Rob Lowe & John Owen Lowe’s Favorite Things About L.A.

Condé Nast Traveler

Today Rob Lowe &amp; John Owen Lowe join Condé Nast Traveler to share their favorite things about Los Angeles. The Lowes break down the best things about living in L.A., from the thirst-quenching 'Arnold Palmer' drink to the iconic Hollywood sign.

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00:00Hey, this is Rob Lowe, and this is my son, John Owen Lowe.

00:03Hi.

00:04And we're going to walk you through what we love about LA.

00:06We're going to talk about some food, some places to go.

00:09And some local slang.

00:23So when you're in LA, there are some foods that you absolutely have to try.

00:28Pink's Hot Dogs, smack.

00:30Smack.

00:31They're also, this is not a trade secret.

00:33Tourists might not know it.

00:34Yeah.

00:35I love things that stand the test of time.

00:37And Pink's is one of them.

00:39They just have it down to a science.

00:41It doesn't need improving.

00:42Yeah.

00:43Simple and good.

00:44Just works.

00:45When men were wearing hats, they were eating Pink's Hot Dog.

00:47People don't wear hats anymore?

00:48Not the way they should.

00:49For me, it's chili, onion, mustard.

00:52I'm a simple man.

00:53Ketchup, mustard.

00:54That's it.

00:55Can we start chowing on this now?

00:56Let's do that.

00:57Because this looks so flippin' good.

00:59I'm going to get messy.

01:00Look at this.

01:01Cheers, baby.

01:02Cheers.

01:03This is so good.

01:07I want to put it down.

01:08Too big a bite.

01:09Too big.

01:11They had a camera on me, so I went for it.

01:13So good.

01:17Are we supposed to talk?

01:18So you and I don't drink alcohol.

01:19Correct.

01:20So our drinks are limited.

01:23We found something that also stands the test of time.

01:26The Arnold Palmer.

01:28It hits every time.

01:29And for those of you who don't know, it's tea and lemonade.

01:33Iced tea.

01:34Iced tea and lemonade put together.

01:35Let's see how this mixture is.

01:36It's all about the mixture.

01:39Feels like it might have been sitting here a little too long.

01:41I think it's perhaps a bit light on the lemonade.

01:43Hang on.

01:44There's only one way to properly...

01:46Oh, oh.

01:47You've got to at least do this.

01:49Oh, by the handles.

01:50Yeah.

01:51I don't know about that.

01:52Probably the worst way to do it.

01:54Yeah.

01:55Big three.

01:56One night, you're rocking it.

01:57Arnold Palmer.

01:58Shirley Temple.

01:59Rob Roy.

02:00Roy Rogers.

02:01Roy Rogers.

02:02You should not complain.

02:03I think Rob Roy is an alcoholic drink.

02:04It's one of the gnarliest.

02:05Yeah.

02:06That is not what you're looking for.

02:07Big nut out if you hit all three of those drinks.

02:09Yes.

02:10Next, we are going for the chopped salad at La Scala.

02:13As I've gotten older, I realize the value in having a salad.

02:16Yeah.

02:17And if you're going to do a salad, there's only...

02:19There's the Gigi at the Palm.

02:21The Gigi at the Palm remains, I got to say.

02:24I love this salad.

02:25But I would say, if you're going to get this salad, you get extra dressing.

02:29I think this is the salami.

02:31And sometimes I do the tuna.

02:32The tuna is great.

02:33The tuna is great.

02:34Salami is great.

02:35And I put pepperoncinis in it.

02:36Oh, yeah.

02:37You need pepperoncinis.

02:38I love pepperoncinis.

02:39But it's good.

02:40It's the best.

02:41On to the next.

02:45If you live in L.A. or if you're visiting L.A.,

02:47there are absolutely some places you have to visit.

02:49If I can make it really long, then I can be like...

02:52You should reach across me.

02:54That's really funny.

02:55Is that stupid?

02:56No, it's really funny.

02:57Where do you like to go, my man?

02:58I'm going anywhere on the coast.

03:00The best thing about Los Angeles are the beaches and the proximity to the ocean.

03:04Point me out.

03:05Land me where you want to go.

03:06Okay, let's go further to Malibu.

03:07So we're going along the PCH.

03:08Pacific Coast Highway, one of my favorite drives in the world.

03:11Out to Malibu.

03:12Right there.

03:13Point Dume.

03:14Malibu.

03:15The beach at the end.

03:17Beautiful sunsets.

03:18Whale watching.

03:20Chumash Indian Village relics.

03:23And easy access to one of the great surf breaks.

03:26For me, I am a recently converted valley boy.

03:30So I now, I'm over here.

03:33No, keep moving towards Los Angeles.

03:35No, yeah, there's...

03:36Okay, now go to the left.

03:37Right there.

03:38There.

03:39That's the valley.

03:40Studio City, Sherman Oaks.

03:41That's right.

03:42That's my jam now.

03:43There's some of the best thrift shopping over there.

03:46Some really good food, surprisingly.

03:48Some of the best sushi in LA.

03:49Wait a minute.

03:50Is the 101 not even on?

03:51Hang on.

03:52Hang on.

03:54Sad.

03:55I mean, if you get the chance to go to the Hollywood Bowl...

03:57Point it out.

03:58It's going to be right Los Angeles.

04:02So Hollywood's here.

04:03It's right in here.

04:04Yeah.

04:05Hollywood Bowl, it's great.

04:06It's the place where Bugs Bunny famously held the note for so long that it made it collapse.

04:11Historical.

04:12For me, make it on over to the west side in Venice.

04:16There's great food, great white.

04:18And the people watching is off.

04:20Forget it.

04:21Off the charts.

04:22Forget it.

04:23And the boardwalk is, you know, a staple.

04:25Oh!

04:26And I think everybody should be required to visit my star on Hollywood Walk of Fame.

04:31I don't feel the same.

04:32I think they should.

04:33I don't feel the same.

04:34Just make sure it's, like, clean.

04:36Yeah.

04:37Go clean his star.

04:38Speaking of your star...

04:39What?

04:40Hollywood Walk of Fame?

04:41No, what's the restaurant it's right out of?

04:42Oh, Musso & Frank's.

04:43Yeah.

04:44Isn't that a staple?

04:45People should go to Musso & Frank's.

04:46I believe it's the oldest restaurant in Los Angeles.

04:49It's still in service.

04:51Once upon a time in Hollywood with Brad Pitt and Leo, they famously have that scene in

04:55the parking lot.

04:56With Al Pacino, too.

04:57With Al Pacino.

04:58Been around forever.

04:59Been in hundreds of thousands of movies.

05:00And, like I said, what is right outside the door of Musso & Frank's?

05:04My star.

05:05All roads lead back to...

05:06Hey!

05:07Not everybody has a good location.

05:08What about the Hollywood sign?

05:09Hollywood sign, yeah.

05:10You can't hike up to it, though.

05:11You can hike near it.

05:12Can't.

05:13Runyon.

05:14Runyon hike.

05:15It's fun.

05:16Get a glimpse of influencers in the wild.

05:18Check out Runyon.

05:24We're going to review some places to go out for a day in L.A.

05:27If we don't like it, you're going to hear about it from our buzzer.

05:32Getty Center.

05:33Oh, yeah.

05:34There's nowhere I have been meaning to go longer than the Getty Center.

05:38You haven't been there.

05:39From the day it was built, I've been going, I really need to go there.

05:43In another, what, 40 years, I'm going to get there.

05:45It rocks.

05:46It really rocks.

05:47It's as cool as you think it is.

05:49It's beautiful.

05:50I have nothing but good things to say other than the fact that I've never bothered to go.

05:53No buzzer for that.

05:56Oh, there it is.

05:57We know how we feel about this place.

05:59The illustrious Hollywood Bowl.

06:00Although it looks like they're doing stand-up comedian night.

06:02I don't know if I'd go there for that.

06:04What are you talking about?

06:05Yellow insert of that shot.

06:06He's singing.

06:07I don't know what's going on here.

06:08There's like an orchestra or something.

06:09Well, at least there's an orchestra.

06:10It's a full orchestra.

06:11And, you know, you picnic.

06:12These seats, you get picnic baskets.

06:14It's the cutest.

06:15It's so fun.

06:16It's the best.

06:17I want to use the buzzer, but I love these spots.

06:18I know.

06:20Oh!

06:21It's the best ever.

06:22Chavez Ravine, Dodger Stadium, third oldest stadium in baseball.

06:28It is a architectural masterpiece.

06:30I love the photo choice because Dodger Stadium on a warm spring or summer night, when you

06:36get the sunset like that and you have the view of the mountains in the background, it looks

06:40like a painting.

06:41You get a baseball game, you get to watch a great team, and you have that view.

06:44It's insane.

06:45The only downside is the parking might be the worst in the history of anything that's

06:51ever been invented.

06:52It's still the best.

06:53Who would buzzer Dodger Stadium?

06:55Nobody.

06:56Not while I'm around.

06:58This is El Matador Beach.

07:00It's just north of Broad Beach on the PCH.

07:04By the way, if you're up there is Neptune's Net.

07:07It's a biker bar.

07:09Been there forever.

07:10You eat your fried fish and your calamari and your fish sandwiches.

07:14And right across the street from County Line Surf Break.

07:17Is that me talking too much?

07:19You're talking too much.

07:20I'm selling the place.

07:22I really wanted to press the button.

07:24I know you did.

07:25I love it.

07:26I have nothing against this place.

07:27Someplace we gotta buzz.

07:30Oh!

07:36Listen, I don't mean to...

07:37No.

07:38This is Santa Monica Pier.

07:39I would say if it's on your list of places to go as a tourist,

07:42and you have to be picky,

07:44this is gonna be one of the more crowded spots you go to.

07:47It's beautiful, but crowded.

07:49Yeah.

07:53Here's some L.A. terms that you might not know.

07:59The industry.

08:00It's not the car industry.

08:02It's not the space industry.

08:04It's the industry.

08:05Thank you very much.

08:07Hollywood.

08:08Okay.

08:11I don't know what the hell this is.

08:12I'm gonna take a guess at what I think this is.

08:14I'm assuming this is what I refer to as street meat,

08:17which is those vendor carts that roam Los Angeles.

08:22Roam?

08:23You come out of a Rams game,

08:24they will run you over.

08:25They'll run you down.

08:26Maybe that's why it's called Danger Dog.

08:28I would refer to it as a Danger Dog

08:29because of the night you would have if you consumed it.

08:31And by the way, this is a new thing.

08:33Like, I've lived in L.A. my whole life.

08:35The notion of coming out of a nightclub at night,

08:37or a game.

08:38Does anybody have a pen or a pencil or something?

08:40Just throw it at me.

08:41I'm just gonna rename this bad boy real quick.

08:42You're gonna name it?

08:43We call this street meat.

08:45Street meat.

08:47And you absolutely stay away from street meat, guys.

08:52It's not what you want.

08:53And don't let them run you over

08:54when you're trying to get your automobile in a parking lot.

08:57No street meat.

09:00Kickback.

09:01Oh, kickback here.

09:02Kickback action.

09:03It's a hang.

09:04It's not quite a party,

09:05but it's a party.

09:07Even in Venice, it's kind of a kickback down there.

09:09It's a kickback.

09:10It's just all kickback.

09:11Southern California is known for its sort of mellow vibes,

09:14so you don't want to go all out and say you're having a party.

09:17Oh, yeah.

09:18Sure.

09:19Angelino.

09:20That's what we are.

09:21Ride or die.

09:23Angelinos, baby.

09:24It's just, it's in the name.

09:28The Southland.

09:29Yeah.

09:30That's...

09:31The Southland, it makes me feel like a newscaster

09:33when I say it.

09:34Whenever you say the name Southland,

09:35you better be wearing a suit

09:37and being on KABC.

09:39That's all I'm saying.

09:40All across the Southland today,

09:42people are mourning the loss of whatever the hell.

09:44Yeah.

09:45Southland.

09:46It's everywhere.

09:47It's where we are.

09:48Thank you guys so much for watching,

09:50and we hope you can come out and visit LA

09:52and try some of the spots we recommend,

09:54see some of the things we recommend,

09:55and come see why we love LA.

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