french dip sandies

According to Eater LA and this Craigslist ad P.E. Cole's Buffet is going to (FINALLY) re-open in a few months.

Thank God.

about Cole's:

The restaurant claims (along with Philippe's) that the first French dip sandwich was served at Cole's in the same year.
It is suggested that Philippe's is the original, as the sandwich was named "French" dip because of the original proprietor Philippe Mathieu's French heritage.
According the carvers at Cole's, Henry Cole first dipped the French bread in au jus at the request of a customer who had dental work recently.
The French bread was too hard and it hurt this customer's teeth, so Henry dipped the bread in order to soften it. Other customers, with perfectly good teeth, saw Henry dip the bread and requested that he do the same for them - and thus the French dip was born. Other theories exist, so debate is likely to continue.