February 13, 2025 • 36 mins
ICYMI: Hour One of ‘Later, with Mo’Kelly’ Presents – Thoughts on the rapid expansion of Robotaxis through Lyft and Waymo…PLUS – A look at Yelp’s top 10 eateries AND the absolute, undeniable love of In-N-Out Burgers - on KFI AM 640…Live everywhere on the iHeartRadio app
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Speaker 1 (00:22):
KFI. Mister Kelly, It's later with mo Kelly. We are
alive everywhere on the iHeartRadio app pretty good day of rain.
Let me tell you a pretty good day of rain.
And I was stuck in it all day long. I
had to drive from one side of the city where
I live to the other side of the city where
my dentist is. It was dentist day. It was dental
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cleaning day. You know, when you wake up and you
look at the counter, I gotta go to the dentist,
and I can. I can say this that Mark Ronner understands.
You start getting that that stress, that apprehension, that foreboding
feeling that you're gonna have to go and sit in
the dentist's chair. And regardless of how much you brush
your teeth, regardless of how how strongly you have tried
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to adhere to the oral health regiment set forth by
your dentist, you don't know what type of report you're
going to get. I thought I'd been doing real well.
In fact, I knew I had been doing very well.
But in the back of my mind, you just don't know.
So I drove through the right Excuse me, I drove
through the rain all the way to Torrance, and that's about,
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I don't know, fifteen miles from where I live. And
I sat down in the waiting room and they didn't
make me wait long, said Moe, come on back, which
was good because it's around two o'clock and I hope
to get out by three o'clock so I can get
on the road. It was going to be at least
an hour and forty five minutes maybe two hours to
drive from Torrance to Burbank.
Speaker 2 (01:47):
Got in a chair, had a different doctor.
Speaker 1 (01:51):
There are a different dentist at doctor Mellard's office in Torrance.
Doctor Brown was working on my teeth today. And you
know how they make these, and you don't know how
to take It's like, oh, oh interesting, What what do
you mean?
Speaker 2 (02:07):
What's interesting? What are you trying to say?
Speaker 1 (02:09):
I'm gonna say you have to pull out sixteeth, ten teeth?
Are you saying that this is the worst that you've
ever seen? Is it the best that you've ever seen?
And that was after they took the X rays. And
if you've ever taken X rays at the dentist's office,
they can take forever for freakin' ever.
Speaker 2 (02:27):
Well, there's one more thing about the X rays. In
the year of Our Lord twenty twenty five, can they
get something that feels a little more comfortable in your mouth?
For God's sake? No, it hurts.
Speaker 1 (02:36):
It's cutting my mouth up left and right. And not
only that, I'm thinking, like, okay, I want to be
back in ten years talking about how I have cancer
all over my body because of the X rays. It
took like fifteen different X rays, no exaggeration. I said,
that can't be good. I don't care if you have
a lead apron over me, it can't be good. And
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the apron isn't covering my mouth where you're taking the
X It doesn't help that they race out of the
room either.
Speaker 2 (03:03):
Right, Wait a.
Speaker 1 (03:03):
Minute, So you're obviously concerned about the X rays and
you're not even in the direction of them. But I'm
supposed to be not unconcerned because I have a lead
apron over a portion of me.
Speaker 2 (03:16):
I don't know about you, Mark.
Speaker 1 (03:17):
Whenever I'm in the dentist's office and I'm getting the
X rays, I make sure my hands are under the apron.
I'll try to pull up my feet. I close my
eyes as if that's going to make any difference. But
still you know, your whole mouth and head are exposed,
so you're going to turn into what the fly something
like that, I'm quite sure, or maybe the hulk one
of the two.
Speaker 2 (03:35):
Well, just the hulks had though the rest of the
leader normal size. Yeah, the leaders.
Speaker 1 (03:39):
These are all the things which were actually cascading through
my mind. Is like, am I going to be diagnosed
with mouth cancer in like four years or so? Anyhow,
I had a good gentle report to mister Kelly. You've
obviously been brushing and flossing, and keep it up. Keep
up the good work. We can see that you're doing this,
and you do in that and also continue this. We
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have to watch out for this on this tooth and everything.
It's like can I go?
Speaker 2 (04:05):
Can I go?
Speaker 1 (04:06):
Look, I'm tapping my watch, gotta go, gotta go. I
gotta get on the road. I get on the road
and I turn on the GPS. It's not that I
don't know how to get to the office. I just
need to see the bad news of how long it's
going to take me to get to the office. It's
really started raining and the GPS wants me from Torrents
to get on the four or five go back down south.
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In other words, backtrack down to the one ten freeway
if you know the South Bay to then get on
the one ten North going up to downtown. It gives
me an extra twenty minutes on the drives, Like, no,
I'll just take surface streets down to the one ten,
which I did, and I get on the one ten,
and it says an hour and twenty five minutes, an
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hour and twenty five minutes.
Speaker 2 (04:51):
And that's assuming it.
Speaker 1 (04:53):
Doesn't increase as I'm traveling, because each I would say,
each ten to fifteen minutes that you're on the road.
After like two o'clock, more and more people are on
the road, it just gets progressively worse. So the next
I can know, it's like four thirty. I'm trying to
get through downtown. Four freaking thirty. At this point, I'm
just pulling my hair out of my head and I
don't have a lot up there. I was really really stressing,
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and no, I was thinking like a just relax oosa
and I felt better. And then another forty minutes fast,
I was steal in my car. It was driving me crazy.
Do you prep in any way for the dentist for
anxiety or anything like that? I used to, I don't anymore. Well,
(05:37):
let me put it this way. If I know I'm
having a procedure done as opposed to a general cleaning,
yes I will prep. I will take a ben a
drill or something like that. Oh, a benadrill, the heavy stuff. Okay,
Oh yeah, I need to be Look, they're not going
to sedate me. They're not really going to give me anything.
So I wanna give myself something.
Speaker 2 (05:57):
Yeah. I think my dentist must be Mormon or something
because he doesn't give me anything. Why I think he's
against anything that's gonna calm me down or deal with
the pain afterward. I had a procedure myself a couple
of weeks ago and it hurt like hell for days afterwards.
And he's like, yeah, just just take an ibuprof, And
I'm like, ibuprofen? Are you kidding me? Same with me.
Speaker 1 (06:19):
They'll give me some ibuprofen or something. It's basically aspirin
or ibuprofen. Yeah, in a minute, that's not going to
do a job. I can get this at home, in fact,
already have it at home. I need some extra extra
extra strength stuff when I put in this tooth implant,
That's what I need is some real good stuff. So
col Tom, let's have the good stuff, you know. And
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I don't get any of the good stuff. It's not
like they're gonna knock me out. I get no benefits.
I have to remember it. I have to deal with
it and live through all of it. I have dental anxiety, anxiety,
and I've had it for all my life. One because
I've had a lot of dental work done over the years.
I wish I could find the pictures that if I can,
I'll actually actually posted on Instagram. I had really buck
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teeth when I was growing up. I mean it was
like really bad. And I'm still glad I did not
grow up in the world of social media because it
was really embarrassingly bad, like cartoonish bad. And this was
back before the dentures. Yes, yes, this is before the dentures.
So I want to say this was maybe seventy seven
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or so.
Speaker 2 (07:25):
And I did too. Actually I had like bugs bunny
buck teeth, but I got in so many fights that
they were kind of shaved and broken down.
Speaker 1 (07:33):
No, and I had an old school family and my
mother wanted to get me braces, but my father's mother
was against it, and she was saying, well, if God
wanted me to have straight teeth, I would have been
born with straight teeth.
Speaker 2 (07:48):
I always liked that story.
Speaker 1 (07:52):
And I said something smart and almost got the taste
knocked out of my mouth. And I said something like
to why do you wear glasses? That didn't go over Well,
I don't because children aren't supposed to be heard, only seen.
And I was pushing back on someone who's a good
fifty years older than me getting smart, and little does
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she know, that's who I was going to be my
whole life, a smartass.
Speaker 2 (08:17):
Unless you're a Vulcan child, you are not meant to
employ logic against the adults. No, And also, gosh, all
this stuff is coming back to me. Also, when I
was a young child, I had to wear these braces
on my legs because both my feet were severely pigeon toed,
so I had my legs corrected, my teeth corrected. I'm
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blind as a bat, but somehow I'm like a bonic
man now, defying the will of God. Absolutely, just across
the board.
Speaker 1 (08:45):
Absolutely, because if I if my father's mother had her way,
I would not be the person I am today.
Speaker 2 (08:53):
Put it that way, put it that way. I would
like to see an artist composite of the alternate mode.
I will see if I can find it.
Speaker 1 (09:00):
I know there's some pictures of me where in these
leg braces they're like, I mean, there are actual braces
to straighten out my feet, And I know I have
some pictures of me before I had braces of mouth
braces in the early seventies. It was a different dude. Oh,
I was a different dude backfit.
Speaker 2 (09:17):
Are you familiar with an old Rock Hudson movie directed
by John Frankeneimer called Seconds I Am Not. This always
fascinates me. It's one of my touchstones for how different
people can look because it's about a guy who's like
an old, balding pawnche guy who transforms into Rock Hudson.
And like, especially now that we're at the age where
we can see people we graduated with who we barely
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recognize anymore, it's fascinating to see the alternate versions of
all of us. Yeah, and it's weird. You make a
great point.
Speaker 1 (09:45):
Before we go to break, I am running into people
that I've known my whole life that I don't recognize anymore,
not at all, because I may have gone to high
school with him or her or them. But that was
a good thirty eight years ago. You know, we're all very,
very physically different people. Some of us have aged better
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than others. Some of us have hair, some of us
don't have hair. Some of us have teeth, some of
us don't have teeth. Some of us have had kids,
some of us have not had kids. Just you know,
the stresses of life are very different. What are we
gonna say.
Speaker 3 (10:21):
We have the technology, We have the capability to make
the world's first bionic man.
Speaker 2 (10:32):
Steve Austin buck to that man.
Speaker 3 (10:36):
Bet everybody was before, better, stronger.
Speaker 2 (10:51):
Can't I A six forty.
Speaker 1 (10:52):
We want to talk about way Mo, Lift, grobo taxis
and more. They're going all over the country. Now we'll
have that four next.
Speaker 4 (11:00):
You're listening to Later with Moe Kelly on demand from
KFI AM six forty.
Speaker 1 (11:06):
I have bad news for Stephan. He is going to
be out of the job very very soon. I'm not
talking about KI, I'm talking about his job as a
ride share driver. Lift is going to launch robotaxis as
soon as next year. Do you hear me, Stephan? Your
driving days are almost over their numbered? Oh and Waimo
(11:31):
Waimo prepares to launch a commercial robotaxi service of its
own with Uber, and they're going to start in Austin, Texas,
and they're going to follow it up with Atlanta.
Speaker 2 (11:44):
That's the first part of the story.
Speaker 1 (11:45):
So robotaxis are going to be integrated with ride share.
So if you thought that Waimo was just going to
be on this island all by itself, no, they're trying
to take over the full ride share business.
Speaker 5 (12:01):
I want to make sure I heard you correctly. Both
Lift and Waymo are now partnering and spreading their wings
to expand robo taxi services across this country, not just
hearing this little enclave called Los Angeles, across the country.
The technology is being readied beyond our borders here.
Speaker 2 (12:22):
Well. Two things.
Speaker 1 (12:22):
Two things, the robotaxis are going to be going into
more cities. As far as Lift is concerned using robotaxis,
that's not going to be until next year. But Weimo
to your point, they're going to be expanding its service
in Austin and Atlanta, and they've already started with San
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Diego I think two weeks ago as far as experimenting.
So there's one thing. There's Weimo expanding in and of itself.
And also WEIMO partnering with uber that's the other part
of it. Two incredible.
Speaker 5 (13:00):
News items that I think should have been first and foremost.
I like how you try to bury them in the
second segment. My dental life is much more important than
way more I understand. I understand we had to make
sure that your mouth and your teeth that are okay.
Speaker 1 (13:17):
All.
Speaker 5 (13:17):
What I say here is that this is yet more
proof positive from the last conversation we had. I think
it was maybe just a week ago, I was hearing
things like we're not ready. It's not about to happen
in our lifetime. Maybe in the next thirty years, No,
in the next three years. Mo in the next three years,
it will be nationwide.
Speaker 2 (13:38):
Let me explain this to you.
Speaker 1 (13:39):
You may not know, but Tiffany Hobbs of the viral
Load has been tagging you and me to various videos
of way Moo cars tripping, which informs my point that
just because something is coming or something is here, it
doesn't mean that it's ready for prime time. It's not
quite ready for prime time. There are a lot of
instances where you can see technology come out and it's
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not quite ready or the infrastructure is not quite ready. Yes,
it's expanding, that doesn't mean that it's ready. No.
Speaker 2 (14:09):
Look, I don't want to hear about these.
Speaker 5 (14:12):
Felonious posts that mis Hobbs is putting up to try
to shame and wag her anti technology finger at technology
going to marry you. So look, all I am trying
to say is that with the expansion of robo taxi
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services writ large, comes the expansion of the infrastructure of
cities across the country. Where is this latest way Mo
slander story that came out A Way Mo was stuck
at a traffic light that was out and did not
want to do something crazy and.
Speaker 2 (14:52):
Just drive on through. It ran the light. What we're
talking about? It did no, No, it did not know.
That's a different story. There's another story.
Speaker 1 (14:56):
There's that story that Tiffany sent us, And there was
another one where Away Mood didn't know how to handle
some other traffic incursion and so it ended up running
alike traffic schmapphic.
Speaker 2 (15:09):
Okay.
Speaker 5 (15:10):
What we're talking about is the fact that cities across
the country, Austin pretty big, Atlanta pretty big, they are
enhancing and refurbishing and retrograding and upgrading all of their
infrastructure on city streets to make sure that robotaxis will
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have safe passageway. Look, fush, I will help you find
something else to do, young man, with your time. You
don't have to worry about this slave labor of dealing
with drunkards and all that with you anymore. We're going
to get you behind the scenes working at Uber on
the technology side.
Speaker 2 (15:53):
There's something else to this.
Speaker 1 (15:54):
And we're talking about this within the context of ride share,
But if they're doing it for quote unquote taxis, you'd
have to assume shipping trucking.
Speaker 2 (16:04):
That's got to be next.
Speaker 1 (16:06):
It's got to be if only because we know that Tesla,
also in this story, has indicated that it's going to
start an autonomous ride hailing service in Austin as well
in June.
Speaker 2 (16:17):
I think it would be foolish to think that this
is going to be limited.
Speaker 1 (16:19):
To only this small portion of Let's say, instead of
delivering people, it'll also start including delivering goods. It's just
got an extend to that. That's the natural extension of.
Speaker 5 (16:30):
It, and Tesla, to their credit, they are already working
with various cities to roll out the Tesla cyberbuses as well,
to have rowbo buses that will be able to operate
fully functional on city streets. And I remember looking at
some of the story and looking at some of the
technology goes into that is remapping out city grids and
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streets and things like that, and having sensors and arrays
put on various buildings and street lights and every single thing,
so that everywhere one of these autonomous vehicles goes it
will be able to pick up a signal nowhere, to
be able to map out its surroundings all that perfectly.
That's why I said within the next three years, not thirty,
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This is within the next three years.
Speaker 2 (17:16):
This will be the thing.
Speaker 1 (17:18):
Well, hopefully I can stop driving to work and I
don't have to worry about driving from my damn dentist's
office all the way to work. I can let the
autonomous vehicle do that. I just don't know if I'm
ready emotionally to rich my life in one of these
death traps.
Speaker 2 (17:33):
I'm not there yet. You think I'm kidding. I'm being
absolutely SA's stressed. No one has died yet.
Speaker 5 (17:40):
No, there is no yet, No, there is nothing close
someone even the grandmother that was run over.
Speaker 2 (17:45):
Died road rash.
Speaker 1 (17:47):
Okay, just because someone hasn't died yet doesn't mean that
it's not dangerous. Okay.
Speaker 2 (17:53):
If I am six forty, we live everywhere in your
heart RADIOPP.
Speaker 1 (17:55):
When we come back, we want to tell you about
yelp's top one hundred places to eat in the United States.
Speaker 2 (18:02):
In fact, we'll just give you the top ten.
Speaker 1 (18:04):
And yes there's a Los Angeles and California connection.
Speaker 4 (18:08):
You're listening to later with Moe Kelly on demand from
KFI AM six forty.
Speaker 1 (18:14):
Let's check in with yelp's top one hundred places to
eat for twenty twenty five, and yes there's a California
and Los Angeles connection, just to let you know. Coming
in at number twenty three was sun Bliss Cafe and Anaheim.
Number twenty one Guys for Lunch in Roseville. Number eighteen
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is West Coast Cheese Steaks in Glendora. There's Barry Brand
checking in at number fifteen in Tustin. Number fourteen is
Buyer Delhi in San Diego, and number eleven is schlop
One Wings in Long Beach. But here are the top
ten places to eat in the United States according to
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yelp Reviews. And other folks.
Speaker 2 (19:00):
I guess coming.
Speaker 1 (19:05):
In at number ten is Kaya of Orlando, Florida. Don't
let the James Beard recognize fine dining experience and unique
Filipino inspired tasting menu.
Speaker 2 (19:14):
Fool you.
Speaker 1 (19:15):
This Orlando hotspot is also a fun neighborhood restaurant with
comfort food and karaoke.
Speaker 2 (19:21):
Number nine.
Speaker 1 (19:27):
Amy's French Bakery and Bistro in Pompino Beach, Florida. Looking
for great all day breakfast. I love all day breakfast.
I know Mark Hate's all day breakfast, but he's wrong
about most things.
Speaker 2 (19:39):
It leads to anarchy.
Speaker 1 (19:40):
This cozy spot run by husband and wife duo Laurent
and Sylvia Demos, known for maid to order omelets, fresh
baked pastries, and a quote charming, authentic French atmosphere clothes quote. Look,
they had me at all day breakfast. I didn't need
anything else. That's all I need to hear. That's all
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it could be. Forty afternoon, got any pancakes? I don't
know why you hate America. I hate not having the
option of eating breakfast in this case, I think you
hate America.
Speaker 2 (20:12):
Yeah, only in America talk about French restaurant. What are
you talking about?
Speaker 1 (20:16):
That, but it's but when in America, do as Americans? Okay,
I'm waiting for in and Out to appear on the list.
I don't know what you're doing. Okay, that's next that
we're going to talk about In and Out in the
corporate offices. Number eight The Good Salad in Santa Clara, California.
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Choose your own quote unquote green adventure at this takeout
salad spot with extraordinary ratings in a very loyal Silicon Valley.
Following number seven, Lroy not Thie Food in Seattle, Washington.
Speaker 2 (20:55):
Are you familiar with it? Market all? What's the name again?
A R O y in ak Thai food? No, but
you can't swing a cat without hitting a Thai restaurant
in Seattle. They're everywhere. Every block has at least one.
Speaker 1 (21:08):
Forty year old family recipes are the bedrock of this
beloved strip mall taie spot in North Seattle, run by
owner Patty Alcorn, her brothers whose name I cannot pronounce
and matriarch I cannot pronounce. This is Thana than not
a form th h A n A t p h
O r n I.
Speaker 2 (21:28):
It's the god of death. Maybe you better skip that one.
Speaker 1 (21:31):
That was number seven of the top one hundred places
to eat in America according to YELP. Number six Wally's
Cafe in Rockland, California. After his original Emeryville restaurant landed
on yelp top one hundred lists a decade ago, Walid
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Wally Matar is now marking another splash from his Rockland location,
where he personally serves up home cooked Mile Eastern dishes,
making new and longtime fans feel welcome, specifically Lebanese food.
Coming in at number five, schis Arepa Kitchen in Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
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Step up to this tiny food truck and you'll find
a solid menu of Latin American arepas filled with goodies
like honey roasted barbecue, pork and grilled chicken in Chimmyturi.
Sibling owners Diego and Louis Guirros credit their recipes to
Grandma Chiya, for whom the place is named. And let's
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get to the top four best places to eat in
America according to YELP.
Speaker 2 (22:46):
Here's number four.
Speaker 1 (22:52):
Phenomenal in National City, and that's p h O n
O M E n A L like fuh the beef ribs.
This Cambodian style spot are slow cooked for so long
the meat literally slides off the bone. The unique slightly
sweet broth is a Cambodian family recipe that co owner
and chef Ming Tathani has perfected over thirty years. Lines
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get long at this San Diego area hotspot, which also
landed the number one spot on Yelp's Top twenty five
spots in the US.
Speaker 2 (23:25):
Number three.
Speaker 1 (23:32):
D Babel de second word bab El like the Tower
of Babbel. Scottsdale, Arizona. Authentic Middle Eastern cuisine. Quote made
with the same love and care as it was for
generations in our household clothes. Quote that's the secret to
their to the Scottsdale's stunner five star success, according to
Jordanian born owner Marjuan Kandil on Yelp's Top one hundred
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list for the third year in a row, coming in
at number two of the top one hundred restaurants and
places to eat in the United States. According to yelp,
Twisted Euros, Hillsboro, Oregon. Have you ever had a euro before?
Speaker 2 (24:15):
Mark? Yeah, they're good. I think I've had one. I
wasn't bowled over by it, but you know, it's okay.
Speaker 1 (24:22):
Get your euros with a global twist at this viral
food truck turned brick and mortar restaurant west of Portland.
Glowing five star reviews praise the entire fusion menu, from
Korean beef to Jamaican inspired mango habernaro chicken, as well
as the ability to customize your euro as a salad,
rice bowl or in a traditional peda, and number one
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the best place to eat in the United States according
to YELP. Whole Box right here in Los Angeles, California,
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name for an island off the Yukaton Peninsula, and we
spell that holbox ok in there. Yeah, yes, okay, Stephan
isn't paying attention. But I would have given you. I
would have given it to you. I expected nothing. Whole
Whole box box here in La name for an island
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off the Yucatan Peninsula where chef owner Gilberto Setina was born.
Whole box, and they say it's pronounced hole bosh. I'm
going with whole box. Is it casual Mexican spot where
guests light up for as long as an hour to
taste quote some of the freshest seafood around. Located in
a bustling La food hall It's standing continues to rise
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among Yelp diners, with one thousand plus five star reviews
and previous appearances on yelp list of Top one hundred
seafood spots and Top twenty sevich spots. The quote unquote
amazing Coastal Fair has received multiple other honors, including a
Michelin Star and James Beard Award finalist nod from Chef
for Chef Hilberto Whole Bosh.
Speaker 2 (26:13):
How many of the little dollar signs next to that restaurant?
Speaker 1 (26:16):
It doesn't say? I bet it's four. You think it's
super expensive. It sounds expensive. Let's look it up because
you said the word Michelin. That kind of equals I
can't afford it. Really, I think.
Speaker 2 (26:26):
You're selling yourself short. You know where I work, you
know they can hear you.
Speaker 4 (26:31):
Right.
Speaker 2 (26:31):
Oh wait, well then maybe they'll offer me a generous raise.
Speaker 1 (26:35):
Whole Bosh restaurant price counter seating only one hundred and
thirty dollars per guest, whoo plus tax and an eighteen
percent service charge. Okay, then in and out it is,
and that's coming up next. KFI AM six forty we
live everywhere in the iHeartRadio app.
Speaker 4 (26:54):
You're listening to Later with Moe Kelly on demand from
KFI AM six forty.
Speaker 1 (27:00):
I love In and Out, I really do. I have
it almost never, let me be clear, because I don't
eat a lot of red meat anymore, but when I do,
oh boy, In and Out is usually the top choice.
Speaker 2 (27:15):
I love the food.
Speaker 1 (27:18):
And if you know anything about In and Out, they're
not on the East Coast. They're more regional and they
started off in Baldwin Park, founded in nineteen forty eight.
It is a southern California institution. Maybe you've seen the story.
There was some confusion earlier today. People were unclear as
far as what In and Out was planning to do.
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Some people, and I've seen it posted on social media
and they were misinterpreting the story, posting that In and.
Speaker 2 (27:45):
Out was leaving California.
Speaker 1 (27:47):
They were picking up and closing their Irvine corporate office
and leaving the Tennessee Yes kind of so not really.
What is actually going to happen is In and Out
is planning to consolidate its western corporate offices under one
roof in Baldwin Park. They're going to shutter their Irvine facility.
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But that's probably not going to happen until twenty twenty nine.
So what we're talking about right now is not right
around the corner. It's twenty twenty five, and we're talking
about the Irvine office closing in twenty twenty nine, and
most of these employees will be relocated to the Baldwyn
Park office. But in addition to that, in addition, there's
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going to be a new Eastern Territory office in Franklin, Tennessee,
and that location is expected to open in late twenty
twenty six. And that obviously means if you're going to
be in the south of the United States or in
the eastern portion of the United States. Even know Tennessee
it lies in two different time zones, in and Out
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is expanding. It's a reasonable asumption that they're expanding to
the rest of the country. And I don't know if
Mark knew that we were going to be talking about
this story next, but when you said in and out,
I couldn't help but agree because regardless of what YELP
may say, going back to our last aeg'men talking about
the top one hundred places to eat in the United States,
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in and Out's on my top one hundred lists.
Speaker 2 (29:21):
It's not bad. I do not like fast food, and
I don't eat very much of it, but when I do,
that's the go to do.
Speaker 1 (29:28):
They have in and out in Washington. State of Washington.
I don't think so. No, I don't think so. You know,
I wasn't exactly sure. Maybe they open one in Portland, Oregon.
I think the furthest they go they went was like,
wasn't that one that people waited twelve hours? Like in Colorado? Oh,
here we go. In and Out Burger plans to open
its first Washington location this year in Ridgefield.
Speaker 2 (29:51):
I don't even know where that is.
Speaker 1 (29:53):
They say it's in Washington, Okay, so you know it's
going to be in the Union Ridge town Center just
north of Vancouver.
Speaker 2 (30:01):
I don't, oh Vancouver, Okay, So that's in the southern
part of the state. Okay.
Speaker 1 (30:05):
Thank you for letting us know. Idea, the Oregon border
right right by Portland. See, I knew you were useful
for something. I just couldn't figure out what exactly. It's
a narrow range of things. And in the state of
Oregon they have a bunch they have locations and is
it Keyser k e i z e er Medford Grants
Pass and Roseberg. I knew they had some in Oregon,
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but in and Out pretty much owns the West Coast
when it comes to burgers as far as I'm concerned.
I had what a Burger a few years ago when
I was in El Paso, Texas.
Speaker 2 (30:40):
Not a fan, I'm not a fat Burger. We keep
driving past those, and I'm not curious enough to stop.
I'm just not. I'm less and less willing to play
like intestinal Roulette with new places until I find somebody
else who's founded first.
Speaker 1 (30:54):
Yeah, fat burger is a very much an la thing,
and not everyone loves fat Burger like I love fat Burger.
I haven't had it in years, but it's not because
I don't like it. It's just that once not around me,
and I have to be very intentional if I'm trying
to find a fat Burger or go to fat Burger.
There's one in Torrents, the last one I went to,
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but it's not for everyone. I don't think it's great.
I think it's fries are great. They have the steak
fries there.
Speaker 2 (31:20):
Oh, I like those. What about five guys if you
had five guys? Not memorable.
Speaker 1 (31:24):
I've had it, don't remember it, you know, I've had
hamburger habit, habit, don't remember it really, Yeah, it's got
to stick out. Sorry it didn't stick out? Wow, what
is your go to? I was, Oh, well, no, in
and out it's always top. But I like five guys
that's pretty solid and their fries are pretty good.
Speaker 2 (31:44):
Yeah, I've been.
Speaker 1 (31:45):
But I don't remember, so as far as I'm concerned,
it didn't happen. And the habit kind of reminds me
of almost like a in and out cousin. I would say,
it's got a solid patty, it's really fresh, and the
fries I don't remember.
Speaker 2 (32:02):
But the burgers it's super good. I've had habit. It's
not it.
Speaker 1 (32:05):
I'm not real high on in and outs fries, but
when it comes to their burgers, I really really like
them a lot. And I will go out of my
way if I'm in the mood to sit in that
line with my car to get one. Now, if it's
in a daytime, we're not too late, I'll just go
ahead and park and walk in. More times than not,
it's quicker to walk in and order your food than
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waiting in that line of cars. You're the guy who
does that. No, I'm serious, I will do that. When
I was living in the Harbor City area, I would
go to the one it's I guess it's in Carson.
I think it's onlike it's that border between I think
I know what you're talking about. Yeah, it's like figaroa
maybe Western or something like that, like falls between main Yeah,
it falls right in between. Or if I'm doing something
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with my mom and I'm on that side of town,
I would stop at the want on Hawthorne Boulevard right
around it's around Torrents Boulevard.
Speaker 2 (32:58):
I know where that is.
Speaker 1 (32:58):
Yeah, And that's the wall of cars extending back like
two blocks because it's such a bit. And they opened
a what is that place, the Chicken Place, Big b
or I don't know it by the UFC Gym. Yeah, yeah, yeah,
that's the one. But you know, hey, now you got
the hybrid.
Speaker 2 (33:15):
Yeah. But I keep coming across Instagram videos of people
with their peculiar in and out orders that are just
these odd combos that you can ask for that aren't
necessarily on the medium that you see. Have you ordered
any of that stuff? Because some of it looks not
it looks pretty good, but it also looks like you
need a complete silkwood shower.
Speaker 1 (33:37):
After you eat it, I can say that I've never
ordered anything off the Hidden Menu in my life. I'm
not doing animal Style. I'm not doing this. Just just
give me a number one, you know, and that's it.
Speaker 2 (33:48):
Yeah, Like, give me the animal style double double with
extra peppers and a beach towel. I need a beach
towel and none of that protein. Stop. I've never done it.
I've never done it in my life. Absolutely, this is
some hardcore trippery.
Speaker 1 (34:03):
Trippery, but we can all agree that the burgers are good, right, yes, but.
Speaker 2 (34:06):
You've got to get it off the menu. Mustard fried?
What's that mean? I think we've talked about that before.
I don't know what that mean.
Speaker 5 (34:12):
Yes, that is when they slather your patty in mustard
and then fry it up and crystal pickles and put
it all on this delicious. How does that taste any
different from just putting mustard on it when it's ready?
Speaker 2 (34:26):
No?
Speaker 5 (34:26):
No, no no, no, it's cooked in it, it's f it's
it's try and mark, and then you'll say, oh, berg.
Speaker 2 (34:34):
Fried mustard is pretty low on my list of things
I need to do right away. Mark, When you try it.
You will get mustard fried every single time. I'll just
want everything in my life mustard. I say, you know what,
let me get that lemonade mustard fried.
Speaker 1 (34:51):
H I don't think so, but it's sus you know what.
Anyone is gonna go out and get us some in
and out. Now we have the nice exercise la, so
we're not gonna eat it. We're not gonna eat it
in front of her, but we need to have some
in and out. When you had in and out when
I wasn't here, I don't know who was filling in
for me.
Speaker 2 (35:10):
That was That was me and Mark. Oh yeah, so
where did you Where did you get the food from?
Speaker 5 (35:15):
I got it from over there by Universal Studios. Well
that's not close. No, that's what I'm saying. It's not close.
I was on my way this direction, and I was
thinking to myself, Man, I know what the fellas could
use tonight.
Speaker 2 (35:29):
In and out.
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KFI. Mister Kelly, It's later with mo Kelly. We are
alive everywhere on the iHeartRadio app pretty good day of rain.
Let me tell you a pretty good day of rain.
And I was stuck in it all day long. I
had to drive from one side of the city where
I live to the other side of the city where
my dentist is. It was dentist day. It was dental
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cleaning day. You know, when you wake up and you
look at the counter, I gotta go to the dentist,
and I can. I can say this that Mark Ronner understands.
You start getting that that stress, that apprehension, that foreboding
feeling that you're gonna have to go and sit in
the dentist's chair. And regardless of how much you brush
your teeth, regardless of how how strongly you have tried
(01:07):
to adhere to the oral health regiment set forth by
your dentist, you don't know what type of report you're
going to get. I thought I'd been doing real well.
In fact, I knew I had been doing very well.
But in the back of my mind, you just don't know.
So I drove through the right Excuse me, I drove
through the rain all the way to Torrance, and that's about,
(01:28):
I don't know, fifteen miles from where I live. And
I sat down in the waiting room and they didn't
make me wait long, said Moe, come on back, which
was good because it's around two o'clock and I hope
to get out by three o'clock so I can get
on the road. It was going to be at least
an hour and forty five minutes maybe two hours to
drive from Torrance to Burbank.
Speaker 2 (01:47):
Got in a chair, had a different doctor.
Speaker 1 (01:51):
There are a different dentist at doctor Mellard's office in Torrance.
Doctor Brown was working on my teeth today. And you
know how they make these, and you don't know how
to take It's like, oh, oh interesting, What what do
you mean?
Speaker 2 (02:07):
What's interesting? What are you trying to say?
Speaker 1 (02:09):
I'm gonna say you have to pull out sixteeth, ten teeth?
Are you saying that this is the worst that you've
ever seen? Is it the best that you've ever seen?
And that was after they took the X rays. And
if you've ever taken X rays at the dentist's office,
they can take forever for freakin' ever.
Speaker 2 (02:27):
Well, there's one more thing about the X rays. In
the year of Our Lord twenty twenty five, can they
get something that feels a little more comfortable in your mouth?
For God's sake? No, it hurts.
Speaker 1 (02:36):
It's cutting my mouth up left and right. And not
only that, I'm thinking, like, okay, I want to be
back in ten years talking about how I have cancer
all over my body because of the X rays. It
took like fifteen different X rays, no exaggeration. I said,
that can't be good. I don't care if you have
a lead apron over me, it can't be good. And
(02:57):
the apron isn't covering my mouth where you're taking the
X It doesn't help that they race out of the
room either.
Speaker 2 (03:03):
Right, Wait a.
Speaker 1 (03:03):
Minute, So you're obviously concerned about the X rays and
you're not even in the direction of them. But I'm
supposed to be not unconcerned because I have a lead
apron over a portion of me.
Speaker 2 (03:16):
I don't know about you, Mark.
Speaker 1 (03:17):
Whenever I'm in the dentist's office and I'm getting the
X rays, I make sure my hands are under the apron.
I'll try to pull up my feet. I close my
eyes as if that's going to make any difference. But
still you know, your whole mouth and head are exposed,
so you're going to turn into what the fly something
like that, I'm quite sure, or maybe the hulk one
of the two.
Speaker 2 (03:35):
Well, just the hulks had though the rest of the
leader normal size. Yeah, the leaders.
Speaker 1 (03:39):
These are all the things which were actually cascading through
my mind. Is like, am I going to be diagnosed
with mouth cancer in like four years or so? Anyhow,
I had a good gentle report to mister Kelly. You've
obviously been brushing and flossing, and keep it up. Keep
up the good work. We can see that you're doing this,
and you do in that and also continue this. We
(04:02):
have to watch out for this on this tooth and everything.
It's like can I go?
Speaker 2 (04:05):
Can I go?
Speaker 1 (04:06):
Look, I'm tapping my watch, gotta go, gotta go. I
gotta get on the road. I get on the road
and I turn on the GPS. It's not that I
don't know how to get to the office. I just
need to see the bad news of how long it's
going to take me to get to the office. It's
really started raining and the GPS wants me from Torrents
to get on the four or five go back down south.
(04:29):
In other words, backtrack down to the one ten freeway
if you know the South Bay to then get on
the one ten North going up to downtown. It gives
me an extra twenty minutes on the drives, Like, no,
I'll just take surface streets down to the one ten,
which I did, and I get on the one ten,
and it says an hour and twenty five minutes, an
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hour and twenty five minutes.
Speaker 2 (04:51):
And that's assuming it.
Speaker 1 (04:53):
Doesn't increase as I'm traveling, because each I would say,
each ten to fifteen minutes that you're on the road.
After like two o'clock, more and more people are on
the road, it just gets progressively worse. So the next
I can know, it's like four thirty. I'm trying to
get through downtown. Four freaking thirty. At this point, I'm
just pulling my hair out of my head and I
don't have a lot up there. I was really really stressing,
(05:16):
and no, I was thinking like a just relax oosa
and I felt better. And then another forty minutes fast,
I was steal in my car. It was driving me crazy.
Do you prep in any way for the dentist for
anxiety or anything like that? I used to, I don't anymore. Well,
(05:37):
let me put it this way. If I know I'm
having a procedure done as opposed to a general cleaning,
yes I will prep. I will take a ben a
drill or something like that. Oh, a benadrill, the heavy stuff. Okay,
Oh yeah, I need to be Look, they're not going
to sedate me. They're not really going to give me anything.
So I wanna give myself something.
Speaker 2 (05:57):
Yeah. I think my dentist must be Mormon or something
because he doesn't give me anything. Why I think he's
against anything that's gonna calm me down or deal with
the pain afterward. I had a procedure myself a couple
of weeks ago and it hurt like hell for days afterwards.
And he's like, yeah, just just take an ibuprof, And
I'm like, ibuprofen? Are you kidding me? Same with me.
Speaker 1 (06:19):
They'll give me some ibuprofen or something. It's basically aspirin
or ibuprofen. Yeah, in a minute, that's not going to
do a job. I can get this at home, in fact,
already have it at home. I need some extra extra
extra strength stuff when I put in this tooth implant,
That's what I need is some real good stuff. So
col Tom, let's have the good stuff, you know. And
(06:40):
I don't get any of the good stuff. It's not
like they're gonna knock me out. I get no benefits.
I have to remember it. I have to deal with
it and live through all of it. I have dental anxiety, anxiety,
and I've had it for all my life. One because
I've had a lot of dental work done over the years.
I wish I could find the pictures that if I can,
I'll actually actually posted on Instagram. I had really buck
(07:02):
teeth when I was growing up. I mean it was
like really bad. And I'm still glad I did not
grow up in the world of social media because it
was really embarrassingly bad, like cartoonish bad. And this was
back before the dentures. Yes, yes, this is before the dentures.
So I want to say this was maybe seventy seven
(07:24):
or so.
Speaker 2 (07:25):
And I did too. Actually I had like bugs bunny
buck teeth, but I got in so many fights that
they were kind of shaved and broken down.
Speaker 1 (07:33):
No, and I had an old school family and my
mother wanted to get me braces, but my father's mother
was against it, and she was saying, well, if God
wanted me to have straight teeth, I would have been
born with straight teeth.
Speaker 2 (07:48):
I always liked that story.
Speaker 1 (07:52):
And I said something smart and almost got the taste
knocked out of my mouth. And I said something like
to why do you wear glasses? That didn't go over Well,
I don't because children aren't supposed to be heard, only seen.
And I was pushing back on someone who's a good
fifty years older than me getting smart, and little does
(08:13):
she know, that's who I was going to be my
whole life, a smartass.
Speaker 2 (08:17):
Unless you're a Vulcan child, you are not meant to
employ logic against the adults. No, And also, gosh, all
this stuff is coming back to me. Also, when I
was a young child, I had to wear these braces
on my legs because both my feet were severely pigeon toed,
so I had my legs corrected, my teeth corrected. I'm
(08:38):
blind as a bat, but somehow I'm like a bonic
man now, defying the will of God. Absolutely, just across
the board.
Speaker 1 (08:45):
Absolutely, because if I if my father's mother had her way,
I would not be the person I am today.
Speaker 2 (08:53):
Put it that way, put it that way. I would
like to see an artist composite of the alternate mode.
I will see if I can find it.
Speaker 1 (09:00):
I know there's some pictures of me where in these
leg braces they're like, I mean, there are actual braces
to straighten out my feet, And I know I have
some pictures of me before I had braces of mouth
braces in the early seventies. It was a different dude. Oh,
I was a different dude backfit.
Speaker 2 (09:17):
Are you familiar with an old Rock Hudson movie directed
by John Frankeneimer called Seconds I Am Not. This always
fascinates me. It's one of my touchstones for how different
people can look because it's about a guy who's like
an old, balding pawnche guy who transforms into Rock Hudson.
And like, especially now that we're at the age where
we can see people we graduated with who we barely
(09:39):
recognize anymore, it's fascinating to see the alternate versions of
all of us. Yeah, and it's weird. You make a
great point.
Speaker 1 (09:45):
Before we go to break, I am running into people
that I've known my whole life that I don't recognize anymore,
not at all, because I may have gone to high
school with him or her or them. But that was
a good thirty eight years ago. You know, we're all very,
very physically different people. Some of us have aged better
(10:07):
than others. Some of us have hair, some of us
don't have hair. Some of us have teeth, some of
us don't have teeth. Some of us have had kids,
some of us have not had kids. Just you know,
the stresses of life are very different. What are we
gonna say.
Speaker 3 (10:21):
We have the technology, We have the capability to make
the world's first bionic man.
Speaker 2 (10:32):
Steve Austin buck to that man.
Speaker 3 (10:36):
Bet everybody was before, better, stronger.
Speaker 2 (10:51):
Can't I A six forty.
Speaker 1 (10:52):
We want to talk about way Mo, Lift, grobo taxis
and more. They're going all over the country. Now we'll
have that four next.
Speaker 4 (11:00):
You're listening to Later with Moe Kelly on demand from
KFI AM six forty.
Speaker 1 (11:06):
I have bad news for Stephan. He is going to
be out of the job very very soon. I'm not
talking about KI, I'm talking about his job as a
ride share driver. Lift is going to launch robotaxis as
soon as next year. Do you hear me, Stephan? Your
driving days are almost over their numbered? Oh and Waimo
(11:31):
Waimo prepares to launch a commercial robotaxi service of its
own with Uber, and they're going to start in Austin, Texas,
and they're going to follow it up with Atlanta.
Speaker 2 (11:44):
That's the first part of the story.
Speaker 1 (11:45):
So robotaxis are going to be integrated with ride share.
So if you thought that Waimo was just going to
be on this island all by itself, no, they're trying
to take over the full ride share business.
Speaker 5 (12:01):
I want to make sure I heard you correctly. Both
Lift and Waymo are now partnering and spreading their wings
to expand robo taxi services across this country, not just
hearing this little enclave called Los Angeles, across the country.
The technology is being readied beyond our borders here.
Speaker 2 (12:22):
Well. Two things.
Speaker 1 (12:22):
Two things, the robotaxis are going to be going into
more cities. As far as Lift is concerned using robotaxis,
that's not going to be until next year. But Weimo
to your point, they're going to be expanding its service
in Austin and Atlanta, and they've already started with San
(12:44):
Diego I think two weeks ago as far as experimenting.
So there's one thing. There's Weimo expanding in and of itself.
And also WEIMO partnering with uber that's the other part
of it. Two incredible.
Speaker 5 (13:00):
News items that I think should have been first and foremost.
I like how you try to bury them in the
second segment. My dental life is much more important than
way more I understand. I understand we had to make
sure that your mouth and your teeth that are okay.
Speaker 1 (13:17):
All.
Speaker 5 (13:17):
What I say here is that this is yet more
proof positive from the last conversation we had. I think
it was maybe just a week ago, I was hearing
things like we're not ready. It's not about to happen
in our lifetime. Maybe in the next thirty years, No,
in the next three years. Mo in the next three years,
it will be nationwide.
Speaker 2 (13:38):
Let me explain this to you.
Speaker 1 (13:39):
You may not know, but Tiffany Hobbs of the viral
Load has been tagging you and me to various videos
of way Moo cars tripping, which informs my point that
just because something is coming or something is here, it
doesn't mean that it's ready for prime time. It's not
quite ready for prime time. There are a lot of
instances where you can see technology come out and it's
(14:02):
not quite ready or the infrastructure is not quite ready. Yes,
it's expanding, that doesn't mean that it's ready. No.
Speaker 2 (14:09):
Look, I don't want to hear about these.
Speaker 5 (14:12):
Felonious posts that mis Hobbs is putting up to try
to shame and wag her anti technology finger at technology
going to marry you. So look, all I am trying
to say is that with the expansion of robo taxi
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services writ large, comes the expansion of the infrastructure of
cities across the country. Where is this latest way Mo
slander story that came out A Way Mo was stuck
at a traffic light that was out and did not
want to do something crazy and.
Speaker 2 (14:52):
Just drive on through. It ran the light. What we're
talking about? It did no, No, it did not know.
That's a different story. There's another story.
Speaker 1 (14:56):
There's that story that Tiffany sent us, And there was
another one where Away Mood didn't know how to handle
some other traffic incursion and so it ended up running
alike traffic schmapphic.
Speaker 2 (15:09):
Okay.
Speaker 5 (15:10):
What we're talking about is the fact that cities across
the country, Austin pretty big, Atlanta pretty big, they are
enhancing and refurbishing and retrograding and upgrading all of their
infrastructure on city streets to make sure that robotaxis will
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have safe passageway. Look, fush, I will help you find
something else to do, young man, with your time. You
don't have to worry about this slave labor of dealing
with drunkards and all that with you anymore. We're going
to get you behind the scenes working at Uber on
the technology side.
Speaker 2 (15:53):
There's something else to this.
Speaker 1 (15:54):
And we're talking about this within the context of ride share,
But if they're doing it for quote unquote taxis, you'd
have to assume shipping trucking.
Speaker 2 (16:04):
That's got to be next.
Speaker 1 (16:06):
It's got to be if only because we know that Tesla,
also in this story, has indicated that it's going to
start an autonomous ride hailing service in Austin as well
in June.
Speaker 2 (16:17):
I think it would be foolish to think that this
is going to be limited.
Speaker 1 (16:19):
To only this small portion of Let's say, instead of
delivering people, it'll also start including delivering goods. It's just
got an extend to that. That's the natural extension of.
Speaker 5 (16:30):
It, and Tesla, to their credit, they are already working
with various cities to roll out the Tesla cyberbuses as well,
to have rowbo buses that will be able to operate
fully functional on city streets. And I remember looking at
some of the story and looking at some of the
technology goes into that is remapping out city grids and
(16:54):
streets and things like that, and having sensors and arrays
put on various buildings and street lights and every single thing,
so that everywhere one of these autonomous vehicles goes it
will be able to pick up a signal nowhere, to
be able to map out its surroundings all that perfectly.
That's why I said within the next three years, not thirty,
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This is within the next three years.
Speaker 2 (17:16):
This will be the thing.
Speaker 1 (17:18):
Well, hopefully I can stop driving to work and I
don't have to worry about driving from my damn dentist's
office all the way to work. I can let the
autonomous vehicle do that. I just don't know if I'm
ready emotionally to rich my life in one of these
death traps.
Speaker 2 (17:33):
I'm not there yet. You think I'm kidding. I'm being
absolutely SA's stressed. No one has died yet.
Speaker 5 (17:40):
No, there is no yet, No, there is nothing close
someone even the grandmother that was run over.
Speaker 2 (17:45):
Died road rash.
Speaker 1 (17:47):
Okay, just because someone hasn't died yet doesn't mean that
it's not dangerous. Okay.
Speaker 2 (17:53):
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When we come back, we want to tell you about
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In fact, we'll just give you the top ten.
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Speaker 4 (18:08):
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KFI AM six forty.
Speaker 1 (18:14):
Let's check in with yelp's top one hundred places to
eat for twenty twenty five, and yes there's a California
and Los Angeles connection, just to let you know. Coming
in at number twenty three was sun Bliss Cafe and Anaheim.
Number twenty one Guys for Lunch in Roseville. Number eighteen
(18:35):
is West Coast Cheese Steaks in Glendora. There's Barry Brand
checking in at number fifteen in Tustin. Number fourteen is
Buyer Delhi in San Diego, and number eleven is schlop
One Wings in Long Beach. But here are the top
ten places to eat in the United States according to
(18:57):
yelp Reviews. And other folks.
Speaker 2 (19:00):
I guess coming.
Speaker 1 (19:05):
In at number ten is Kaya of Orlando, Florida. Don't
let the James Beard recognize fine dining experience and unique
Filipino inspired tasting menu.
Speaker 2 (19:14):
Fool you.
Speaker 1 (19:15):
This Orlando hotspot is also a fun neighborhood restaurant with
comfort food and karaoke.
Speaker 2 (19:21):
Number nine.
Speaker 1 (19:27):
Amy's French Bakery and Bistro in Pompino Beach, Florida. Looking
for great all day breakfast. I love all day breakfast.
I know Mark Hate's all day breakfast, but he's wrong
about most things.
Speaker 2 (19:39):
It leads to anarchy.
Speaker 1 (19:40):
This cozy spot run by husband and wife duo Laurent
and Sylvia Demos, known for maid to order omelets, fresh
baked pastries, and a quote charming, authentic French atmosphere clothes quote. Look,
they had me at all day breakfast. I didn't need
anything else. That's all I need to hear. That's all
(20:01):
it could be. Forty afternoon, got any pancakes? I don't
know why you hate America. I hate not having the
option of eating breakfast in this case, I think you
hate America.
Speaker 2 (20:12):
Yeah, only in America talk about French restaurant. What are
you talking about?
Speaker 1 (20:16):
That, but it's but when in America, do as Americans? Okay,
I'm waiting for in and Out to appear on the list.
I don't know what you're doing. Okay, that's next that
we're going to talk about In and Out in the
corporate offices. Number eight The Good Salad in Santa Clara, California.
(20:37):
Choose your own quote unquote green adventure at this takeout
salad spot with extraordinary ratings in a very loyal Silicon Valley.
Following number seven, Lroy not Thie Food in Seattle, Washington.
Speaker 2 (20:55):
Are you familiar with it? Market all? What's the name again?
A R O y in ak Thai food? No, but
you can't swing a cat without hitting a Thai restaurant
in Seattle. They're everywhere. Every block has at least one.
Speaker 1 (21:08):
Forty year old family recipes are the bedrock of this
beloved strip mall taie spot in North Seattle, run by
owner Patty Alcorn, her brothers whose name I cannot pronounce
and matriarch I cannot pronounce. This is Thana than not
a form th h A n A t p h
O r n I.
Speaker 2 (21:28):
It's the god of death. Maybe you better skip that one.
Speaker 1 (21:31):
That was number seven of the top one hundred places
to eat in America according to YELP. Number six Wally's
Cafe in Rockland, California. After his original Emeryville restaurant landed
on yelp top one hundred lists a decade ago, Walid
(21:53):
Wally Matar is now marking another splash from his Rockland location,
where he personally serves up home cooked Mile Eastern dishes,
making new and longtime fans feel welcome, specifically Lebanese food.
Coming in at number five, schis Arepa Kitchen in Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
(22:18):
Step up to this tiny food truck and you'll find
a solid menu of Latin American arepas filled with goodies
like honey roasted barbecue, pork and grilled chicken in Chimmyturi.
Sibling owners Diego and Louis Guirros credit their recipes to
Grandma Chiya, for whom the place is named. And let's
(22:40):
get to the top four best places to eat in
America according to YELP.
Speaker 2 (22:46):
Here's number four.
Speaker 1 (22:52):
Phenomenal in National City, and that's p h O n
O M E n A L like fuh the beef ribs.
This Cambodian style spot are slow cooked for so long
the meat literally slides off the bone. The unique slightly
sweet broth is a Cambodian family recipe that co owner
and chef Ming Tathani has perfected over thirty years. Lines
(23:16):
get long at this San Diego area hotspot, which also
landed the number one spot on Yelp's Top twenty five
spots in the US.
Speaker 2 (23:25):
Number three.
Speaker 1 (23:32):
D Babel de second word bab El like the Tower
of Babbel. Scottsdale, Arizona. Authentic Middle Eastern cuisine. Quote made
with the same love and care as it was for
generations in our household clothes. Quote that's the secret to
their to the Scottsdale's stunner five star success, according to
Jordanian born owner Marjuan Kandil on Yelp's Top one hundred
(23:56):
list for the third year in a row, coming in
at number two of the top one hundred restaurants and
places to eat in the United States. According to yelp,
Twisted Euros, Hillsboro, Oregon. Have you ever had a euro before?
Speaker 2 (24:15):
Mark? Yeah, they're good. I think I've had one. I
wasn't bowled over by it, but you know, it's okay.
Speaker 1 (24:22):
Get your euros with a global twist at this viral
food truck turned brick and mortar restaurant west of Portland.
Glowing five star reviews praise the entire fusion menu, from
Korean beef to Jamaican inspired mango habernaro chicken, as well
as the ability to customize your euro as a salad,
rice bowl or in a traditional peda, and number one
(24:45):
the best place to eat in the United States according
to YELP. Whole Box right here in Los Angeles, California,
(25:06):
name for an island off the Yukaton Peninsula, and we
spell that holbox ok in there. Yeah, yes, okay, Stephan
isn't paying attention. But I would have given you. I
would have given it to you. I expected nothing. Whole
Whole box box here in La name for an island
(25:27):
off the Yucatan Peninsula where chef owner Gilberto Setina was born.
Whole box, and they say it's pronounced hole bosh. I'm
going with whole box. Is it casual Mexican spot where
guests light up for as long as an hour to
taste quote some of the freshest seafood around. Located in
a bustling La food hall It's standing continues to rise
(25:50):
among Yelp diners, with one thousand plus five star reviews
and previous appearances on yelp list of Top one hundred
seafood spots and Top twenty sevich spots. The quote unquote
amazing Coastal Fair has received multiple other honors, including a
Michelin Star and James Beard Award finalist nod from Chef
for Chef Hilberto Whole Bosh.
Speaker 2 (26:13):
How many of the little dollar signs next to that restaurant?
Speaker 1 (26:16):
It doesn't say? I bet it's four. You think it's
super expensive. It sounds expensive. Let's look it up because
you said the word Michelin. That kind of equals I
can't afford it. Really, I think.
Speaker 2 (26:26):
You're selling yourself short. You know where I work, you
know they can hear you.
Speaker 4 (26:31):
Right.
Speaker 2 (26:31):
Oh wait, well then maybe they'll offer me a generous raise.
Speaker 1 (26:35):
Whole Bosh restaurant price counter seating only one hundred and
thirty dollars per guest, whoo plus tax and an eighteen
percent service charge. Okay, then in and out it is,
and that's coming up next. KFI AM six forty we
live everywhere in the iHeartRadio app.
Speaker 4 (26:54):
You're listening to Later with Moe Kelly on demand from
KFI AM six forty.
Speaker 1 (27:00):
I love In and Out, I really do. I have
it almost never, let me be clear, because I don't
eat a lot of red meat anymore, but when I do,
oh boy, In and Out is usually the top choice.
Speaker 2 (27:15):
I love the food.
Speaker 1 (27:18):
And if you know anything about In and Out, they're
not on the East Coast. They're more regional and they
started off in Baldwin Park, founded in nineteen forty eight.
It is a southern California institution. Maybe you've seen the story.
There was some confusion earlier today. People were unclear as
far as what In and Out was planning to do.
(27:39):
Some people, and I've seen it posted on social media
and they were misinterpreting the story, posting that In and.
Speaker 2 (27:45):
Out was leaving California.
Speaker 1 (27:47):
They were picking up and closing their Irvine corporate office
and leaving the Tennessee Yes kind of so not really.
What is actually going to happen is In and Out
is planning to consolidate its western corporate offices under one
roof in Baldwin Park. They're going to shutter their Irvine facility.
(28:14):
But that's probably not going to happen until twenty twenty nine.
So what we're talking about right now is not right
around the corner. It's twenty twenty five, and we're talking
about the Irvine office closing in twenty twenty nine, and
most of these employees will be relocated to the Baldwyn
Park office. But in addition to that, in addition, there's
(28:36):
going to be a new Eastern Territory office in Franklin, Tennessee,
and that location is expected to open in late twenty
twenty six. And that obviously means if you're going to
be in the south of the United States or in
the eastern portion of the United States. Even know Tennessee
it lies in two different time zones, in and Out
(28:58):
is expanding. It's a reasonable asumption that they're expanding to
the rest of the country. And I don't know if
Mark knew that we were going to be talking about
this story next, but when you said in and out,
I couldn't help but agree because regardless of what YELP
may say, going back to our last aeg'men talking about
the top one hundred places to eat in the United States,
(29:19):
in and Out's on my top one hundred lists.
Speaker 2 (29:21):
It's not bad. I do not like fast food, and
I don't eat very much of it, but when I do,
that's the go to do.
Speaker 1 (29:28):
They have in and out in Washington. State of Washington.
I don't think so. No, I don't think so. You know,
I wasn't exactly sure. Maybe they open one in Portland, Oregon.
I think the furthest they go they went was like,
wasn't that one that people waited twelve hours? Like in Colorado? Oh,
here we go. In and Out Burger plans to open
its first Washington location this year in Ridgefield.
Speaker 2 (29:51):
I don't even know where that is.
Speaker 1 (29:53):
They say it's in Washington, Okay, so you know it's
going to be in the Union Ridge town Center just
north of Vancouver.
Speaker 2 (30:01):
I don't, oh Vancouver, Okay, So that's in the southern
part of the state. Okay.
Speaker 1 (30:05):
Thank you for letting us know. Idea, the Oregon border
right right by Portland. See, I knew you were useful
for something. I just couldn't figure out what exactly. It's
a narrow range of things. And in the state of
Oregon they have a bunch they have locations and is
it Keyser k e i z e er Medford Grants
Pass and Roseberg. I knew they had some in Oregon,
(30:28):
but in and Out pretty much owns the West Coast
when it comes to burgers as far as I'm concerned.
I had what a Burger a few years ago when
I was in El Paso, Texas.
Speaker 2 (30:40):
Not a fan, I'm not a fat Burger. We keep
driving past those, and I'm not curious enough to stop.
I'm just not. I'm less and less willing to play
like intestinal Roulette with new places until I find somebody
else who's founded first.
Speaker 1 (30:54):
Yeah, fat burger is a very much an la thing,
and not everyone loves fat Burger like I love fat Burger.
I haven't had it in years, but it's not because
I don't like it. It's just that once not around me,
and I have to be very intentional if I'm trying
to find a fat Burger or go to fat Burger.
There's one in Torrents, the last one I went to,
(31:15):
but it's not for everyone. I don't think it's great.
I think it's fries are great. They have the steak
fries there.
Speaker 2 (31:20):
Oh, I like those. What about five guys if you
had five guys? Not memorable.
Speaker 1 (31:24):
I've had it, don't remember it, you know, I've had
hamburger habit, habit, don't remember it really, Yeah, it's got
to stick out. Sorry it didn't stick out? Wow, what
is your go to? I was, Oh, well, no, in
and out it's always top. But I like five guys
that's pretty solid and their fries are pretty good.
Speaker 2 (31:44):
Yeah, I've been.
Speaker 1 (31:45):
But I don't remember, so as far as I'm concerned,
it didn't happen. And the habit kind of reminds me
of almost like a in and out cousin. I would say,
it's got a solid patty, it's really fresh, and the
fries I don't remember.
Speaker 2 (32:02):
But the burgers it's super good. I've had habit. It's
not it.
Speaker 1 (32:05):
I'm not real high on in and outs fries, but
when it comes to their burgers, I really really like
them a lot. And I will go out of my
way if I'm in the mood to sit in that
line with my car to get one. Now, if it's
in a daytime, we're not too late, I'll just go
ahead and park and walk in. More times than not,
it's quicker to walk in and order your food than
(32:28):
waiting in that line of cars. You're the guy who
does that. No, I'm serious, I will do that. When
I was living in the Harbor City area, I would
go to the one it's I guess it's in Carson.
I think it's onlike it's that border between I think
I know what you're talking about. Yeah, it's like figaroa
maybe Western or something like that, like falls between main Yeah,
it falls right in between. Or if I'm doing something
(32:51):
with my mom and I'm on that side of town,
I would stop at the want on Hawthorne Boulevard right
around it's around Torrents Boulevard.
Speaker 2 (32:58):
I know where that is.
Speaker 1 (32:58):
Yeah, And that's the wall of cars extending back like
two blocks because it's such a bit. And they opened
a what is that place, the Chicken Place, Big b
or I don't know it by the UFC Gym. Yeah, yeah, yeah,
that's the one. But you know, hey, now you got
the hybrid.
Speaker 2 (33:15):
Yeah. But I keep coming across Instagram videos of people
with their peculiar in and out orders that are just
these odd combos that you can ask for that aren't
necessarily on the medium that you see. Have you ordered
any of that stuff? Because some of it looks not
it looks pretty good, but it also looks like you
need a complete silkwood shower.
Speaker 1 (33:37):
After you eat it, I can say that I've never
ordered anything off the Hidden Menu in my life. I'm
not doing animal Style. I'm not doing this. Just just
give me a number one, you know, and that's it.
Speaker 2 (33:48):
Yeah, Like, give me the animal style double double with
extra peppers and a beach towel. I need a beach
towel and none of that protein. Stop. I've never done it.
I've never done it in my life. Absolutely, this is
some hardcore trippery.
Speaker 1 (34:03):
Trippery, but we can all agree that the burgers are good, right, yes, but.
Speaker 2 (34:06):
You've got to get it off the menu. Mustard fried?
What's that mean? I think we've talked about that before.
I don't know what that mean.
Speaker 5 (34:12):
Yes, that is when they slather your patty in mustard
and then fry it up and crystal pickles and put
it all on this delicious. How does that taste any
different from just putting mustard on it when it's ready?
Speaker 2 (34:26):
No?
Speaker 5 (34:26):
No, no no, no, it's cooked in it, it's f it's
it's try and mark, and then you'll say, oh, berg.
Speaker 2 (34:34):
Fried mustard is pretty low on my list of things
I need to do right away. Mark, When you try it.
You will get mustard fried every single time. I'll just
want everything in my life mustard. I say, you know what,
let me get that lemonade mustard fried.
Speaker 1 (34:51):
H I don't think so, but it's sus you know what.
Anyone is gonna go out and get us some in
and out. Now we have the nice exercise la, so
we're not gonna eat it. We're not gonna eat it
in front of her, but we need to have some
in and out. When you had in and out when
I wasn't here, I don't know who was filling in
for me.
Speaker 2 (35:10):
That was That was me and Mark. Oh yeah, so
where did you Where did you get the food from?
Speaker 5 (35:15):
I got it from over there by Universal Studios. Well
that's not close. No, that's what I'm saying. It's not close.
I was on my way this direction, and I was
thinking to myself, Man, I know what the fellas could
use tonight.
Speaker 2 (35:29):
In and out.
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