We're big fans of Philippe the Original, a downtown L.A. restaurant that claims to have invented the French Dip sandwich. Whether it did or not, they sure make great ones…and a lot of them. Here's a profile of the place and it's history, including the story of how their signature sandwich was invented by accident. As I mentioned here, I'm always skeptical of these stories about how a famous food item was invented by accident. One of these days, we're going to hear how one day, someone accidentally spilled hydrogen into their oxygen or vice-versa and — lo and behold! — they invented water.