Nowhere is this clearer than the highly controversial Tesla Diner, which serves classic burgers, fries, and sandwiches to ...

The first Tesla Diner opened in Los Angeles as a kind of rolling commercial for the future, a place where drivers could charge their cars, watch movies and eat burgers under neon lights. Within months ...

From almost 1,000 burgers a day to a ghost town within six months, Tesla’s LA diner mirrors the brand’s broader struggle to keep its momentum. Tesla’s retro-futuristic Los Angeles diner quickly lost ...

Elon Musk is considering new locations for Tesla's retro-future burgers-and-bots experiment, and Texas may be on the menu. The Tesla CEO recently hinted that the Austin-based automaker may open ...

Rebecca Roland is an editor of the Southern California/Southwest region, who covers the evolving landscape of LA’s food scene. Self-described Tesla investor Sawyer Marritt first reported Greenspan’s ...

Editor’s note: The above video aired on KTLA on Aug. 6, 2025. The glory days of the futuristic Tesla Diner in Hollywood could already be in the past, just six months after a much-hyped opening. As ...

Elon Musk's Tesla diner opened six months ago, with customers queuing for up to five hours just to get inside. However, reports suggest that after its initial success, things have gone quiet. Really ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Brooke Crothers covers and reviews electric vehicles and autonomy. Typically, the protests (I’ve attended a few) take place in ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Eric Greenspan, Tesla Diner’s chef and co-operator, is severing his ties and plans to open a new restaurant in the ...

Dianne de Guzman is the regional editor for Eater’s Northern California/Pacific Northwest sites, writing about restaurant and bar trends, upcoming openings, and pop-ups for the San Francisco Bay Area, ...

Matthew Kang is a correspondent for Eater. Previously, he was the lead editor of Eater’s Southern California/Southwest region. He has covered dining, restaurants, food culture, and nightlife in Los ...