Elon Musk’s 24-hour Los Angeles Tesla diner and charging station, which has been in progress for seven years, is nearing completion on its interior. Electric car publication, Not a Tesla App, published initial photos of the interior, shot through the window of the building. The photos show upholstered couches, a bar, and more seating installed in the retro-futuristic interior, which looks like an unimaginative take on a space cantina. Not a Tesla App also recently reported that the diner was testing its 45-foot screens, which are meant to screen movies for guests charging their Teslas on-site.
As the diner nears completion, it seems to have found its chef. Self-identified Tesla investor Sawyer Merritt broke the news that former grilled cheese chef and the founder of New School American cheese, Eric Greenspan, had been tapped to lead the kitchen. In the post on Musk-owned platform X, Merritt wrote that “1950s retro charm” and “dazzling neon lights,” plus burgers, and hand-spun milkshakes. While the diner seems to be closer to completion, an opening date has not been announced yet.
Bagels and Nobody Wants This
Yeastie Boys Bagels is partnering with Netflix’s Nobody Wants This for a two-day special on May 17 and May 18. The truck will be parked in Brentwood (11940 San Vicente Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA) on Saturday, May 17, and Studio City (12073 Ventura Place, Studio City, CA) on Sunday, May 18, starting at 8 a.m. For the two days, the truck will serve specials including The Hot Rabbi with soft-scrambled eggs, American cheese, avocado, and hot honey; the Meet Cute with whipped ricotta, stone fruit, blackberries, wildflower honey, and fleur de sel, and the Mitzvah with lox, dill, and lemon schmear.
Mustard’s Bagels at Sightglass
Bagels from pop-up Mustard’s are now available at Sightglass Coffee, which is located on the border of Hollywood and West Hollywood along the Sycamore corridor. The pop-up comes from Kyle Glanville (who also founded Go Get Em Tiger) and his brother, Brent. The bagels will be available with schmear, or as sandwiches like the Grampa Sam with salmon, pickled onions, fried capers, dill, lemon, and schmear.
Open container laws are coming to Santa Monica
Santa Monica City Council has unanimously approved an ordinance that will allow people to walk around the Third Street Promenade with open containers of alcohol between Wilshire Boulevard and Broadway. The area will be known as an “entertainment zone,” and the ordinance will start with limited hours Friday through Sunday from 6 p.m. to 2 a.m. There hasn’t been an official date announced yet, but the ordinance is set to go into effect in June.
