"Guest: Orville Peck “It's an LA institution. There's a waitress there who's worked there, I think, for 50-plus years. She's known as the mayor of Beverly Hills. She could tell you where to go at what times, where all the good shops are, where all the good food is, where you can see the celebrities, who goes to what ENTs. I know that it was also a place that Larry King would have breakfast at almost every morning. I had the pleasure of meeting Larry King a few times and being interviewed by him. And he would always say, ‘Come by any day of the week and I will be at my booth.’ I kick myself that I never did that. So to go to Nate ‘n Al's with Orville was my way of making up for that mistake. We had a great time, and we both went for super traditional diner food. If I'm at a diner, I'm gonna go for a grilled cheese sandwich and chicken fingers. That's exactly what I ordered. And I think Orville ordered a sandwich and we shared everything and had cream sodas. You could tell by just sitting in there that it's a huge part of the history of Los Angeles and it just feels super authentic. And then you happen to walk out into this beautiful, palm tree-lined street of Beverly Hills and it feels kind of like it doesn't belong there. But it’s a real tentpole of the neighborhood.”" - brennan carley
