Rate-A-Restaurant, #140 in a series

Restaurant: The Dip

Location: 6801 Hollywood Boulevard (Hollywood and Highland Center)

Type of restaurant: French Dip sandwiches

We stipulated: Heading to the Hollywood Bowl for the Decemberists show, we had the wine, the crackers, the Spinach Artichoke dip... but no main item to much on. We decided to give the Dip a try at Hollywood and Highland, where we parked.

What we ordered: We split a Turkey dip sandwich ($7.95)

High point: Love their mustard bar -- we tried the familiar Beaver's Spicy Hot Honey Mustard, a Kick Ass-brand habanero mustard and an Australian mustard, among other concoctions. The Australian one won out. As for the sandwich itself, it was cool that The Dip includes extra au jus with your order; the turkey itself was also lean and tasty.

Low point: Too bad the au jus was unexciting, and the bread rather bland.

Overall impression: It's no Philippe's -- but then again, few sandwiches can match the legendary nature of one of the places that invented (OK, OK, not quite invented -- sorry, Cole's) the whole French dip genre. The Dip's two locations (also in Sherman Oaks) are owned in part by "Borat" star Ken Davitian (he played Borat's producer, the rotund Azamat), which lends some hipster cred. Try not to think about the infamous naked wrestling scene between Borat and Azamat while digging into a sandwich.

Chance we will go back: Still, it's a nice alternative to some of the chains and other eateries at the H&H. I do love that mustard selection, and I may want to try the sandwich next time with cole slaw. So I may indeed be back.

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