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Photos: Elon Musk’s New Tesla Diner Opens in Hollywood

By Press RoomJuly 22, 2025No Comments3 Mins Read

2025-07-22T16:08:06Z

The newest launch from Elon Musk’s electric vehicle maker is a diner.
Tesla just opened a new facility in Hollywood that’s part diner, drive-in, and Supercharging station.
Musk has been teasing a drive-in diner and theater since 2018.

It’s part diner, part drive-in, and no dive. (Sorry, Guy Fieri fans.)

We’re talking about the latest launch from Tesla, which, as some may be surprised to learn, is … a diner?

Located in Hollywood, California, the Tesla Diner — a classic diner and Supercharging station all in one — opened Monday (at one of Musk’s favorite times, no less: 4:20 p.m.)

It’s the culmination of an idea Elon Musk talked about as far back as 2018, when he floated the idea of “an old school drive-in, roller skates & rock restaurant.”

Gonna put an old school drive-in, roller skates & rock restaurant at one of the new Tesla Supercharger locations in LA

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) January 7, 2018

Take a look inside:

The Tesla Diner is in West Hollywood, California.

LOS ANGELES, CA - JULY 21: Aerial view of the Tesla Diner and Drive-In restaurant and Supercharger on July 21, 2025 in Los Angeles, California. The futuristic Tesla Diner and supercharger station boasting a drive-in experience for drivers opened in Hollywood this Monday. (Photo by I RYU/VCG via Getty Images) — An aerial view of the diner shows its layout.

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It’s part diner, drive-in, and charging station.

Tesla says the facility can seat more than 250 people in its two-story restaurant.

People dine inside during the opening of the Tesla Diner and Drive-In restaurant and Supercharger on Santa Monica Blvd in the Hollywood neighborhood Los Angeles, California on July 21, 2025. Elon Musk's electric vehicle company Tesla has opened a diner on Santa Monica Boulevard in Los Angeles. (Photo by Patrick T. Fallon / AFP) (Photo by PATRICK T. FALLON/AFP via Getty Images) — It has both retro and futuristic design touches.

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It’s open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

The menu includes classic American diner fare, like a burger and fries, with a twist.

An attendee eats the Tesla burger from a Cybertruck inspired box during the opening of the Tesla Diner and Drive-In restaurant and Supercharger on Santa Monica Blvd in the Hollywood neighborhood Los Angeles, California on July 21, 2025. Elon Musk's electric vehicle company Tesla has opened a diner on Santa Monica Boulevard in Los Angeles. (Photo by Patrick T. Fallon / AFP) (Photo by PATRICK T. FALLON/AFP via Getty Images) — You’ll find classic American fare on the menu.

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The burger comes in a box modeled after Tesla’s Cybertruck.

The diner’s website says it has 80 Supercharger stalls.

Tesla electric vehicles, including the Cybertruck, are parked beneath a giant movie screen during the opening of the Tesla Diner and Drive-In restaurant and Supercharger on Santa Monica Blvd in the Hollywood neighborhood Los Angeles, California on July 21, 2025. Elon Musk's electric vehicle company Tesla has opened a diner on Santa Monica Boulevard in Los Angeles. (Photo by Patrick T. Fallon / AFP) (Photo by PATRICK T. FALLON/AFP via Getty Images) — The charging stalls work with NACS-compatible EVs, Tesla or not.

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These are compatible with electric vehicles from Tesla and a handful of other carmakers.

Besides the food and charging access, it’s also part drive-in movie theater.

A Star Trek movie is shown above Tesla electric vehicles at Supercharger stations ahead of the opening of the Tesla Diner and Drive-In on Santa Monica Blvd in the Hollywood neighborhood of Los Angeles, California, on July 21, 2025. Elon Musk's electric vehicle company Tesla has opened a diner on Santa Monica Boulevard in Los Angeles. (Photo by Patrick T. Fallon / AFP) (Photo by PATRICK T. FALLON/AFP via Getty Images) — Fans who showed up Monday saw “Star Trek” playing on the drive-in screens.

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There are two 66-foot LED screens outside where customers can take in a movie.

The facility has been years in the making.

A protester holds a sign during the opening of the Tesla Diner and Drive-In restaurant and Supercharger on Santa Monica Blvd in the Hollywood neighborhood Los Angeles, California on July 21, 2025. Elon Musk's electric vehicle company Tesla has opened a diner on Santa Monica Boulevard in Los Angeles. (Photo by Patrick T. Fallon / AFP) (Photo by PATRICK T. FALLON/AFP via Getty Images) — The diner has been met with some protest.

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Musk first talked about plans for a diner in 2018.

This is the only Tesla Diner in the world for now — but maybe not for long.

LOS ANGELES, CA - JULY 21: The exterior view of the Tesla Diner and Drive-In restaurant and Supercharger on July 21, 2025 in Los Angeles, California. The futuristic Tesla Diner and supercharger station boasting a drive-in experience for drivers opened in Hollywood this Monday. (Photo by I RYU/VCG via Getty Images) — Another Tesla Diner may be coming to Starbase, Texas.

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Asked if a similar diner might be opened near SpaceX’s Starbase in Texas, Musk said said yes.

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