# Oh no. Taco Bell is opening soon near my house. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 15, 2009, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-no-taco-bell-is-opening-soon-near-my-house/486007 "2009-02-15T23:54:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![levdrakon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@levdrakon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/levdrakon)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2009, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-no-taco-bell-is-opening-soon-near-my-house/486007/21 "2009-02-16T20:35:54Z")
Humorously, Taco Bell has expanded into Mexico. Jon Stewart of course admires the irony. Blog & video [here.](http://www.foodfacts.info/blog/2007/10/jon-stewart-on-taco-bell-in-mexico.html) ---
**Author:** ![Zsofia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7bcc69/32.png) [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2009, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-no-taco-bell-is-opening-soon-near-my-house/486007/22 "2009-02-16T20:56:20Z")
> [@guizot](#): > > I don’t consider Taco Bell to be Mexican food, but it’s cheap and fast, and when you’re in a hurry, it’s not too bad. It’s better than McDonalds, because it doesn’t make you feel sick to your stomach. > > If I have a choice, I go to Pollo Loco. What kind of stomach are you carrying around with you? ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2009, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-no-taco-bell-is-opening-soon-near-my-house/486007/23 "2009-02-16T22:59:27Z")
> [@levdrakon](#): > > Every item I eat gets _at least_ one packet of fire sauce, probably more. Does that include the fire sauce itself, and if so how do you escape the infinite loop? ---
**Author:** ![levdrakon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@levdrakon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/levdrakon)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2009, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-no-taco-bell-is-opening-soon-near-my-house/486007/24 "2009-02-16T23:02:23Z")
> [@VinylTurnip](#): > > Does that include the fire sauce itself, and if so how do you escape the infinite loop? One doesn’t, which is the danger of having a nearby Taco Bell. ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2009, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-no-taco-bell-is-opening-soon-near-my-house/486007/25 "2009-02-16T23:44:09Z")
It’s gummint cheese, dammit! ---
**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2009, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-no-taco-bell-is-opening-soon-near-my-house/486007/26 "2009-02-17T00:34:33Z")
> [@Mosier](#): > > Unrelated, but I have actually eaten honest-to-goodness government cheese, and it’s fantastic. It is. It goes great in cheese potato soup. ---
**Author:** ![salinqmind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ec8ea/32.png) [@salinqmind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2009, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-no-taco-bell-is-opening-soon-near-my-house/486007/27 "2009-02-17T02:55:21Z")
I don’t like Taco Bell much, but when I’m on the way home and starving to death I will hit the drive through and request “one of those round things”, which is easy to eat with one hand and doesn’t make a huge mess in the front seat. Can’t remember what they call it but it’s a crunchy tortilla-and-burrito-filling folded in a round flour tortilla. The Dollar General was selling a microwavable Taco Bell entree of rice, beans, and mystery meat in sauce, in a little cardboard box. I bought a couple for ‘emergencies’, and the day before payday I heated it up and folded it into two wheat flour tortillas I had, with some sour cream and hot sauce. Darn good emergency meal for the two of us! ---
**Author:** ![Zoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a4c791/32.png) [@Zoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zoe)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2009, 7:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-no-taco-bell-is-opening-soon-near-my-house/486007/28 "2009-02-17T07:13:16Z")
In the summer of 1985 I got food poisoning from eating at Taco Bell. That’s as sick at my stomach as I have ever been. Then for two weeks I couldn’t eat much of anything. As soon as my appetite came back, I went back to Taco Bell. Since I had a gastric bypass, I can eat only one taco supreme and that satisfies my appetite. But when my husband is making a run to the Bell, I usually order about ten of them and eat them cold right out of the frig for three days. Mind you, I probably have fifteen authentic Mexican restaurants within three miles of my house. Many of my neighbors are Hispanic. But I do love Taco Bell tacos. Does anyone remember Taco Tico? ---
**Author:** ![AlsoNamedBort](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alsonamedbort/32/3213_2.png) [@AlsoNamedBort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AlsoNamedBort)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2009, 7:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-no-taco-bell-is-opening-soon-near-my-house/486007/29 "2009-02-17T07:29:18Z")
> [@salinqmind](#): > > I don’t like Taco Bell much, but when I’m on the way home and starving to death I will hit the drive through and request “one of those round things”, which is easy to eat with one hand and doesn’t make a huge mess in the front seat. Can’t remember what they call it but it’s a crunchy tortilla-and-burrito-filling folded in a round flour tortilla. I believe you want a crunchwrap supreme. …Which shows the power of advertising. I wouldn’t have known what you meant if the commercials hadn’t been about how the Crunchwrap is “Good to Go.” I love Taco Bell. I know it’s not Mexican, but while all the other Fast Food places are stessing their dollar menu, which gets you a little tiny burger, you can gets a giant cheesy beef and rice burrito for 89 cents!:eek: ---
**Author:** ![Uncle\_Brother\_Walker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/f08c70/32.png) [@Uncle\_Brother\_Walker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uncle_Brother_Walker)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2009, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-no-taco-bell-is-opening-soon-near-my-house/486007/30 "2009-02-17T13:57:55Z")
> [@Zoe](#): > > …when my husband is making a run to the Bell, I usually order about ten of them and eat them cold right out of the frig for three days. OH! OH! I’m the same way. I don’t get a chance to eat at TB much (there’s only one in the area that I know of). Every once in a while, usually after barhopping\*, there will be a food run. I always throw my TB vote in the hat and (if I win) then order a 10-pack of mix and match burritos/tacos/whatever. Of course, to go. I’m eatin’ good for at least two days after a run to the border, as long as the microwave keeps nuking.\*\* - Okay, that’s a lie. There’s only two or so bars we go to. \*\* That’s a lie, too. I tend to graze straight from the fridge as well. ---
**Author:** ![sciurophobic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cab0a1/32.png) [@sciurophobic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sciurophobic)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2009, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-no-taco-bell-is-opening-soon-near-my-house/486007/31 "2009-02-17T14:16:12Z")
I just like the fact that their burritos don’t contain a pound of rice. Yes, Chipotle, I’m talking about you. ---
**Author:** ![guizot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guizot/32/3636_2.png) [@guizot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/guizot)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2009, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-no-taco-bell-is-opening-soon-near-my-house/486007/32 "2009-02-17T15:02:07Z")
> [@Zsofia](#): > > What kind of stomach are you carrying around with you? I don’t know, but there’s something about the sauces fast places on hamburgers that do that to me. Pollo loco lets you decide what sauce you want. > [@sciurophobic](#): > > I just like the fact that their burritos don’t contain a pound of rice. Yes, Chipotle, I’m talking about you. Amen to that. That’s why Burrito King in LA is the best place to go for a burrito. ---
**Author:** ![levdrakon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@levdrakon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/levdrakon)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2009, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-no-taco-bell-is-opening-soon-near-my-house/486007/33 "2009-02-17T19:04:14Z")
> [@Uncle\_Brother\_Walker](#): > > OH! OH! > > I’m the same way. I don’t get a chance to eat at TB much (there’s only one in the area that I know of). Every once in a while, usually after barhopping\*, there will be a food run. I always throw my TB vote in the hat and (if I win) then order a 10-pack of mix and match burritos/tacos/whatever. Of course, to go. > > I’m eatin’ good for at least two days after a run to the border, as long as the microwave keeps nuking.\*\* > > - Okay, that’s a lie. There’s only two or so bars we go to. > > \*\* That’s a lie, too. I tend to graze straight from the fridge as well. Yeah, refrigerated then nuked soggy tacos sound gross, and yet they are still tasty and hit the spot. ---
**Author:** ![GoodOmens](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/d26b3c/32.png) [@GoodOmens](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GoodOmens)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2009, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-no-taco-bell-is-opening-soon-near-my-house/486007/34 "2009-02-17T19:09:14Z")
When I was in college, a Taco Bell opened on campus, in the student center. They had a system that hooked in to your cafeteria meal plan, so that you could eat there instead of the cafe. That’s nothing but pure evil for anyone trying to maintaina healthy diet. However, I never indulged much, because I find that a trip to Taco Bell is usually followed by the dreaded Taco Belly, which you do NOT want to hit during a 3 hour lecture course. ---
**Author:** ![tds1273](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/df705f/32.png) [@tds1273](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tds1273)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2009, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-no-taco-bell-is-opening-soon-near-my-house/486007/35 "2009-02-17T21:30:48Z")
Taco Bell’s got nothing on Jack In The Box’s tacos. Burger King tries to compete, but fails. Deep fried deliciousness, and they’re only two for a buck. The commercial where the kid orders 30? That’s not a comedy, it’s a documentary. ---
**Author:** ![Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troy_mcclure_sf/32/4150_2.png) [@Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Troy_McClure_SF)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2009, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-no-taco-bell-is-opening-soon-near-my-house/486007/36 "2009-02-17T23:14:37Z")
There’s a KFC/Taco Bell three blocks from my house, and I’ve never been, even when I was frequentling a bar a block away well before I live in the area. I’d be proud, but I know that if it were _any_ other fast food joint I’d be there at least once a month. The fact that there’s an amazing taqueria even closer helps, too. ---
**Author:** ![levdrakon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@levdrakon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/levdrakon)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2009, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-no-taco-bell-is-opening-soon-near-my-house/486007/37 "2009-02-18T00:35:14Z")
> [@tds1273](#): > > Taco Bell’s got nothing on Jack In The Box’s tacos. Burger King tries to compete, but fails. Deep fried deliciousness, and they’re only two for a buck. The commercial where the kid orders 30? That’s not a comedy, it’s a documentary. I’ve eaten J&theB’s tacos. Okay late at night after the bar, but not TB quality. As I recall, the shell is a deep-fried semi-soft thing, and just not the same as the satisfying crunch you get from a Taco Bell taco. You know, I think the crunch of TB items is a big part of it. I love their burritos, but I always have to have at least one crunchy taco or tostada, too. ---
**Author:** ![MissGypsy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8491ac/32.png) [@MissGypsy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissGypsy)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2009, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-no-taco-bell-is-opening-soon-near-my-house/486007/38 "2009-02-18T00:55:20Z")
> [@Zoe](#): > > In the summer of 1985 I got food poisoning from eating at Taco Bell. That’s as sick at my stomach as I have ever been. Then for two weeks I couldn’t eat much of anything. As soon as my appetite came back, I went back to Taco Bell. > > Since I had a gastric bypass, I can eat only one taco supreme and that satisfies my appetite. But when my husband is making a run to the Bell, I usually order about ten of them and eat them cold right out of the frig for three days. > > Mind you, I probably have fifteen authentic Mexican restaurants within three miles of my house. Many of my neighbors are Hispanic. But I do love Taco Bell tacos. > > Does anyone remember Taco Tico? I’ve had food poisoning from Taco Bell more than once, and I still go back. It’s addictive. Now, when my step-daughter and her boyfriend go there, they usually bring me back a little surprise – a Mexican pizza, nachos, a few tacos. (Not all at once, of course!) And yes, there was a Taco Tico in my hometown, but it closed down about 30 years ago. I always thought it was just a local place, rather than a chain! ---
**Author:** ![levdrakon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@levdrakon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/levdrakon)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2009, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-no-taco-bell-is-opening-soon-near-my-house/486007/39 "2009-02-18T17:21:48Z")
> [@MissGypsy](#): > > I’ve had food poisoning from Taco Bell more than once, and I still go back. Are you serious? You make it sound like it’s not a multinational food chain but rather a corner taco cart. I’m amazed people are claiming food poisoning from a chain as large as Taco Bell. ---
**Author:** ![guizot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guizot/32/3636_2.png) [@guizot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/guizot)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2009, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-no-taco-bell-is-opening-soon-near-my-house/486007/40 "2009-02-18T18:09:19Z")
> [@tds1273](#): > > Taco Bell’s got nothing on Jack In The Box’s tacos. Burger King tries to compete, but fails. Deep fried deliciousness, and they’re only two for a buck. But they’re so greasy. I guess that’s a good thing for some. > [@levdrakon](#): > > Are you serious? You make it sound like it’s not a multinational food chain but rather a corner taco cart. I’m amazed people are claiming food poisoning from a chain as large as Taco Bell. I, too, once got food poison from what I was pretty sure was Taco Bell. Just because it’s a chain doesn’t mean one location can have lax conditions. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-no-taco-bell-is-opening-soon-near-my-house/486007.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-no-taco-bell-is-opening-soon-near-my-house/486007.md?page=3)