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In brief Tesla opened a retro-style diner in Hollywood with EV-only parking, rooftop dining, and massive LED screens playing movie clips. While an Optimus robot serves popcorn, the kitchen is still human-run. While Tesla fans praised the experience, some locals raised concerns about traffic, noise, and the diner’s impact on the neighborhood. Tesla’s long-awaited retro-style diner finally opened over the weekend in Los Angeles, and yes, there’s rollerskating waitstaff, rooftop seating, and a humanoid robot handing out popcorn. No, you can’t pay in Dogecoin, yet. Located near the iconic Paramount Studios, the two-story fever dream sits atop a Supercharger hub with 80 EV-only parking spaces. Part midcentury nostalgia trip, part Muskovite experiment, the diner has seating for 250 people and features two, drive-in-movie-sized LED screens that play curated 30-minute movie and TV show clips (meant to match the average Tesla charging time). The menu offers comfort food classics rebranded for the megawatt crowd.  The diner also featured an Optimus, Tesla’s in-development humanoid robot, which was handing out popcorn to guests like an escapee from CES. Kitchen operations, however, were human-led under chef Eric Greenspan. Musk first proposed opening a Tesla-themed restaurant in January 2018. Throngs of people have shown up, and there was a two-hour wait for lunch on Tuesday. “It was a fantastic opening,” the diner’s manager, Bill Chait, told Decrypt. Tesla Optimus robot serving popcorn. Image: Jason Nelson/Decrypt The menu firmly adheres to the Americana tradition, featuring “Tesla Burger” cheeseburgers, hot dogs, fried chicken and waffles, fries, cinnamon rolls, and biscuits and gravy. There’s plenty of Tesla-branded merchandise, too. The diner is cashless and currently does not accept any crypto despite Tesla CEO Elon Musk’s professed love of Dogecoin. Reactions were mixed on prices, if not the food. “It was good but expensive,” said one diner. Another added,…

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