Category: Press

A slice of old L.A.

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…

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The Originals with Emeril

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…

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A dip into L.A.’s past

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…

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NATION’S RESTAURANT NEWS

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…

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LOS ANGELES TIMES MAGAZINE

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…

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Jonathan Interview

The Jonathan Club, founded, as we all know, in 1895, has been a Los Angeles landmark since the Town Club was built in 1925. Tradition and family are the words…

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