…
Philippe the Original will be honored as the recipient of the 17th Los Angeles Chapter Elizabeth Burns Lifetime Achievement Award. Philippe’s is being recognized for their active involvement and commitment…
For generations, Philippe the Original has been a traditional pit stop for generations of Dodger fans. Some fans refer to indulging in the French Dip as a good luck ritual…
Philippe the Original will turn up the heat this January with the fourth annual Free Chili Day, sponsored by Dolores Chili. Downtown L.A.-based Philippe’s will give the first 500 guests…
World-renowned chef Emeril Lagasse launched his new TV show, “The Originals with Emeril,” this month with a taste of Los Angeles. It’s only right a show featuring and paying tribute…
Philippe’s has brought the city together for 95 years, serving its famous sandwich with camaraderie on the side. Philippe the Original was making sandwiches in downtown L.A. well before the…
Richard Binder, third-generation family owner of Philippe The Original in Los Angeles, says that while having family members involved in the business was important to the restaurant’s long tenure, some…
L.A. Restaurants tend to come and go faster than the season’s new sitcoms. Restaurant guides, even from just a few years ago, list dozens of places that have closed. The…