Today, indie group MUNA joins Condé Nast Traveler to share their favorite things about Los Angeles. From where to eat to the best nights out, Katie, Josette, and Naomi spill all their L.A. recommendations.Their hit podcast Gayotic kicked off its third season on March 27, with the premiere episode featuring drag icon Trixie Mattel. This season of the podcast has also hosted guests Hannah Einbender of Hacksand pop astrologer Chani Nicholas, among others. This year they will be doing Gayotic live residencies at Largo in LA and The Bell House in Brooklyn, all shows sold out. This summer they will be performing at Summerfest and Pitchfork Festival.https://whereismuna.com/https://www.youtube.com/@whereismunahttps://www.instagram.com/whereismuna/Director: Skylar EconomyDirector of Photography: Grant BellEditor: Alex MechanikSupervising Producer: Vara ReeseLine Producer: Joe BuscemiProduction Manager: Melissa HeberProduction Coordinator: Fernando DavilaTalent Booker: Paige GarbariniCamera Operator: Lucas VilicichAudio Engineer: Paul CornettProduction Assistant: Fernando Barajas, Brock SpitaelsPost Production Supervisor: Andrew MontaguePost Production Coordinator: Holly FrewSupervising Editor: Christina MankellowAssistant Editor: Billy WardSPECIAL THANKS TO:Courage BagelCanyon CoffeeJoyJitladaCena VeganQuarter Sheet Pizza: Photos courtesy of Eva Kolenko and Maggie ShannonMonty’s Good BurgerRuby Fruit: Photos courtesy of Jesse Saler
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00:00 Chaka brah.
00:01 You have to say something else other than Chaka brah.
00:05 Whatever, spots in LA.
00:06 Fine, go again.
00:07 Okay, okay.
00:08 One more time.
00:09 I'm Naomi.
00:10 I'm Katie.
00:11 I'm Josette.
00:12 And we're the band Moona, and today we're going to be showing you some of our favorite
00:14 spots in LA.
00:15 Please join us on a mukbang of our favorite places to eat.
00:19 And other stuff as well, other than food.
00:21 Chaka brah.
00:22 [Laughter]
00:23 [Music]
00:35 Well guys, we're at our favorite part of the episode.
00:38 These are our favorite spots to go to.
00:39 And if you can eat all these food, #moonamukbang, and we'll see you there.
00:44 [Laughter]
00:45 What we have in front of us is Courage Bagels.
00:47 Courage is an amazing, probably in our opinion, best bagel in LA.
00:51 Sourdough bagel.
00:52 Prepare to wait.
00:53 There's a line around the block, but it's for good reason.
00:54 They are delicious.
00:55 Canyon Coffee.
00:56 I'll try the coffee while you do the bagels first.
00:57 Echo Park.
00:58 Delicious coffee.
00:59 We like coffee.
01:00 You could get some work done there.
01:01 They have little snacks too.
01:02 These tomatoes, it's not tomato season, but these are beautiful.
01:06 Delicious.
01:07 The color of them.
01:08 You waited in line, you had Courage for breakfast.
01:11 Now this is our ideal lunch spot.
01:13 So we have a plate from Joy, which is in Highland Park.
01:17 Delicious, delicious food.
01:19 If you're going to Joy, you need to get the Mojo Tofu.
01:23 This is the thousand layer pancake.
01:25 You need to get it with chili and basil.
01:27 This place is cheap and everyone's nice as hell.
01:30 There's usually a line out the door.
01:32 And then you want to talk about Jitlada?
01:33 This is like a critically lauded.
01:35 What's the name?
01:36 Jonathan Gold made it famous.
01:38 RIP Jonathan Gold, one of the true LA greats.
01:41 It's an amazing Thai restaurant.
01:43 It's just the food is good, it's going to be freaking spicy.
01:46 They're known for their seafood.
01:47 Today they got us tofu pad thai.
01:49 So we're going to just go ahead and--
01:51 I ain't ever had that tofu pad thai.
01:53 Is that your go-to?
01:55 Yeah, I was going to say.
01:56 It's my order.
01:57 We're curry.
01:58 We're curry guys.
01:59 I'm a green curry girl.
02:01 This is coconut sticky rice with mango.
02:03 Classic Thai dessert.
02:04 It is so good.
02:05 So we have a lot more food.
02:07 I need to stop eating.
02:09 [LAUGHTER]
02:10 All right.
02:11 Wait, you should keep that.
02:12 You'd be shocked.
02:13 You should keep that in the video.
02:14 Can I have this back later though?
02:16 I'm from San Diego, Jo's from LA.
02:18 Jack of all--
02:19 Southern California.
02:20 We had to put forward some of our favorite Mexican food.
02:23 This is cena, which is a vegan pickup and delivery only.
02:28 But it's very authentic flavors.
02:30 Look at this stuff.
02:31 Could you tell this isn't meat?
02:32 Gorgeous.
02:33 Remember the first time we had it?
02:34 Yeah.
02:35 We were losing our freaking hands.
02:36 We order this a lot if we're working on--
02:37 if we're in rehearsal or something like that.
02:39 But I do feel like this is a pitch for people
02:41 that are meat eaters.
02:42 Like, if you're coming to LA, there's
02:44 so many good vegan options.
02:45 Yeah, you'll have your mind blown.
02:46 And meat substitutions.
02:47 So give it a try.
02:48 Typically, there's foil, and you kind of fold it.
02:50 Yeah, so we're kind of in a foil-less, vulnerable
02:52 situation here.
02:53 Here.
02:54 Yeah, go for it, girl.
02:55 Here, hold on.
02:56 Give me a bite.
02:57 Do you want me to do this or no?
02:58 No, I'm going to.
02:59 No, I'm staying for them.
03:00 Whoa.
03:01 Yeah, thank you.
03:02 I still get an edge.
03:03 You got a bite for each.
03:06 Yeah, and I'm a green sauce.
03:08 I would recommend the green sauce.
03:10 Carne asada, al pastor, and chicken.
03:12 [SCREAMS]
03:13 [LAUGHTER]
03:14 This burrito won't kill you.
03:15 The first time we went, I ate this whole thing,
03:17 and we had to walk home.
03:19 You remember this?
03:20 I almost puked.
03:21 It's good we had to walk.
03:22 I almost puked.
03:23 On the topic of good options for vegans,
03:26 this is like a vegan burger restaurant called Monty's.
03:29 We first went to Monty's--
03:30 The one in Koreatown.
03:32 Yeah, in Koreatown.
03:33 Holy shit.
03:34 When it first opened.
03:35 And we'd never had impossible meat before.
03:37 Dude, that was insane.
03:39 You, me, and Kelly went on Valentine's Day.
03:41 Yeah, for a few years, me and Joe
03:43 and Josette's girlfriend spent Valentine's Day
03:45 together at Monty's.
03:46 Once again, vegan.
03:47 This is something I'm going to cry about eating.
03:49 Look at this chicken.
03:50 How do they do this?
03:51 I know, it's crazy.
03:52 Look at this shit.
03:53 This chicken is still crispy, guys.
03:55 Yummy.
03:56 It's good.
03:57 This is my favorite thing.
03:59 Yeah, this is what I want.
04:00 But I couldn't stop eating it.
04:02 Monty's also hooked us up with loaded tots,
04:04 which I've never had before.
04:05 If I'm getting milkshake, I'm getting chocolate,
04:07 and that's final.
04:08 So I'm going to let these two attack it.
04:10 I think we're very curious.
04:11 Yeah, I am staring at it thinking,
04:13 this is not who I am.
04:14 This is good.
04:15 Uh-uh.
04:16 But--
04:17 Get a sip.
04:18 This shake is really good.
04:19 Is it really good?
04:20 Yeah, yeah.
04:21 It's strawberry.
04:22 I don't know why I said it so bitchy.
04:24 I'm like, if you can't tell--
04:25 It's strawberry.
04:26 It's time to put an end to your amazing day of eating
04:29 with the extraordinarily delicious
04:32 Quarter Sheets Pizza.
04:34 Holy mackerel, this place is awesome.
04:36 I'm going to let y'all know right now
04:38 that I had this for dinner last night.
04:40 And let me tell you, this place is hyped up.
04:42 There's a line out the--
04:43 Out the goddamn door.
04:45 It's the Courage Bagels of Pizza.
04:46 I will tell you, though, this is really worth it.
04:49 And I'm not willing to say this shit.
04:50 This is really worth it.
04:52 It is my favorite.
04:53 It's my favorite pizza.
04:54 I don't even know what it is about it.
04:56 It's actually-- you know what's interesting?
04:57 It's because it's crispy edge, cheese on crust
04:59 around the edge.
05:00 It's also fluffy.
05:01 It's giving courage a little bit.
05:03 It's like a sexy little place.
05:04 This place has major cute factor, major ambiance,
05:09 cute date.
05:10 Like, this is a cute second or third date.
05:12 Yeah, big time.
05:13 Quarter Sheets, best pizza in LA.
05:15 Welcome to heaven.
05:16 Yeah.
05:17 So we're going to show you around our city.
05:22 We're kind of imagining that you have a day in LA with us.
05:26 And these are the places that we would want to show you.
05:29 We are kind of east siders, so we're
05:32 kind of living in this area.
05:33 Yeah.
05:34 Hey, wait.
05:35 This says Atlantic Ocean.
05:36 This is a trick.
05:37 Trick.
05:38 Wrong.
05:39 Trick map.
05:40 Wait, y'all.
05:41 Who did this?
05:42 Trick map trying to [BLEEP] us up.
05:44 Who made this?
05:46 Was it you?
05:47 OK, does someone have a pen?
05:49 Pen, please.
05:50 Do you want to fix it?
05:51 Yeah, let's fix it.
05:52 OK, so just in case you guys were wondering,
05:54 LA is next to the Pacific Ocean.
05:57 Malibu.
05:58 Malibu, yeah.
05:59 Oh, this is nice, actually, because then you
06:01 can fill in extra stuff.
06:02 Glendale.
06:03 So yeah, I would say the lesbians care about Glendale
06:06 as well.
06:07 Pasadena.
06:08 You can start Pasadena right-- it starts right there.
06:11 Dina, AltaDina.
06:13 We're all going to have slightly different things
06:15 that we would want to take you to do.
06:17 But I'm just going to say I would want to take you
06:20 on a hike in Griffith.
06:23 And around here is like the LA River.
06:26 I know you thought it was funny because it's kind of ugly.
06:28 No, the LA River is beautiful.
06:30 It's wild.
06:31 I would walk on the LA River like near-- around Griffith.
06:33 And I would take you on a bike ride.
06:35 [LAUGHTER]
06:37 We're competing now.
06:38 If I was going to go hiking, I wouldn't go there.
06:41 Sorry, Katie.
06:42 I would go somewhere up here.
06:44 You would go to the--
06:45 I would go to Angeles Crest.
06:47 It's the mountain range above essentially all of Los Angeles.
06:50 Right, Los Angeles National Forest.
06:52 Yeah, some could call it that.
06:53 One of our favorite bookstores is in this neighborhood.
06:56 Skylight Books that's in Los Feliz.
06:58 And there's like a little movie theater
06:59 that's a cute place to go.
07:00 It's called the Los Feliz Theater.
07:02 That's a great little indie movie theater.
07:04 There's a venue in LA called Largo where it's very common for comedians
07:09 to have like residencies and have other friends come.
07:12 Or once a month.
07:13 Well, that's what a f***ing residency is, isn't it?
07:15 But yeah, we like to go there and see our friends play.
07:17 And occasionally, we will also be on the stage.
07:19 I heard that Fiona Apple used to come and play in that front room.
07:22 Yeah.
07:23 All the time. It was pretty cool.
07:24 And then if you want to like cap off the night or something,
07:26 I would suggest hitting up Ruby Fruit, which is the new lesbian bar.
07:30 It's in a little strip mall in Silver Lake.
07:33 That's where I would like cap off the night.
07:36 This says Grassel Park.
07:37 This says Grassel Park. It's Grassel Park.
07:39 My favorite place, Grassel Park.
07:40 Once again, the intern is getting fired.
07:42 This is awesome.
07:43 So, in our opinion, Hollywood is one of the biggest tourist traps.
07:52 A lot of tourists like think that they mainly need to be in Hollywood.
07:55 But we want to play a game of smash or pass.
07:59 Hollywood edition.
08:01 So, we're going to show you guys how to handle Hollywood.
08:03 Let's go.
08:04 First thing.
08:05 Ripley's Believe It or Not.
08:07 Don't.
08:08 You want to smash.
08:11 I would go.
08:12 Haven't you been there?
08:13 Hell yeah, I've been.
08:14 Haven't you?
08:15 Just think about it.
08:16 It's fun.
08:18 Here's my crazy Ripley's thing.
08:20 I went as like a young, like teenage girl.
08:24 And there was a--
08:25 It looks like there's a girl who's on a beach but naked with a towel.
08:30 It looks like you're going to go into the other room and see her naked.
08:35 But then when you go in the other room, she goes away.
08:37 And I spent like 15 minutes trying to figure out how to access--
08:42 How to see the body?
08:43 Yeah, because you're a f***ing gay girl.
08:45 Wait, how old were you?
08:46 I was like, I just don't get how this doesn't work because it seems like she would be there.
08:51 I would go to Ripley's if you would.
08:53 I would totally go.
08:54 If a group of people said to me--
08:55 So, two out of three, smash.
08:57 I'm too smug.
08:58 Can I pass it, please?
08:59 You know what?
09:00 I don't know where I'd go.
09:01 Honestly, zoom into their faces.
09:03 So scary.
09:05 We would go to see these lovely young gentlemen only.
09:08 I'll go for our induction, honey.
09:11 I want to pass, and so I'm going to.
09:13 We're insane in that.
09:15 They did him really dirty.
09:17 That's crazy.
09:18 Okay, next one.
09:19 Whatever, I would go.
09:20 We would go!
09:24 And we have been.
09:26 Big time smash.
09:27 Magicians, I don't know how you do it.
09:30 I don't.
09:32 And that's kind of one of the main things about magic.
09:34 No, no, no, no, but we went to a mentalist show, and honestly, how the hell did he do it?
09:40 I'm so confused.
09:41 I think the magic castle is pretty hard to get into.
09:43 Yeah, you can't just go.
09:45 You need to know somebody.
09:46 Or it's really expensive.
09:47 You need to know a member.
09:48 So, if you're having to pay--
09:50 If you're able to go, go.
09:51 Like, a lot of money, I don't know, but it's worth seeing if you have a friend of a friend of a friend who can get you in.
09:58 Friend of a friend of a friend.
09:59 And it's fun, you gotta dress up.
10:00 It's dress up, it's like suit and tie required.
10:03 Don't eat like a pork loin in there.
10:05 You're gonna have the most expensive meal you're ever gonna eat in your whole life.
10:08 You can go to the Harry Houdini room.
10:10 Big time smash.
10:11 Is this the Hollywood Cemetery?
10:14 Go to Hollywood Cemetery for, in my opinion, three reasons.
10:19 One, Inside LA or another meditation group is doing meditation in the Masonic.
10:25 I think that's fun shit.
10:27 Two, there's a show at the Masonic Lodge.
10:30 And three, Sinespia is playing a movie.
10:33 At the Hollywood Cemetery.
10:34 So fun.
10:35 We went and saw But I'm a Cheerleader at Sinespia around the time our album came out and that was really fun.
10:40 Yeah, you can walk around, there's peacocks.
10:42 Yeah, smash it.
10:43 Smash.
10:44 We all smash.
10:45 Last one.
10:47 [buzzer]
10:49 Skip.
10:50 You don't need to go there.
10:51 It's okay.
10:52 You don't need to be there.
10:53 Unless you're walking to Wrigley's, believe it or not.
10:55 Wrigley's?
10:56 I said Wrigley's.
10:58 It's overcrowded.
11:00 It's stinky.
11:01 There's nothing to be said really.
11:03 Zoom in right here, you see this raptor?
11:05 That's where it is.
11:07 That's where Wrigley's is.
11:10 Yeah, don't go to the Starwalk.
11:13 Honestly, just skip it.
11:14 Don't be on Hollywood Boulevard if you don't have to be.
11:16 So if you're coming to LA with us, you need to know some lingo.
11:24 So we're going to go over some basic LA slang with you.
11:27 First on the list.
11:29 Dank.
11:30 Dank.
11:31 Damn, that burrito was f***ing dank.
11:33 Dank.
11:34 It's Southern California slang.
11:35 Dank means good.
11:37 It means good.
11:38 It's weed slang.
11:39 It's from marijuana.
11:40 It means that weed be stanky.
11:42 If it's particularly stinky, icky, then it's dank.
11:46 I can't.
11:49 If you're reading this, you might need to read it with vocal fry.
11:54 I can't.
11:55 Do it.
11:56 I can't.
11:57 That was good.
11:58 I wanted to go tonight, but I just can't.
12:00 So you should know that if you're going to be in LA, a lot of people are going to be saying that they can't.
12:04 Do anything.
12:05 They're flaking.
12:06 They can't keep their plans.
12:07 Yeah, yeah, yeah.
12:08 They can't make it.
12:09 I would meet you for dinner tonight, but I just can't.
12:11 Can't leave my couch.
12:13 The 405, the 101, I would say "the."
12:17 Yeah, "the" over everything.
12:18 I don't understand how to say a freeway without saying "the" before.
12:21 I agree with you.
12:22 I actually don't know how to speak about it.
12:24 I heard there was a point where they all had actual titles, the freeways, and then when freeways went national,
12:31 then it changed to a number system, and the "the" is left over from that time.
12:36 That is what I heard.
12:37 Animal style.
12:38 Animal style, In-N-Out burger.
12:41 I don't really actually like it.
12:42 It's Thousand Islands sauce, which is--
12:46 And cheese.
12:47 Yeah, and grilled onions.
12:48 Are there pickles, too?
12:49 Yeah.
12:50 And In-N-Out is quality shit.
12:53 In-N-Out is so good.
12:55 And that's the West Coastness popping up, because other people will say Shake Shack, but f*** you guys.
13:00 In-N-Out for life.
13:01 Okay, babies, that's about it for Muna's favorite spots in LA.
13:05 So we hope you enjoy. Go eat some good food, and maybe we'll see you around.
13:10 We probably won't see you. LA is too big.
13:12 But if we do see you, then hell yeah.
13:14 Shaka brah.
13:16 (laughing)
13:18 (whooshing)