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What Happened to Cole's French Dip Sandwiches After Food Paradise?

Food Paradise, Season 12 Los Angeles, California Closed March 2026

Current status

Closed

As of October 2026, Cole's French Dip Sandwiches has closed — confirmed via ktla.com, March 29, 2026.

What the source shows: News coverage documents a permanent closure on 2026-03-29, matching a Yelp listing updated 2026-09 and the permanently closed status on the Google listing collected for this project; the business's website returns a not-found error. How we decide a status →

What happened after Food Paradise?

The episode featured Cole's French Dip Sandwiches' namesake dish, a roast-beef sandwich on a roll dipped in au jus, which the restaurant — opened in 1908 as Cole's Pacific Electric Buffet — is widely credited with inventing. The restaurant operated for well over a century in a historic tavern space at 118 E. 6th St. in Downtown Los Angeles. ABC7 Los Angeles reported in 2025 that the restaurant would remain open through the end of that year after first announcing a mid-2025 closing date, and KTLA reported that Cole's closed permanently on 2026-03-29 after repeated delays. A Yelp listing for the business, updated 2026-09, also marks it as closed, consistent with the Google Places business record collected for this project and with the restaurant's website (colesfrenchdip.com), which returned a not-found error when checked on 2026-09-09.

The episode Food Paradise, Season 12

Episode 10
Air date not confirmed
Title: Happy Hour · What was featured: The century-old French dip sandwich Cole's is credited with inventing
How Food Paradise restaurants have fared: 27% closed →

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Sources we checked 3 references

  1. ktla.com https://ktla.com/news/local-news/historic-los-angeles-eatery-closing-for-real-this-time/
  2. Yelp https://www.yelp.com/biz/coles-french-dip-los-angeles
  3. colesfrenchdip.com http://colesfrenchdip.com/
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Record fp-0941 · checked by Cal Marchetti.