# Combination Pizza Hut and Taco Bell **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 21, 2009, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/combination-pizza-hut-and-taco-bell/507255 "2009-08-21T23:42:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![wakingdream](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/9f8e36/32.png) [@wakingdream](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wakingdream)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2009, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/combination-pizza-hut-and-taco-bell/507255/21 "2009-08-22T05:16:24Z")
> [@myskepticsight](#): > > In Columbia MO where I went to college there is IIRC a Hardees/Red Burrito? But I don’t know what the fuck Red Burrito is. I don’t think there are any standalone Red Burrito restaurants, I believe it’s just something Hardee’s came up with to sell Mexican food. Here in the west where we have Carl’s Jr. (instead of Hardee’s) they are often combined with Green Burrito. ---
**Author:** ![Cyberhwk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7993a0/32.png) [@Cyberhwk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cyberhwk)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2009, 7:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/combination-pizza-hut-and-taco-bell/507255/22 "2009-08-22T07:17:06Z")
We got KFC/Taco Bell here. Given our proximity to the Hanford Nuclear Reservation, the mutant chicken jokes abound. ---
**Author:** ![Harvey\_The\_Heavy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Harvey\_The\_Heavy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harvey_The_Heavy)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2009, 7:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/combination-pizza-hut-and-taco-bell/507255/23 "2009-08-22T07:59:04Z")
> [@wakingdream](#): > > I don’t think there are any standalone Red Burrito restaurants, I believe it’s just something Hardee’s came up with to sell Mexican food. Here in the west where we have Carl’s Jr. (instead of Hardee’s) they are often combined with Green Burrito. There’s actually a stand-alone Green Burrito on Whittier Bl. in either Whittier or La Habra. It’s the only one I’ve ever seen, and it looks very old. I’ve never seen one, but I’ve heard of combination Churches Chicken and White Castle. I don’t think I’d eat anywhere else if there was one near me. ---
**Author:** ![TWDuke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e495f1/32.png) [@TWDuke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TWDuke)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2009, 8:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/combination-pizza-hut-and-taco-bell/507255/24 "2009-08-22T08:16:43Z")
[The Battle of the Red and Green Burritos](http://articles.latimes.com/1992-08-11/business/fi-5480_1_green-burrito) ---
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2009, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/combination-pizza-hut-and-taco-bell/507255/25 "2009-08-22T13:22:14Z")
Well they sure say Pizza Hut and Taco Bell in that song a lot. I know there are some in the Chicagoland area. There’s one in Lake County somewhere, I don’t remember which town offhand. I think some of the Target stores have them as well. ---
**Author:** ![AppallingGael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b9bd4f/32.png) [@AppallingGael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AppallingGael)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2009, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/combination-pizza-hut-and-taco-bell/507255/26 "2009-08-22T13:28:21Z")
> [@Ataraxy](#): > > Are there more of these combination stores across the country? There are none near me. Maybe there combination KFC’s and Pizza Huts, or KFC’s and Taco Bells, too. I used to dine occasionally at [this](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qvLDFtaL5HI) one, which alas has gone the way of Luchow’s, Delmonico’s and La Cote Basque. ---
**Author:** ![Angel\_of\_the\_Lord](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/angel_of_the_lord/32/2949_2.png) [@Angel\_of\_the\_Lord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Angel_of_the_Lord)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2009, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/combination-pizza-hut-and-taco-bell/507255/27 "2009-08-22T14:42:27Z")
I’ve seen a KenTaco Hut, a Kentucky Fried Silver’s, a Pizza Bell, and a KFA&W. ---
**Author:** ![Meeko](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e495f1/32.png) [@Meeko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meeko)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2009, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/combination-pizza-hut-and-taco-bell/507255/28 "2009-08-22T16:51:36Z")
I have seen tons of multi-brand yum stores around. There is a KFC / A&W next to where my Step Dad works, and it is the only A&W that I know of. There is a Long John Silvers / Taco Bell just close enough to where I used to live, to justify driving out to it, when I get a craving for Long John. Only LJS that I know of. Now, In terms of Taco Bell, Pizza Hut, and KFC? I used to live in an area that had one of each, full sized, stand alone. You could literally look outside the window of the KFC and see the Pizza Hut down the side Street. The Taco Bell was about a block down. The sad thing about it is this. I know that YUM! would probably want to merge the properties / franchises, but they can’t. Right next to the Taco Bell, is a Captain D’s. Right next to the KFC is a McDonalds. And the Pizza options are very good too. Whereas the multi-brand strategy seems to work, and work well, the legacy of some locations is too great to overcome. ---
**Author:** ![Fretful\_Porpentine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fretful_porpentine/32/2873_2.png) [@Fretful\_Porpentine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fretful_Porpentine)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2009, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/combination-pizza-hut-and-taco-bell/507255/29 "2009-08-22T17:02:02Z")
My hometown had a trifecta that was known as McTacoHut, although I don’t think all three restaurants were / are in the same building, so it probably doesn’t count. ---
**Author:** ![pbbth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f9ae1b/32.png) [@pbbth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pbbth)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2009, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/combination-pizza-hut-and-taco-bell/507255/30 "2009-08-22T17:37:45Z")
> [@SanibelMan](#): > > My wife, who grew up in KC and went to the KFC/Taco Bell/Pizza Hut at 135th and Metcalf, called it the KenTacoHut. That is what we called the YUM brand trifecta in my neighborhood growing up too. We also called the giant Baptist church that was so big it had a McDonald’s on the top floor the Baptist Dome. ---
**Author:** ![devilsknew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4da419/32.png) [@devilsknew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/devilsknew)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2009, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/combination-pizza-hut-and-taco-bell/507255/31 "2009-08-23T02:41:05Z")
Back in the late 80’s (possibly early nineties), I went to the “Three in One” across from the OSU campus. I believe it was one of the flagship stores for their combination innovation. Very, Very popular and it was in a huge restaurant space. Brand new to me, and I thought it was possibly the coolest thing ever, at the time. I’m a little more jaded now, but I have found that the quality of food tends to be better at the combination stores than standalones, for some paradoxical reason. ---
**Author:** ![KarlGrenze](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/dbc845/32.png) [@KarlGrenze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KarlGrenze)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2009, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/combination-pizza-hut-and-taco-bell/507255/32 "2009-08-23T03:15:41Z")
I do enjoy that I could get the KFC chicken wrap thingies and season them with the Taco Bell sauces. SCORE! BTW, my GI tract is notoriously strong… ---
**Author:** ![fiddlesticks](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fiddlesticks/32/18129_2.png) [@fiddlesticks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fiddlesticks)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2009, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/combination-pizza-hut-and-taco-bell/507255/33 "2009-08-23T03:22:18Z")
First one I ever saw was at University of Wisconsin-Whitewater’s student union back in the 90s. ---
**Author:** ![devilsknew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4da419/32.png) [@devilsknew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/devilsknew)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2009, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/combination-pizza-hut-and-taco-bell/507255/34 "2009-08-23T04:36:16Z")
Snipe like Wesley. 😃 Thanks for turning meon. Decent Rap for a change. Meta-rap. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2009, 6:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/combination-pizza-hut-and-taco-bell/507255/35 "2009-08-23T06:14:22Z")
I hate Pepsi. ---
**Author:** ![devilsknew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4da419/32.png) [@devilsknew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/devilsknew)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2009, 6:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/combination-pizza-hut-and-taco-bell/507255/36 "2009-08-23T06:35:00Z")
I like Coke. I wish Coke would make a Diet Mello Yello to totally destroy Diet Mountain Dew (they have the technology). It’s ashamed, they conceded and never even tried to compete. The have the best, and the most milde, refreshing, and real citrus drink and they gave up! I have always prefered Mello Yello in its pure form over Mountain Dew. The stuff is ten times more refreshing on a summer’s day than “Dew”. Try it, take the challenge, it’s a thirst quencher and less acrid. Dew is acrid, Mello Yello, is not… I think it’s the esters. ---
**Author:** ![tumbleddown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e9bcb4/32.png) [@tumbleddown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tumbleddown)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2009, 8:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/combination-pizza-hut-and-taco-bell/507255/37 "2009-08-23T08:22:07Z")
> [@Bryan\_Ekers](#): > > Paco Hell? Pachelbel, after the “cannon” that shoots through your guts after you eat there. ---
**Author:** ![Harvey\_The\_Heavy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Harvey\_The\_Heavy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harvey_The_Heavy)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2009, 8:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/combination-pizza-hut-and-taco-bell/507255/38 "2009-08-23T08:49:05Z")
> [@TWDuke](#): > > [The Battle of the Red and Green Burritos](http://articles.latimes.com/1992-08-11/business/fi-5480_1_green-burrito) Well I guess that got settled since they’re both subsidiaries of Carl Karcher Enterprises now. ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2009, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/combination-pizza-hut-and-taco-bell/507255/39 "2009-08-23T14:15:52Z")
Mmmmm…peperoni tacos and volcano pizzas…yum! ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2009, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/combination-pizza-hut-and-taco-bell/507255/40 "2009-08-23T14:51:24Z")
Check out your local university. Odds are there is one of these combo packs in the Student Union. Limited menu from each, but something for everybody. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/combination-pizza-hut-and-taco-bell/507255.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/combination-pizza-hut-and-taco-bell/507255.md?page=3)