Giving the New Tesla Diner in Los Angeles a Test Drive: Review

The first time I drove to the Tesla Diner, I took one look—and kept on driving.

There’s no way I was joining that chaotic line of hundreds of people that snaked down Santa Monica Boulevard across from Jeffrey Deitch. It was a Friday night in Los Angeles. The block was hot, in more ways than one.

I should have known this would be the scene. The diner is located on the spot that Elon Musk had spitballed since 2018. It opened last week, just as Tesla reported its steepest revenue decline since 2012 and at the moment the company faces darkened projections across multiple ...