The iconic restaurant and bar cited the Covid-19 pandemic, crime, rising labor, goods and rent costs for the closure.

Cole's, the oldest restaurant in Los Angeles, is set to close. The claimed birthplace of the French dip sandwich will shutter ...

Another Iconic Deli Mourns Loss of Cole’s French Dip originally appeared on L.A. Mag.

There has been a rivalry in Los Angeles for more than a century over who invented the French dip sandwich: Philippe the ...

Sadly, another one bits the dust in downtown Los Angeles. Cole's, the oldest public house in Los Angeles and established in ...

“Many historical independent restaurants are struggling under the weight of these issues and have already closed, while those ...

Cole's French Dip in downtown Los Angeles, the city's oldest operating restaurant, is closing due to economic pressures.

After 117 years in business, the city’s oldest restaurant and bar — which has a history that harkens back to well before ...

Cole’s is the oldest continuously operating restaurant in the city — and claims to have originated the French dip sandwich.

Los Angeles’s Philippe the Original, which also claimed to have invented the French dip sandwich, has competed with Cole’s for the title of originator for more than a century.

Cole's, the oldest restaurant in Los Angeles, is set to close. The claimed birthplace of the French dip sandwich will shutter after 117 years.