While I don’t remember the menu items I do remember going to one in Central Florida (Lakeland). It must have been early seventies and they had a promotion where they gave a GENUINE MEXICAN PESO with each order. There is still a Taco Bell in that location today, and it’s right down the street from the original Red Lobster (long gone). And if you get a peso at the Taco Bell, it’s only by mistake in your change.
Mmmmmm, Bellburgers. Boy, one of those would hit the spot right now. “Taco Bell…chomp, chomp… is a nice place to eat.” [/dinosaur] He’s eating the Taco bell restaurant.
The Bellburger, sadly, was before my time. I remember a few years back getting an email survey from Taco Bell about whether they should bring it back or not, but AFAIK nothing ever came of it.
Taco Time serves a “Taco Burger” up here, which I imagine is probably pretty similar to what the Bellburger must have been, but I’ve never ordered it.
I miss their Taco Salad. It was a big pile of ingredients in a clamshell-shaped flaky crust bowl, totalling around 800 calories. You finish by eating the bowl.
I remember when they brought back the enchirito – it just wasn’t the same without the sliced olives and the spork.
Never did get around to trying their Bell Beefer.
They still have them. Mmmm, deep-fried lettuce!
Del Taco got rid of their taco salad too. That marked the end of us going there, because it was about the only thing worth buying.
Which chain was it that had tater tots with taco seasoning?
By the time it came to our town, the tacos were up to 25 cents. I don’t remember the exact menu, but it was limited and when the adults were collecting the order for the family the question was “how many tacos do you want?”
Taco Time. They call them “Mexi-fries”.
The seasoning is barely even there.
Not fries, tho. Tots. Definitely tots. And they were heavily seasoned. Think Sonic tots with a package of McCormick taco seasoning on them.
Tho, while I’m sure Taco Time (which I’ve never heard of) had/has Mexi-Fries, that’s not the one I’m thinking of.
Might have been a local chain or a local offering…
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Taco John’s Potato Olés.
Exactly. Mexi-fries.
Might have been Taco Tico. It was in the right region for me. (SouthWest Conf, Big12 area)
And, as I said, very heavily seasoned.
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Maybe for you folks on the West Coast, but out here, their brief foray into the Chicago market was pretty much the only place you could get baja style fish tacos and shrimp tacos at a fast food joint (or for that matter, almost any taco joint. While you can find fish tacos here, they take some sleuthing.) And I thought they were pretty good.
Cool.
I’ve never been to a Taco Time.
Silenus, that’s a good one, too.
Apparently several places have done it. 
I make my own now. At home. From scratch.
Not actually scratch 
, but a good cheap bag of frozen tots from Krogers, with chili powder and garlic salt on them comes very close. Not really worth it, tho, to make a whole bag.
I love putting chili powder on tots and fries. Dry onion soup mix on them is also awesome.
Probably stupid question: do you apply seasoning before or after baking?
When I turn them over.
Here is McDonalds
That’s not Taco Bell’s original menu, by the way. It’s half of a later menu. Note the lack of tacos on the menu. The Taco Bell Grande debuted around 1985.