LA’s Cole’s French Dip is closing its doors after 117 years in business

After 117 years in business, the city’s oldest restaurant and bar — which has a history that harkens back to well before Prohibition — is closing its doors this summer.
Cole’s French Dip, one of two historic L.A. restaurants that claim to have invented the French Dip sandwich, will be shuttering its doors on Aug. 3, according to Pouring With Heart, the Los Angeles -ounded company that runs the downtown staple.
“The litany of reasons for closing are not unique to Col