At the Tesla Diner, the Future Looks Mid

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https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/05/dining/tesla-diner-elon-musk.html?unlocked_article_code=1.cE8.ktrb.qMd-YC1segN3&smid=url-share

Food sounds worse than mid.

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“In its first hectic days of business, most of the menu items advertised across platforms weren’t available. When I went, there were no salads, no veggie patties, no club sandwiches, no avocado toasts, no beef tallow-fried hash browns, no biscuits, no pies, no cookies, no soft serve, no milkshakes, no “epic bacon.””

So, they said “here’s a cup - you can have water!”?

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Never mind the food. The whole futuristic like setting doesn’t appeal to me at all.

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It looks straight out of the Jetsons. Like someone from the 50s would think looks futuristic :smile:

But it sounds like a pimped out charging station.

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“We don’t order anything except for the burgers now,” one of them told me. “Everything else is just so bad.”

With that kind of sentiment, and all the weirdness mentioned, I give it a year…except Musk will likely prop it up and all those fan bois will continue to visit.

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That’s all it really is. And more to the point, it’s only a thing because Teslas (except the Cybertruck) have a 400 volt system, which means a full charge can take over 20 min, depending on battery size. If they had upgraded their other model’s systems, charging would be under 10 min. and there’d be no point to all the ‘while you wait’ activities.

I’m betting it shutters within 18 mo.

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“Tesla engineers built a proprietary tool to flatten patties for the smash burgers”

Well that seems silly :joy:

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Here’s a follow up article:

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“For the sake of efficiency” … yes, because that’s worked out so well in the past. :roll_eyes:

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I read the follow up. So this guy is a full-on genius but can’t manage to open or hire the right people to essentially run a Denny’s or Waffle House. Seriously, the Tartine guy couldn’t figure it out? (that dude is already on the outs)

Oh and here’s a wild, wild guess…ICE visits Tesla Diner because his newest enemy has that ability. Maybe Deano Cain will lead the charge in riot gear!!! :stuck_out_tongue_winking_eye:

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