DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- The five cent diner here in downtown Los Angeles opened in 2008. And for the last 15 years, customers have been going there and loving it. Now, it's closing its doors.

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UPDATE, July 29, 2025: Cole’s French Dip, the oldest restaurant and saloon in Los Angeles, was originally slated to close its doors Aug. 3. The last day of service for the landmark restaurant, which ...

Piles of rotting fruits and vegetables dumped on a downtown Los Angeles street were cleared out by crews overnight for a second time this week in another case of illegal dumping that has plagued the ...

The invention of the French dip is one of the most contested debates in Los Angeles food history: Two LA restaurants — Cole’s French Dip and Philippe the Original — have both made the claim that they ...

The Los Angeles Times Food Bowl Night Market will bring tons of delicious food to downtown Los Angeles this weekend. Danielle Dorsey, the Times' senior food editor, "Sunday Gravy" chef Sol Bashirian ...

Bill Esparza is a James Beard award-winning food journalist, author of LA Mexicano, and onscreen food television personality covering food in United States and Latin America. Muscoy is a semi-rural ...