Add the Tesla Diner to the Checklist of Elon Musk Tasks That Fail to Ship on Guarantees

You aren’t going to consider this, as a result of there’s completely zero precedent for it taking place; it seems Elon Musk has overpromised on one thing. It has solely been two weeks because the Tesla Diner, a charging station and restaurant with a retro-futuristic aesthetic, and it’s already considerably narrowing down its menu choices, according to a report from Eater.

In basic diner style, the restaurant supplied a sturdy menu when it first opened, however it’s down to only 5 sandwiches, two sides, two kinds of pie, shakes, and drinks. Gone are the market salad, membership sandwich, hash brown bites, biscuits and gravy, and chocolate chip cookies—together with the veggie patty choice for burgers. Breakfast gadgets have gone from being accessible all day lengthy to solely throughout the morning hours. Even the Shirley Temple and Creamsicle fountain drinks have been eliminated.

Maybe most devastating to Musk is the removing of the “Epic Bacon,” a $12 facet that gives 4 strips of maple-glazed bacon (that turned out to be significantly less epic in person). You’ll be able to nonetheless get the common sort, per Eater, however solely as an add-on topping for sandwiches, not as a standalone facet. Musk apparently insisted that each dish on the menu be “epic,” a meaningless benchmark that gives zero steering. Based mostly on the cutback, it looks like not many cleared the bar.

To be truthful to the individuals who work on the diner, who’re decidedly not Elon Musk and largely simply individuals making an attempt to make a residing and doubtless shouldn’t be topic to the schadenfreude, the state of affairs most likely sucks. The diner’s chef, Eric Greenspan, told Eater that the cutbacks have been the results of “unprecedented demand” that required the menu to be scaled again. And there was a number of consideration on the place. 404 Media reported that the diner has been chaotic and topic to heavy visitors. A reporter from Autoweek mentioned he needed to wait in line for 2 hours to position an order. Nobody is having a superb time apart from Musk, who simply will get to tweet in regards to the factor with out having to truly be concerned within the hell that’s working a restaurant.

The strangest half about how widespread the place seemingly is, although, is the truth that nobody actually appears to benefit from the meals, however continues to be drawn to the expertise. Motortrend mentioned, “the food is only okay.” The New York Instances known as it “mid.”

In maybe essentially the most damning indictment of the entire thing, InsideEVs wrote, “I’m unsure the standard of meals even issues a lot” whereas arguing that the diner is one thing we “want.” That checks out with an anecdote from the Instances, which quoted a patron who had already been thrice as saying, “We don’t order something apart from the burgers now. All the things else is simply so unhealthy.” Additionally they plan to return again once more. I suppose we’re all simply moths to a deeply unimpressive flame.