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

Hard-core fans of the brand will find much to love—so will anyone who appreciates a decent tuna melt. 

Elon Musk's newly opened Tesla Diner along the Santa Monica Boulevard stretch of Route 66 on July 24 in Hollywood, California.

Photographer: AaronP/Bauer-Griffin/Getty Images

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.