I would never go because Elon is associated with it, but otherwise it's kind of unremarkable. I've seen big chain restaurants with similar prices in the area. My biggest gripe is is that kid's burger is the same price as the adult burger.
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Same.
The prices seem reasonable albeit still a tad too expensive (my limit is 10€ for street food unless it's something special).
Oh, I'm with you. I just don't pay $13 for a burger. Just because they're unremarkable doesn't mean they aren't dumb.
The kids grilled cheese (which is literally just bread and American cheese) is also $13
Obviously the "just price everything at what we think people will pay" strategy.
Thats literally what every business everywhere does. It is basic economics. Prices are determined not by the cost to produce, but by what people are willing to pay.
I guess what I mean is that this place seems to be doing it at the aggregate level. Like someone decided that people going there would spend $13 for a meal, so everything is $13. Adult hamburger? $13. Kid's hamburger? $13. Grilled cheese? $13.
Most places would say that people aren't going to spend the same amount for a grilled cheese as for an adult burger, so they'd make the grilled cheese cheaper.
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"Excuse me waiter, from which minority do you source these meats?"
wow, 1/3 lb is small, I prefer to go to McDo they have the bigger 1/4lb burger!!
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Truly the American way.
The Boring Restaurant
Imagine being the richest person on earth and best you can come up with for a new restaurant is the most boring menu at ridiculous prices.
Edit: To be fair tho, gonna need a source on this. Since OP hasn’t provided a link or anything.
Ridiculous prices? This is pretty much normal in my area, which isn't one of the most expensive places in the country. Boring ass menu though
I was about to say the same, but then realized that none of the entrees include fries. $14 for a burger and fries is not unexpected at your average sports bar, but without fries for a plain Jane burger? I don’t know what the market is like in LA …
But $12 for four strips of bacon is outrageous, and $5 for this cookie is a slap in the face
LA varies widely in food prices (I visit 2-3x a year). The overall vibe I can distill it down to is that these are competitive with small restaurants with no big name recognition or premium ingredients. UOVO pasta? 30-40$/serving. Some no name poke restaurant next to a Ralph’s? 15$ for a whole ass bowl of raw fish fresh from the fish market.
LA is the land of Star fuckers, where name recognition and vanity are above all else. If you stay away from the star fuckers, food there is actually affordable compared to the cost of living.
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Fuck they’ve actually created a Nazi Cyberpunk Diner.
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4 pieces of bacon is almost the same price as a burger?
Sounds about tesla
"all day breakfast" do you see that McDonald's? Donyou see it? That's how to do it.
I don't know what's wrong with the McDonald's breakfast procedure, but McMuffins apparently takes a lot of time. I ordered 8 one time, to feed the family, and the teen went seriously? I can only make 4 at a time, so it's going to take a while
I've heard that breakfast is kind of a loss leader for fast food chains. It's cheaper than the lunch options and the point is just to get people in the door in the morning and they'll hopefully come back later/another day for more profitable meals. Don't know how true it is, but that would explain the limited hours and them giving you grief for trying to order a bunch.
Did you tell the teen "Then why the fuck are you talking to me? Get back there and start crackalackin!"
I know it's a joke, but I'd slap a bitch if they said that during my shift at a minimum wage job.
Why they fuck would you take one of the most expensive sources of beef (Wagyu) and make chili out of it?
Because it sounds nice? Literally, zero chance that is actually wagyu. It would be inedible due to the fat.
Wagyu is still just a type of cow and if you aren’t eating expensive graded cuts it’s not that much more expensive than angus. It’s still pointless to eat in a chili as the whole advantage of it is the marbling
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Tesla Burger and Epic Bacon. Very cool, Elon...
He really has the naming skills of an 8 year old.
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Yalls care too much about billionaires. This is entirely irrelevant to me. Who cares?
Buddy the community is called mildly interesting. As in not very interesting. The point is they don't really care about it.
Makes you wonder if the ovens will explode like his cars and rockets
Remarkably unremarkable
No 69s or 420s.
They should be fucking arrested for wasting Wagyu beef in a chili.
i want to go once to review it and compare it against other better diners i like in LA, but can i justify giving elon money directly instead of indirectly with my taxes
Mildly concerning.
Surprisingly reasonable for a slightly upscale LA joint. Only issue is ... who the fuck in their right mind would waste actual Wagyu beef in some chili? You can put almost any beef in chili, nobody will notice because it's fully submersed in a stew that tastes like chili. So why use the most expensive beef on the planet for it? Unless it's just fake Wagyu, which tbf, I guess it probably is at that price point. Still a dumb marketing gimmick to anyone that knows anything about beef.
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It's weird seeing so many people defending these prices. Their arguments are all I'm getting scammed like this at other places so therefore it's not a scam here. Y'all paying $14 for a Smashburger with no sides y'all getting fucking scammed and shouldn't be paying for it anywhere.
4 strips of bacon for $12 is the really crazy one to me idk. It's also weird asf that the burger doesn't come with fries but the kids burger does.
Insipid menu.
Not a lot of things here I don't already make at home.
Making chili out of premium beef seems a waste.
Anyone with 2 kids would buy an adult burger and fries and split it between the kids.
Making chili out of premium beef seems a waste.
Indeed. 99% of the point of chili is that you can use the lowest grade stuff and it doesn't matter because it just cooks down and gets loaded with spices. Not that I would expect a multicentibillionaire to care about food economy
It still most likely is the lowest grade stuff, just with bits of leftover Wagyu tossed in just so they can call it Wagyu chili.
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I promise everything on that menu is like $10 overpriced.
$13 for a hot dog. Hot dog better be code for a fat blunt for $13
The hot dog is a little expensive but considering prices in LA these days, most of these prices are actually pretty reasonable. LA is a very high cost of living place now. Wages are far higher than almost anywhere else on the planet.
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He still doesn't understand who his base is...
No one who wants organic food or can pay those prices likes Musk still
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And of course he's got Martin's on there. Fucking TACO lackey BS.
https://www.knowtheceo.org/news/buns-guns-amp-insurrection-the-story-of-martins-potato-rolls
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How do you fuck up biscuits and gravy? The name is the ingredients.
Literally looks like shit:
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