Philippe The Original French Dipped Sandwiches - Southern California Food Review / Downtown LA
A visit to Philippe The Original in Los Angeles . Home of the french dipped sandwich.
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welcome everyone at the Wu here today
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number 28 of this current series where I
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focus on Southern California eating
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establishments back in 1908 this
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particular spot opened its doors making
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it one of the longest continually
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operating restaurants in Los Angeles I'm
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heading downtown of I didn't you to join
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me Shawn you had to recharge a few
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batteries got a packed up now and
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putting them in the back and off I go I
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know big the foot and I agree with you
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100% pretty happy we're in route to this
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spot as well I have arrived at Philippe
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the original sometimes refer to as
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Philippe's I believe they accept
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either/or there's a couple different
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parking lots to choose from this one's
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on the other side of the road
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reserved specifically for this
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restaurants customers when it comes to
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LA this place is a staple
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that's for sure
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french-dip sandwiches don't mind if I do
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that's what I'm gonna have now as the
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story goes as best as I recall this
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sandwich kind of started as an accident
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it fell into the sauce and the gentleman
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was in such a hurry to get back to work
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that he consumed it came back the next
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day and said I want that same item and
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it just kind of the wheels were in
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motion and the rest is history just
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below that historical marker is the
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signage for the cross streets board and
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all of meda Street
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the 900 block I have been here once
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before don't believe I documented the
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occasion however at least not in the
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full extent that I will be traversing
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today it's been a few years ago as well
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quite a few years notice down on the far
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end there the old neon sign also still
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remains celebrating their hundredth
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anniversary back in 2008 it's been
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around for a while open daily from 6
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a.m. to 10 p.m.
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some lengthy hours for all us hungry
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folks
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this tree branch is providing some
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proper framing to this angle
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nice it looks as if at this timeframe
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there's not really a whole lot of people
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in line which could be a good thing they
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have all the statements out front and
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the markers along the ground that go all
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the way down the side of the building
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I have met up with deacon from deacons
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universe you ever been here before yeah
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been about seven years seven years a
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long time how many times before that
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have you eaten here oh you lost captain
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so what's the go-to if I have to order
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something what would you recommend for
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me
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oh just a standard french dip was it
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coming to platter is it just just the
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sandwich yourself well they have ten
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different stations you go up and they
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yes for barbers and I'll get you
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whatever you want
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so they carve it right in front of you
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everything they also make their own
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chili their own stews and he started in
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1908 over there 101 freeway now resides
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we actually Oh in the 50 I was 1951 so
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this has only been here since the 50s
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the original is over by the 101 okay I
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was mistaken on that and in 1918 is when
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he accidentally made the French dip okay
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he dropped it in the back of some greasy
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gravy and hope the patron said hey just
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leave it give it to me yeah so I heard
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and in the next and then the guy came
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back the next day with friends and that
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began the whole thing yeah all right
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let's go in there let's go get some
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let's go get some chow the owner sold it
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to three brothers who used to rent out
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horse wagons and
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19:29 three brothers told the guys who
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had horse wagons they used to rent out
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other David run out the horse bag and
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they they bought the place for like five
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thousand dollars it's happening
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they also have breakfast
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I know if a French Dip would be the best
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for breakfast right kept the markers
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here and they have this kind of
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stationed off at this middle section
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here stationed off so you follow the
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line a lot of old newspaper clippings as
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well stretching along the side
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the beef dip is 895 they also have other
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options so I go with the beef dip just a
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regular beef dip right okay I'm gonna go
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with the beef dip and maybe aside in a
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drink
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proudly serving Dolores chili
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and gourmet coffee davina gourmet coffee
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and coca-cola
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this is also a popular item here these
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are pickled eggs deviled eggs they
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compete on that devil no devil would
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have the stuff inside there are pickled
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eggs don't know why it's double dutch
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I like deviled eggs I don't know if I
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ever had a pickled egg you ever had a
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pickled egg you never have
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I've seen those sorry try one can I get
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a pickled egg off now get a pickled egg
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let's do it
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we also have some I guess that's swallow
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there in the middle and macaroni salad
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and potato salad there on the far end
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and this is this flawed or a banana
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pudding that's happy okay pudding Oh
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Jeff that's not pretty good I'm gonna
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regret not getting the Tapio tapioca all
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right got both of ours right here look
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at this this is what we're dealing with
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are you happy about this I resisted
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temptation did not get soda pop I went
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with two bottles of water I did get the
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one side but I did not get any of the
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mac salad for the the other items that
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they have even with the bottle coke nice
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I've down many of those in my day do you
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think do you think it's better in a
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bottle or in a can that's that's I agree
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with you a hundred percent okay so these
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are the same or you're going in okay we
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got two of these so you
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this ain't the same order right and we
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got the what kind of sauce is this this
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is like beef or can't pronounce that
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beat ours our G large apartment Joshu
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Joshu
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okay so you grab that one take the are
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these the same are they both or they're
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both dips up they're both depth but then
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also they gave us the idea of some extra
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this one almost looks a little bit a bit
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more more dip more dip than that would
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choose whichever one you want whatever
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whatever your preference is you get that
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one and I'll get this one here and then
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we'll say you gotta go is there anything
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on there some mustard they're back I
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know I don't think there's mustard I
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think they just just just straight up
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yeah
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and that looks so good and then oh my
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gosh and then give me extra why you had
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to ask for this they don't normally give
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that to ya that's that can we get a
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little extra dip it in the reason don't
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come only normally come with the extra
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dip yeah they they dip this is dill and
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this is a little bit of sugar just a I'm
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gonna just try the first one by itself
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and then I'm gonna dip it okay great
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that is really good we're so good
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they don't fully trench it now they're
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not sure why they named it the French
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Dip they say it might either be because
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of beliefs the French heritage or
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because it's on a French roll but I came
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back the next day to get the mistake his
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last name I did read that too so you
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never know
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pepper good
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is it it's alright it's pricey when you
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get to the seat I'm not a real big
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pepper guy I'll try one map you know
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what let's do it pretty hot oh I can
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smell the heat yeah
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taking it down though gone oh yes I'm
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not fat enough ever die oh man that is
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gonna eat there
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Mack handled it the good thing about a
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little bit of spicy
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is it releases endorphins make me happy
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some of it has fallen off of the bun
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well not a bond aside this be a funky
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retro retro retro locate missing the top
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portion in the breath that's all right
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you know what I haven't dipped it in oh
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yeah that just goes right in there and
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softens up the bread big-time
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that's how it's done yeah it was really
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good without this just takes it to the
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next level I want to try this mustard
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now that's supposed to be very hot
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mustard yeah Bobby yeah
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I'm gonna reiterate when he can just
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mention the spicy mustard on the roll
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from the bread mixed with this is that's
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that's the combo right there all three
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of those idols that says this in the
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short time we've been here it's gotten a
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lot busier feels like a little bit of a
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line behind us now say a lot because you
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just got busier people starting to come
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down
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yeah that mustard is good it's really
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not that hot No
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very or crafted a pop to provoke too
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much this is the last section
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this is the last bite laughs bite I
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should just rinse it down at this be
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some of that mustard some of that must
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around there out of the mustard
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that is so taken uh more meat left with
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the rest of that mr. bread done gone
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completed with the exception of these
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items not a song not the salt pepper the
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exception of these items
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you're gonna go half and half on these
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okay all right you gotta go with one
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sure so be perfect
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pretty good grab yours
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it's pretty this is I've never done this
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this is an impulse purchase I joined
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this company
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okay it's like a traditional hard-boiled
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egg which is a little late yeah a little
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bit of twang and it just tastes like a
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hard-boiled egg with just a little bit
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of yeah a little bit of beet it has to
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it that's at the meat flavor so it's
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peaches
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oh no not the trend eat
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much better than I expected it today
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yeah that is good I'm just going to get
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another the long lines pretty long even
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no sound we got here those are really
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good I could eat like six of those I
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like it I would feel uncomfortable
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afterwards but those are good I'm gonna
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get those if I ever see them again
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total for both our meals combined twenty
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nine dollars and seven cents so 1794 the
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beef single dips I forgot to get the
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double you know double would have been
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to my double debate I've been too much
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two bottles of water a coke in a bottle
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and a pickled egg total of 26 55 ad in
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the LA County tax to 52 cents from the
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twenty nine dollars and seven cents just
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kind of browse around to some of the
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other accessories along the whole of the
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walls there is a lot to look at and they
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have merchandise t-shirts right up top
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there and this little stand will candy
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stands you can peruse the hot mustard is
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for sale individually for $5 coffee mugs
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for $10 Pat's $14 what if I should get a
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shirt or not I have a lot of t-shirts
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but you kind of can never have too many
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oh look at this tote bags as well I'm
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gonna opt out of the shirts but it's
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good they know they have them a little
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mascot there a bobblehead mascot oh it
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says that the bobblehead is no longer
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available display only oh here's some
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nails from the original building and
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they have some pins and patches as well
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and you can see just how busy it's
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gotten now this line is very lengthy a
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nice stained-glass window there check
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that out that's pretty it's pretty cool
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and this is this is amazing as train
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went right over
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but that's that's right here in the same
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neighborhood the train just went right
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over here's a close-up of the train car
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that went over the road
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