Elon Musk Has a Chef for His Tesla Diner
The restaurant that Tesla is building in Los Angeles-a Drive-in old style reorganized for the era of electric cars-hour has a chef, second One post on X From an account that shares Tesla News.
“The restaurant will present a retro charm of the 1950s, dazzling neon lights, the unmistakable perfume of freshly grilled and frappè hamburgers by hand,” said The Post, written by Sawyer Merritt on Wednesday evening. He reported that the menu will be in the hands of the chef Eric GreenspanAn entrepreneur from Los Angeles who has a virtual restaurant company and a boutique brand of American cheese.
“It will be nice”, Elon Musk, Tesla’s head, commented under the post Less than an hour later, seeming to confirm the news. (Neither Tesla nor Mr. Greenspan responded to requests for comment.)
The project played quite beautiful in 2018, when Mr. Musk began to reflect in a post on what was then Twitter, promising “An old Drive-in school, rollers and rock restaurant.” More recently, he has developed that outdoor screens would show old film clips lasting about half an hour, or the time needed to recharge an electric vehicle in the parking lot.
Since then, Mr. Musk has made himself a figure of intense controversies by purchasing Twitter and renowning him as X, giving hundreds of millions of dollars to the campaigns of Donald J. Trump and other republican candidates and shooting thousands of federal employees as a leader of doge. Over the past two months, protesters around the world have checked Tesla dealers. The vandals have targeted Tesla vehicles and places with guns, Molotov cocktails, spray paint cans and other devices.
In the interviews, several restaurateurs and chefs he said they wouldn’t work with TeslaAlthough some spoke anonymously for fear of punishment by the supporters of Mr. Musk. The chef and an owner of Republic In Los Angeles, Walter Manzke has arrived for intense criticism On social media last week after telling the New York Times that the restaurant “seemed exciting” and that his wife and business partner, Margarita, had recently expressed interest in the purchase of a Tesla.
“We want to clarify that the quote on the purchase of a Tesla simply concerned the exploration of electric vehicles options, not a political declaration,” wrote Manzke on Instagram. “We appreciate innovation and sustainability and respect all points of view. République does not take political positions; we are here to create a space for everyone, regardless of their background or beliefs.”
Before Mr. Manzke disable the comments and then erased the pole, the reactions were quick and heated, with some people who said they would no longer eat in République. Did not respond to a commentary request.
Second Recent job offers For the restaurant, Zero2one LLC will manage the restaurant. In January, Zero2one was incorporated into Delaware and recorded in California in a deposit that called William Chait as director of the company. Other job offersSince it was removed, listed Bill Chait as an administrator partner, together with Greenspan and Jeremy Brumley.
Mr. Chait is the former CEO of Sprout La, who Eater Los Angeles once called “The group of most influential restaurants in Los Angeles.” Before selling the company, Chait had a participation in République, Bestia, Otium, Rose Venice and many other restaurants in the Los Angeles area. He continued to become a bakery canopy partner in San Francisco, among other factories. He did not respond to requests for comment.
Working on the Tesla Diner website in Santa Monica Boulevard has advanced quickly, with white charging stations standing in the parking lot and bandaged furniture in covers visible through the windows.
The chef, Mr. Greenspan, is the founder of ALT/GRUB/FACTIONA incubator for delivery restaurants only, 2 of which on a roll and the Brekkie Breaky Burritos. As culinary director of Virtual catering conceptscontributed to inventing delivery brands and withdrawals, too Forgive my cheeseSteakwhich sells chips and sandwiches uploaded to university campuses and IHOP restaurants.
Cheese is a leitmotif in Mr. Greenspan’s career. His La Foneria restaurant on Melrose was known for A grilled cheese sandwich Fortified with ribs and apricot jam before it ended in 2013. Part of that space was subsequently reborn as Greenspan grilled cheese, now closed. He is the author of “The large book of grilled cheeses. “
In 2022, Mr. Greenspan began to sell American cheese formulated with butter, cream and cherdar through his company New American school. The orange squares that will melt draped on many of the hamburgers served at the counter of a chef Chip In Los Angeles, partly owned by Nancy Silverton, they are made by New School.
Kirsten Noyes has contributed to research.
