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Phillipe the Original in downtown Los Angeles has used these as long as I can remember. Phillipe is an old school sandwich place (they claim to have invented th
by tomjakubowski 11y ago
Phillipe the Original in downtown Los Angeles has used these as long as I can remember. Phillipe is an old school sandwich place (they claim to have invented the "French dip"), not a Japanese establishment. I wonder now why they're using them: I had mistakenly assumed it was some pre-WWII Western custom that they kept alive for that authentic vintage feel.
- fit2rule 11y agoLove that place. Nothing like a round at Phillipe's after a 2600 meeting at Union Station ..
- joyeuse6701 11y agoCrazy enough I went there for the first time last weekend and noted the tray as peculiar. The counter is somewhat high so placing money on it is somewhat awkward. It is much easier to place money on the tray and the tray on the counter for both customer and cashier, and I think that is why it is in common usage there.
- pyvpx 11y agoif you watch closely (or really, at all...) the person serving you food doesn't touch the money. the tray is to take your payment and change between you and the central cashier.