Tesla Diner Drops Most Menu Options And Cuts Hours Just Weeks After Opening, Surprising No One

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The Tesla Diner opened its doors astatine 4:20 p.m. connected July 21, and attendees almost instantly reported really miserable of an acquisition it was. From obscenely agelong lines to flying umbrellas that smacked guests connected nan forehead to sold-out items, nan diner was an instant tract of drama, and besides nan tract of regular anti-Elon Musk protests. Now, arsenic reported by Eater, nan diner has dropped astir of nan first items from nan menu, and what was erstwhile touted arsenic a 24-hour eatery now limits that privilege to Tesla and different EV owners charging their cars only betwixt nan hours of midnight and 6 a.m. You each thought respective different automakers would make a amended diner than Tesla, and those predictions are looking much correct each day.

As per Tesla's website, nan menu has dwindled down to conscionable a burger, 3 sandwiches, a basking dog, fries, a cup of chili, a portion of pecan pie, and drinks. The first advertizing for "all time breakfast" has besides gone away, truthful meal is only disposable successful nan greeting now. Other casualties see nan alleged "Epic Bacon," nan marketplace salad, nan veggie burger, nan nine sandwich, and nan biscuits and gravy.

Tesla Diner personage cook Eric Greenspan told Eater that nan paper was scaled down owed to unprecedented demand, which is hilarious considering immoderate request is unprecedented for a marque caller restaurant, whether it's a azygous diner aliases 1,000. Greenspan besides said that nan paper would beryllium ever-evolving, a bully excuse for what will surely beryllium much paper revisions successful nan future.

Elon expressed assurance successful this operation EV charger and diner concept, moreover tweeting that Tesla would found much diners successful awesome cities astir nan world. It seems though, that nan Hollywood Tesla Diner is experiencing nan aforesaid under-deliverance arsenic astir of Musk's claims, for illustration really he said location would beryllium a cardinal afloat autonomous Tesla robotaxis successful a twelvemonth backmost successful 2019, aliases that Tesla would beryllium trading complete 250,000 Cybertrucks each year. As for nan Tesla Diner, clip will show really good nan constitution fares erstwhile nan first fanfare dies down. Plus, I utilized to unrecorded a fewer blocks from nan diner, and I cognize location is an In-N-Out conscionable up nan thoroughfare that offers cheaper burgers that don't put much money into nan pouch of nan richest man successful nan world.