Yo quiero Taco Bell!
LOL The only Taco Bell location in Kingston, is in the Hudson Valley Mall.
Taco Bell is also releasing Taco Bell/Long JohnSilvers combos
Yeah, there are a lot of Taco Bell/KFC combos.
There's a KFC/A&W combo too..heh.
Yeh.. Taco Bell rocks! Since they're owned by the same people that own, pizza hut, kfc, and a few others..
Taco Bell locations are few and far between in Southeastern PA. Many of the ones that there are, are quite old with 80s-90's signage. There are a few newer KFC/Taco Bell/A&W Combos, but not too many.
i like taco bell but i always Get sick from eating there:barf::barf::barf:
lol i used too.. but i've had much worse at Micky D's
QuoteOriginally posted by MBZ321
Taco Bell locations are few and far between in Southeastern PA. Many of the ones that there are, are quite old with 80s-90's signage. There are a few newer KFC/Taco Bell/A&W Combos, but not too many.
Hey my Taco Bell still has the old sinage which is so cool!!:bigsmile:
Two words, Taco Bell rocks! I went there today, the first time in a while... and I realized what I have been missing!
I eat at Taco Bell all the time. Ours is the only one within 50 miles, and it's a KFC/Taco Bell combo that started out as just KFC.
I think this was a taco bell at one time..It's now an Italian restaurant that's like never open.
http://edweb.tusd.k12.az.us/sped/photos.html
Look at this old Taco Bell in Wausua, Wi.
(http://www.gloriawilkerson.com/images/500-shots/beths-taco-bell-500.jpg)
http://www.gloriawilkerson.com/wis-minn-2001.html
Taco Bell/Pizza Hut in Bradley, IL.
http://www.angelfire.com/rnb/lecentre/tacobell.html
Pontiac, IL.
http://www.angelfire.com/rnb/lecentre/tacobell.html
Washington, IL.
http://www.angelfire.com/rnb/lecentre/tacobell.html
Taco Bell/KFC in Memphis, TN..
http://www.angelfire.com/rnb/lecentre/tacobell.html
here is the taco bell in jersey city nj near the hudson mall
from http://www.siteride.com/srpl/p_snapshot.pl?lm=listing&resbox=1137871213&subNum=50207001044
Former Taco Bell in Henderson KY
Henderson KY
Ugh...
Taco Bell is the only restaurant that makes me sick.
Strange, considering they have the lowest food poisoning risk of all the fast food chains.
I agree with the person above about taco bell. I do not like their food as much and my dad got sick form there once. in my marketing research class, the teacher asked what restuarant would you refuse to eat at if you had a gun to your head and I and a few people said taco bell. But taco bell is still popular with a lot of people
this taco bell is in sandwich il
from http://www.angelfire.com/rnb/lecentre/tacobell.html
here is a taco bell in chicago il
from http://www.angelfire.com/rnb/lecentre/tacobell.html
Newly opened Taco Bell/Long John Silvers in Greenport. This sits just to the right of the Jamesway/Price Chopper Plaza and is accessed through the plaza (no direct road access). The site used to hold a large multi-door garage and office building (which faced into the plaza) that was used at one point as a Montgomery Ward Cataolg showroom (I think the last thing was a fitness equipment place) and had been empty for a few years.
This location is on Route 4 in Troy, just down from Hudson Valley Community College. It was just a Taco Bell until recently and looked like any other 1980's-1990's Taco Bell. It was given a makeover to the more modern design(apparently when they added the LJS).
Taco Bell isn't a terrible fast food restaurant as far as their food goes but just about every restaurant of theirs I've ever visited is atrocious; outdated, and absolutely grimy and filthy. There's two immediately near me in Connecticut; Southington and Bristol - the locations are in such need of renovation they are too disgusting to even walk into. I don't know why the Taco Bell chain is so reluctant to get with it and revamp their unattractive stores.
By the way, I second that notion - I, too, feel sick after eating here and KFC. It seems like that's a common trend for fast food but especially the KFC/Pizza Hut/D. Angelo/Taco Bell (I think they also own the stripped A&W restaurant chain as well). I've been avoiding all of the above for some time now.
Taco Bell used to be really good when the stores actually cooked their own meat and fried their own taco shells. In the early 1990's Pepsico switched them over to pre-cooked meat and pre-fried shells, which drastically reduced the quality of the food served there.
QuoteOriginally posted by XISMZERO
It seems like that's a common trend for fast food but especially the KFC/Pizza Hut/D. Angelo/Taco Bell (I think they also own the stripped A&W restaurant chain as well). I've been avoiding all of the above for some time now.
Actually, just to make sure it's clear, the co-owned restaurants in this group are Taco Bell, KFC, Pizza Hut, A&W and Long John Silvers.
D'Angelo is separate (though somehow connected with Papa Gino's).
First is the new Wolf Road Taco Bell-Long John Silvers - this replaced an older Taco only store on Central Ave near 155.
2nd is the Central Ave location just above Westgate - it started as a Taco Bell only and added Long John Silvers a year or so ago.
3rd is the Pittsfield (MA) Taco Bell - in the plaza with Price Chopper and Wal*Mart.
This is the Oneonta location (a combined Taco Bell/Long John Silvers) on Route 28 (I think, maybe 23) in the vicinity of the Southside mall area.
here is taco bell in norwich ny
taco bell cromwell ct near stop and shop
taco bell meriden ct east main st
taco bell wallingford ct
taco bell vernon ct
taco bell east hartford ct
taco hartford ct near new wal-mart
plainville ct
southington ct
taco bell waterbury ct chase ave near the new target
taco bell danbury ct
I forgot to post this taco bell in bristol CT and I heard from someone it will be moved.
QuoteOriginally posted by d_fife
I forgot to post this taco bell in bristol CT and I heard from someone it will be moved.
bristol ct.
current taco bell in saco me
QuoteOriginally posted by d_fife
current taco bell in saco me
original taco bell in saco me that opened in 1997 and closed in 2003
taco bell in brewer me
taco bell in orono / old town me
northern most TAco bell in maine and in the US. This is the one in presque isle me
taco bell in rockport me
taco bell in malone ny
Former Evansville Indiana location...new location built across the street.
Notice the old Taco Bell "label scar on the side of the building.
This was on of the older original locations that at one time, actually had a bell hanging in it. It was removed a long time ago and the Taco Bell sign had been placed over it. Now that the sign is gone you can see where it once hung.
This building got really dirty towards the end of its years at a TB. More than likely it will return as a local taco eatery as often happens.
Here is the replacement location across the street in Evansville Indiana
Came across this story on The Drudge Report: Rats found at a Taco Bell/KFC in Greenwich Village, NY.
http://www.wnbc.com/news/11089614/detail.html?dl=mainclick
For some reason, this story reinforces all those classic stories of filth at Taco Smell restaurants. For some reason, I have a feeling this kind of disgust happens at a lot of Taco Bells. They seem to be improving their image these days with newer stores and even co-brands with their other franchises. In lieu of the E. Coli scare, this hasnt been a good year so far for Taco Bell...
Taco Bell/KFC in Skowhegan ME. Most were probably originally KFC restaurants and Taco Bell was added later.
Former Taco Bell turned into a Title Max
I was the real first customer at the local Taco Bell in the mall. I say real customer because they had some regional manager posing for pictures as the supposed "first customer".
We also had a Taco Bell that was open for only a few years and closed for more than 5. It reopened recently as an Arby's
They just opened one in Webster, MA, one town over from me. It's the only Taco Bell for 30 miles in any direction, they had a police detail directing traffic for the first month they were open because of all the customers, and thats not an exaggeration. The average inhouse wait was about 45 minutes, drive thru-1 hour 10 minutes for over two weeks!
I love taco bell. the crunchwrap, the nachos bell grande, and the new cheesy beefy melt are my favorite items. everyone else here seems to think they're gross, but i think they're one of the best fast food restaurants.
Not me, Taco Bell rocks.
cool. they are becoming more popular too. i think they are Yum! brands' number 1 restaurant, in front of KFC. it is also the only fastfood restaurant my sister will eat at.
This is the Taco Bell in Turnersville, NJ
This is a former Taco Bell in Rio Grande, NJ, now Alfredo's Pizza
i just got take out from our tacobell and one again they had the tacos so full that they couldnet fit more in it wich is great cause at our tacobelll kfc u get your moneys worth plus i get tacobell at least 2 to 5 times a week from my cousion he goes ther for lunch and gets me a vonconal taco evey time and drops it off for me
The Taco Bell closest to me (Clearwater, FL) used to look like this, but has since been torn down and replaced by the modern style of store.
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get a pic of the updated one please i love seeing tacobell pics
Old Taco Bell in Beckley, WV.
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my cousion will be geting me tacobell at noon hehe like evey weekday
in side the one in webster ma the frist day it was open
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Southington, CT Taco Bell. Queen Street across from The Southington Plaza. Pic taken today 2/21/09. Pic taken from Southington Plaza.
nice tacobell
Yes. They redid the outside a couple years ago. Forgot to mention there's also a Pizza Hut Express inside. I never eat there so don't expect any interior pics. <smirk>
lol i eat at the one here all the time
Just Applied for Taco Bell + Long John Silvers where i am from. Sounds like a great job, can't wait ;)
hopfley u get the job my town needs a long john so bad
our tacbell bell kfc has this up on ther sing now
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they are closing their stores in Target now
QuoteOriginally posted by Marc82
Southington, CT Taco Bell. Queen Street across from The Southington Plaza. Pic taken today 2/21/09. Pic taken from Southington Plaza.
They just painted the exterior of this one last week. I need to take some pix of it. Next time I go to The Southington Plaza I'll do it.
QuoteOriginally posted by nims57
they are closing their stores in Target now
I didn't even know they had them in Targets. The Target in Southington, CT has a Pizza Hut Express/Target Foodcourt and Starbucks in it.
QuoteOriginally posted by Marc82
QuoteOriginally posted by nims57
they are closing their stores in Target now
I didn't even know they had them in Targets. The Target in Southington, CT has a Pizza Hut Express/Target Foodcourt and Starbucks in it.
I think only the Target "Greatlands" have them, and they are all combined with Pizza Hut.
QuoteOriginally posted by nims57
I think only the Target "Greatlands" have them, and they are all combined with Pizza Hut.
Our only "Greatland" in Connecticut, in New Britain does not have a Pizza Hut. The one in Newington is one of our stores with Pizza Hut offerings. Most of the newest stores have Starbucks in them. Seems to be the way of the trend.
"Vintage" Taco Bell sign in Portsmouth NH :
QuoteOriginally posted by Zayre88
"Vintage" Taco Bell sign in Portsmouth NH :
Heh, there's a bunch scattered about in Connecticut. Here's one in Old Greenwich I caught a few weeks back.
Taco Bell in Clementon, NJ.
Original Taco Bell on West Street in Keene, NH.
Current location is a KFC/Taco Bell on Key Road
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v41/CorporateA/more/pics004.jpg)
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v41/CorporateA/more/pics005.jpg)
Became a Starbucks somewhere around 2003?
Was some type of Texas style restaurant in between..
I believe this closed as Taco Bell somewhere around 2000?
ther giveing out free black jack tacos sat the 31st after 6 pm i plan on going for one
I was told that they're were gross, nasty, and unappitizing.
They are, don't really taste much different than they're regular tacos.
i like the black jack tacos
I don't go to Taco Bell much, but when I do, I usually get the cheesy potato 1/2 pound burritos along with a dish of the cheesy potatoes. In my eyes, that is about the best thing they've come up with. I don't touch much else there, except for occasionally a quesadilla.
QuoteOriginally posted by amesman
I don't go to Taco Bell much, but when I do, I usually get the cheesy potato 1/2 pound burritos along with a dish of the cheesy potatoes. In my eyes, that is about the best thing they've come up with. I don't touch much else there, except for occasionally a quesadilla.
That sounds good, I usually get the double beef and bean burrito, or whatever it's called, on the less than $1 menu. yummers...
I love me some blackjack tacos
There's a relatively new one in the corner of Shoprite Plaza in Waterbury, but I don't know when it opened. I don't remember if it was there the last time I was at Shoprite Plaza a few months ago.
Glen Bell Jr founder of Taco Bell died at age 86.
http://www.sbsun.com/news/ci_14217579
That is so sad. I heard about that last night on the comcast homepage. Makes me wanna get a group together, go get a 5 layer burrito and toast him. Rest in peace, Glen.
Milford, CT location back in 2001. No idea if this location is still open or there.
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v41/CorporateA/more/TacoBellMilfordCT.jpg)
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v41/CorporateA/more/TacoBellMilfordCT2.jpg)
Former Taco Bell, 15855 SE McLoughlin Blvd., Oak Grove, OR. Opened c. 1974 (note the fire pit out front); drive-thru added c. 1980.
~Ben
Is just or is Taco Bell planning on moving out of Mall Food Courts in favor for more free standing stores outside malls?
I was just asking because the Taco Bell in the Boulevard Mall and Walden Galleria Mall food courts had closed down.
Quote from: Pikapower on November 08, 2012, 08:41:21 AM
Is just or is Taco Bell planning on moving out of Mall Food Courts in favor for more free standing stores outside malls?
I was just asking because the Taco Bell in the Boulevard Mall and Walden Galleria Mall food courts had closed down.
There is still a Taco Bell in the Food Court at The Gallery in Center City Philadelphia, PA, which has no place outside of The Gallery to put a freestanding store
Quote from: d_fife on August 10, 2006, 02:20:20 PM
I forgot to post this taco bell in bristol CT and I heard from someone it will be moved.
Yep. The did move. They're now located next to Shoprite Plaza and their driveway lines up with Big Lots Plaza. It's really nice I'll have to get a picture. The Taco Bell in this picture is now the only Checker's Restaurant in the state of Connecticut and is one of only a handful that has a dining room.
Taco Bell in New Britain has moved again. They're now located in a brand new building in New Brite Plaza on East Main Street.
They were originally located on West Main Street next to Burger King (now Beacon Pharmacy). That location is now a car place and is for sale. Then they moved to East Main Street across from New Brite Plaza. They just moved into their New Brite plaza location late summer/early fall 2012.
It takes just one word to describe taco bell, delicious.
Here's A Look At The New Prototype Store Taco Bell Is Testing
by Kim Bhasin, Business Insider
Taco Bell isn't just making changes on its menu â€" it's testing some major changes to its store design as well.
It's trying out the new look at three brand new locations in Sanger, TX., Redwood City, CA., and Commerce City, CO.
Taco Bell developed the design about a year ago as part of its brand revamp plan, director of concept development Don Roberts tells The Huffington Post.
What's new at the prototype stores?
It uses a simple shell for its exterior so that it can be easily adapted to future changes, a variety of seating configurations (like a lounge area, counter seating and "Bell booths") and more electrical outlets for people with laptops, reports Lisa Jennings at Nation's Restaurant News.
There's also a "more balanced," but still vibrant, new color scheme.
Here are some photos of the Sanger, Texas location:
(http://i.huffpost.com/gen/793330/thumbs/o-TACO-BELL-REDESIGN-570.jpg?6)
(http://i.huffpost.com/gen/793337/thumbs/o-TACO-BELL-REDESIGN-INTERIOR-570.jpg)
Taco Bell rolled out with breakfast at all locations this past Thursday March 27th. They also launched a commercial with a bunch of guys named Ronald McDonald eating and enjoying The Taco Bell breakfast.
What's the difference between a regular Taco Bell or KFC and a Taco Bell or KFC "Express"? It's perfectly clear what a Pizza Hut "Express" is but the other two members of Yum Brands are already fast food (but the sit-down Pizza Hut restaurants have been closing by the dozens in the past 20 years). The Long John Silver's and A&W brands never used the name "express" during their ownership by Yum, which bought those two around 2000 and recently sold them. Not sure why Yum ever wanted to own them because those two chains are both so much smaller than any of the other three.
Quote from: Marc B on March 31, 2014, 11:56:13 AM
Taco Bell rolled out with breakfast at all locations this past Thursday March 27th. They also launched a commercial with a bunch of guys named Ronald McDonald eating and enjoying The Taco Bell breakfast.
McDonald's is not going like this! ::)
Who said Taco Bell and McDonald's are competition? Taco Bell doesn't sell burgers, and McDonald's doesn't sell tacos. In fact the only real similarity between the two that comes to my mind is that both these two chains happen to have liquid coin games for charity at the front counter at most locations. Personally I only eat at either chain if one of them is particularly convenient, for example a McDonald's at a Walmart, or a Taco Bell at a Target, or if either one is paired with a gas station.
Taco Bell and McDonald's are competition in that Taco Bell is targeting breakfast for expansion and McDonald's is the 800-pound gorilla of breakfast in the fast food sector. They also occupy the low end of the fast food market, so they're definitely targeting the same demographics.
Quote from: Stork of The Weak on April 01, 2014, 04:31:58 PM
What's the difference between a regular Taco Bell or KFC and a Taco Bell or KFC "Express"?
I think (if I remember correctly) that they just have a slightly smaller menu of offerings, probably due to space limitations (the only one I can think of was a combo of the two in our WalMart years back when it first opened). So given that they only had the space of a regular WalMart snack bar, they probably didn't have enough room to prepare and offer everything that KFC and Taco Bell would normally have.
Has anyone tried taco bells new breakfast? They put some nasty sauce on one of my am crunchwraps and on one of my breakfast burritos that they weren't supposed to, and they gave me two crunchwraps when I was supposed to get two am tacos. Oh I almost forgot they put bacon on top of my sausage waffle taco for whatever reason.
Quote from: BillyGr on April 02, 2014, 01:07:54 PM
Quote from: Stork of The Weak on April 01, 2014, 04:31:58 PM
What's the difference between a regular Taco Bell or KFC and a Taco Bell or KFC "Express"?
I think (if I remember correctly) that they just have a slightly smaller menu of offerings, probably due to space limitations (the only one I can think of was a combo of the two in our WalMart years back when it first opened). So given that they only had the space of a regular WalMart snack bar, they probably didn't have enough room to prepare and offer everything that KFC and Taco Bell would normally have.
Are you in Canada? I've been to Walmart stores all over the USA for years and it seems Target signed a contract with Pizza Hut/KFC/Taco Bell in the 90's if not the 80's, which would seem to stop Walmart from having an alliance with the same restaurant chains.
Quote from: Stork of The Weak on April 01, 2014, 04:31:58 PM
Are you in Canada? I've been to Walmart stores all over the USA for years and it seems Target signed a contract with Pizza Hut/KFC/Taco Bell in the 90's if not the 80's, which would seem to stop Walmart from having an alliance with the same restaurant chains.
Nope - upstate NY (south of Albany).
This store was outside of Hudson (NY) and is no longer there (they built a superstore up the road). It was one of the earlier Walmarts in this area (mid 1990's) and there weren't any Target stores anywhere in this area at the time (there is still not one within 30-40 miles of this Walmart location now).
Maybe that has something to do with it (if there were no Target in the area, nothing to stop them from going into Walmart).
It switched back to a standard snack bar at some point, and now there is a Taco Bell/LJS combo store across the road (but no KFC). Just to add to it, there WAS a freestanding KFC years back in front of the same plaza where the Taco/LJS is now, but at the opposite end.
So how are they doing with this new breakfast menu?
I don't live close enough to a Taco Bell that I've had the opportunity to
stop in and try it.
Why should some men's names being "Ronald McDonald" make me crave this breakfast? Is it because the food is good enough to be fictional? Or because Ronald McDonald would be a millionaire (he is his company personified) if he were a real person?
Quote from: Stork of The Weak on May 06, 2014, 02:26:58 PM
Why should some men's names being "Ronald McDonald" make me crave this breakfast? Is it because the food is good enough to be fictional? Or because Ronald McDonald would be a millionaire (he is his company personified) if he were a real person?
I believe it's just the joke that someone (or several someones) named Ronald McDonald are eating at Taco Bell rather than at McDonalds, which is where you'd expect to see Ronald McDonald.
Quote from: BillyGr on May 07, 2014, 12:41:52 PM
Quote from: Stork of The Weak on May 06, 2014, 02:26:58 PM
Why should some men's names being "Ronald McDonald" make me crave this breakfast? Is it because the food is good enough to be fictional? Or because Ronald McDonald would be a millionaire (he is his company personified) if he were a real person?
I believe it's just the joke that someone (or several someones) named Ronald McDonald are eating at Taco Bell rather than at McDonalds, which is where you'd expect to see Ronald McDonald.
Now that's what I call irony!
Quote from: ShopKoFan on June 17, 2013, 08:54:19 PM
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The Taco Bell on Fort Street north of Northline in Southgate, Michigan now looks like this. In addition, when they remodeled into this, they had to kick out Pizza Hut Express, which it had been co-branded with since it opened in 2003, when Taco Bell relocated from across and a bit further up Fort Street. That building later became a Quizno's for a short time and is now vacant.
Quote from: Hudsons81 on November 11, 2014, 10:07:35 AM
Quote from: ShopKoFan on June 17, 2013, 08:54:19 PM
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The Taco Bell on Fort Street north of Northline in Southgate, Michigan now looks like this. In addition, when they remodeled into this, they had to kick out Pizza Hut Express, which it had been co-branded with since it opened in 2003, when Taco Bell relocated from across and a bit further up Fort Street. That building later became a Quizno's for a short time and is now vacant.
And here's a photo of that store's new look.
(http://i.imgur.com/5NRNjXp.jpg)
Quote from: Hudsons81 on December 13, 2014, 08:58:43 PM
Quote from: Hudsons81 on November 11, 2014, 10:07:35 AM
Quote from: ShopKoFan on June 17, 2013, 08:54:19 PM
(http://i.huffpost.com/gen/793330/thumbs/o-TACO-BELL-REDESIGN-570.jpg?6)
The Taco Bell on Fort Street north of Northline in Southgate, Michigan now looks like this. In addition, when they remodeled into this, they had to kick out Pizza Hut Express, which it had been co-branded with since it opened in 2003, when Taco Bell relocated from across and a bit further up Fort Street. That building later became a Quizno's for a short time and is now vacant.
And here's a photo of that store's new look.
(http://i.imgur.com/5NRNjXp.jpg)
I'm not a fan of that design it looks like someone at corporate said "let's try and design a building for as cheap as possible and pass it off as modern." They got rid if all the awnings and colors on the building and they even made the outside light fixtures look cheaper, it looks more like some sort of office than a fast food restaurant.
Quote from: zonemad96 on December 25, 2014, 10:20:42 AM
Quote from: Hudsons81 on December 13, 2014, 08:58:43 PM
Quote from: Hudsons81 on November 11, 2014, 10:07:35 AM
Quote from: ShopKoFan on June 17, 2013, 08:54:19 PM
(http://i.huffpost.com/gen/793330/thumbs/o-TACO-BELL-REDESIGN-570.jpg?6)
The Taco Bell on Fort Street north of Northline in Southgate, Michigan now looks like this. In addition, when they remodeled into this, they had to kick out Pizza Hut Express, which it had been co-branded with since it opened in 2003, when Taco Bell relocated from across and a bit further up Fort Street. That building later became a Quizno's for a short time and is now vacant.
And here's a photo of that store's new look.
(http://i.imgur.com/5NRNjXp.jpg)
I'm not a fan of that design it looks like someone at corporate said "let's try and design a building for as cheap as possible and pass it off as modern." They got rid if all the awnings and colors on the building and they even made the outside light fixtures look cheaper, it looks more like some sort of office than a fast food restaurant.
Let's see what happens if they decide to incorporate a faux seventy-story-tall structure on the roof ::)
Anyways, I just found out that most remodelings into this style were at locations that were formerly co-branded with Pizza Hut Express-two on Telegraph Road in the southwestern Detroit area were the same way and through Google Street View, so was one on Biscayne Boulevard in Miami.
This is the other Taco Bell in Southgate, Michigan. Located at the southeast corner of Eureka and Trenton, this one opened in 1992 as a relocation from a few blocks east on Eureka at what is now a Mediterranean restaurant. Photo taken by Google in July 2015.
(http://i.imgur.com/RouwfQV.png)
I just found out from reading old copies of the Southington Observer Newspaper that Taco Bell operated a location inside Southington High School from 1993-1998. Seems a bit unusual. Did they operate in other schools around the country?
Quote from: Marc B on October 13, 2015, 03:33:59 PM
I just found out from reading old copies of the Southington Observer Newspaper that Taco Bell operated a location inside Southington High School from 1993-1998. Seems a bit unusual. Did they operate in other schools around the country?
Wow. Imagine what Michelle Obama would be saying if they were still in there today.
Quote from: Marc B on October 13, 2015, 03:33:59 PM
I just found out from reading old copies of the Southington Observer Newspaper that Taco Bell operated a location inside Southington High School from 1993-1998. Seems a bit unusual. Did they operate in other schools around the country?
I do remember hearing that there were schools that set up their own branches of known fast food brands, as a way to get more kids to buy lunch at the school rather than bringing it from home. I was thinking something like Subway, but if one brand did it most likely others would try as well.
Quote from: Marc B on October 13, 2015, 03:33:59 PM
I just found out from reading old copies of the Southington Observer Newspaper that Taco Bell operated a location inside Southington High School from 1993-1998. Seems a bit unusual. Did they operate in other schools around the country?
It wasn't in a school, but in the early 90s in Colchester, there was a "Taco Bell Express" in a plaza for a short while. It offered only certain items from what a full service Taco Bell did. No drive thru, and the kitchen was in the same room as the counter.
Quote from: Marc B on October 13, 2015, 03:33:59 PM
I just found out from reading old copies of the Southington Observer Newspaper that Taco Bell operated a location inside Southington High School from 1993-1998. Seems a bit unusual. Did they operate in other schools around the country?
This one's also not a school, but years ago there was a Taco Bell inside the McCamly Place Hotel in Battle Creek, Michigan. It might've been a Taco Bell Express and may have even been a Pizza Hut Express combo. Today, Starbucks is the only remaining tenant in the McCamly Place Hotel food court.
1996 photos of two Michigan Taco Bell locations. Pictures courtesy of the Downriver Things (https://www.flickr.com/photos/92760331@N04/) Flickr page.
This one is in Flat Rock. A Wendy's sign is also partially visible behind a tree. That Wendy's location is now a Tim Horton's.
(https://c1.staticflickr.com/1/565/22712313872_1368be508b_b.jpg)
As shown here, the Woodhaven location was one of the first Taco Bells to be rebuilt into a post-mansard-roof prototype. Since then, it has been rebuilt again into the current prototype.
(https://c1.staticflickr.com/1/650/22725870005_a011761502_b.jpg)
The first Taco Bell location is being relocated to a new home, keeping it safe from demolition:
http://www.ocregister.com/articles/bell-692398-taco-food.html (http://www.ocregister.com/articles/bell-692398-taco-food.html)
It wil be kept in storage at the company's Irvine headquarters until a future use is determined.
There is an abandoned Taco Bell in North Haven, expect to have photos from me of it soon.
Also expect photos of CT Post mall later this week.
If you've seen the 1993 movie "Demolition Man" starring Sylvester Stallone and Wesley Snipes, you'll know all restaurants are Taco Bell by the movie's future year of 2032. Taco Bell won the "franchise wars" by that time, and Taco Bell is now the only restaurant left. The Taco Bell restaurant featured in the film is an upscale fine dining restaurant with food served on silver plates and in-meal entertainment provided by a pianist (he sang the "Valley of the Jolly Green Giant" jingle in the film). The future version of Taco Bell also has a thing called cuisine valet.
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v241/aaron9732/Demolition%20Man%20locations/TacoBell.jpg)
Quote from: ShopKoFan on February 16, 2016, 07:34:18 PM
If you've seen the 1993 movie "Demolition Man" starring Sylvester Stallone and Wesley Snipes, you'll know all restaurants are Taco Bell by the movie's future year of 2032. Taco Bell won the "franchise wars" by that time, and Taco Bell is now the only restaurant left. The Taco Bell restaurant featured in the film is an upscale fine dining restaurant with food served on silver plates and in-meal entertainment provided by a pianist (he sang the "Valley of the Jolly Green Giant" jingle in the film). The future version of Taco Bell also has a thing called cuisine valet.
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v241/aaron9732/Demolition%20Man%20locations/TacoBell.jpg)
I am surprised they actually came real close to replicating their current logo even though it didn't exist yet.
I believe that's why Taco Bell changed their logo..Fun Fact: In Foreign versions of Demolition Man, instead of Taco Bell, Pizza Hut won the 'Franchise War'.
The Taco Bell Demolition Man Demo Deal commercial:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oubi9HU8t5o (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oubi9HU8t5o)
I wish that Taco Bell brought back the Volcano Menu items!
(http://i.imgur.com/SkNLzgy.jpg)
I wish they could bring back the Border Bowls.
I wish Taco Bell would bring back the Santa Fe Gordita with the corn salsa!
I wish they would bring back the Club Chalupa with the bacon and chicken.
Taco Bell's 2nd former location on East Main Street in New Britain, CT is becoming an Urgent Care Center and plans on opening September 30th.
http://www.centralctcommunications.com/newbritainherald/article_2df89e78-7d3a-11e6-b728-cb812aec7324.html
Taco Bell's new logo:
(http://vignette1.wikia.nocookie.net/logopedia/images/b/b3/Taco_Bell_2016.svg/revision/latest/scale-to-width-down/200?cb=20161116053824)
I liked the one in Demolition Man better.
(http://www.poprewind.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/demolition-man-taco-bell.jpg)
Quote from: TheFugitive on December 01, 2016, 03:01:03 PM
I liked the one in Demolition Man better.
(http://www.poprewind.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/demolition-man-taco-bell.jpg)
Me too.
(http://www.underconsideration.com/brandnew/archives/taco_bell_unattainable.png)
This logo is the best logo for Taco Bell!
(http://vignette3.wikia.nocookie.net/logopedia/images/4/45/Taco_Bell.svg/revision/latest?cb=20100117213647)
Taco Bell on Queen Street in Southington is remodeling. Not sure what they're doing on the inside, but they're changing the outside. (I don't go to Taco Bell).
Quote from: Brammy on September 14, 2017, 03:23:16 PM
Taco Bell on Queen Street in Southington is remodeling. Not sure what they're doing on the inside, but they're changing the outside. (I don't go to Taco Bell).
They did that to Willimantic not long ago.
Taco Bell's newest design with their newest logo, in Chester, Illinois:
(https://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4295/35857590992_afcf75297b_b.jpg)
They're building a brand-new Taco Bell next to the Burger King on Detroit Road, nearby the University/EMH Fitness Center compound. I guess they were able to get "colonial Avon style" past the Taco Bell execs, because the building looks very nice, and it fits in with the overall design of how Avon wants everything to look. It's a mix of the current style (side beam with the logos) and the colonial aspect that Avon's design board mandates everything in/around the business district have. Ironically, it doesn't have the new logo set, but the street sign (brick and low to the ground - city design mandate) is silver against brick, so it will probably be lit by spotlights at night, just like BK's street sign.
I'll have to swing by and get pictures tomorrow of that and our snazzy colonial-looking Burger King. TB should be opening soon, I imagine.
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Actually, here are some photos of the colonial BK, courtesy of the design firm and Yelp:
http://www.jlmooreinc.com/images/dynamic/W1siZmYiLCJwdWJsaWMvc2l0ZXMvNTM2ZDJhNzdjMWY0MWMyOWQ2MDAwMDAyL2NvbnRlbnRfZW50cnk1MzcyMTQ0NWMxZjQxYzI5ZDYwMDAxMTcvNTUxMWEwNjBjMWY0MWM1MTVkMDAxMTIwL2ZpbGVzL0J1cmdlcl9LaW5nXzFfLV9WZXJzaW9uXzJfUlMuanBnIl0sWyJwIiwidGh1bWIiLCI3ODl4NDUzIyJdXQ/Burger_King_1_-_Version_2_RS.jpg
https://s3-media1.fl.yelpcdn.com/bphoto/X1R_0ZAKIXx6P4FIfOBuFQ/ls.jpg
This is how the Taco Bell in Southington, CT redid the exterior of their building. The restaurant first opened in 1989. When you click to enlarge the photo you need to scroll to the right.
The recently re-done Willimantic, CT Taco Bell:
Sign:
(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4473/37267697244_b6208534fb_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/YMdG1d)
Taco Bell (Willimantic, Connecticut) (https://flic.kr/p/YMdG1d) by JJBers (https://www.flickr.com/photos/jjbers/), on Flickr
The outside (at night):
(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4514/37268288384_6dbbb5d852_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/YMgHJh)
Taco Bell (Willimantic, Connecticut) (https://flic.kr/p/YMgHJh) by JJBers (https://www.flickr.com/photos/jjbers/), on Flickr
Here's some more light:
(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4480/24125806568_5227f262f7_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/CKV4Ld)
Taco Bell (Willimantic, Connecticut) (https://flic.kr/p/CKV4Ld) by JJBers (https://www.flickr.com/photos/jjbers/), on Flickr
They're proposing to build a Taco Bell on West Main Street in Meriden, CT on the site of the former Ryder's Cafe. Don't know if this will be their second location in Meriden or a replacement for their location on East Main Street.
Taco Bell coming to former Ryder’s on Main in Meriden, Ace Hardware planned for Kaye’s pharmacy site
By Mary Ellen Godin, Record-Journal staff
MERIDEN â€" Developers for Taco Bell are working with the city to build a new restaurant and drive-through at the former Ryder’s on Main.
The city is also in contact with representatives from Ace Hardware to convert the former Kaye’s Pharmacy on East Main Street into a new store.
City Planner Robert Seale said Wednesday that engineers for the Taco Bell who are seeking a special exemption that would allow for a drive-through window on the property. The developer would also have to submit a traffic study with its proposed site plan.
“We have some concerns about traffic on that part of West Main Street,†Seale said. “It will be an improvement to that site. We’re trying to bring in commercial in that area. It’s a good commercial corridor that can benefit services and businesses in that part of town.â€
Plans call for razing the former bar and restaurant at 467 W. Main St. and the businesses in a rear parcel at 473 W. Main St. The Ryder family sold the two properties to Lisciotti Development of Leominster, Massachusetts in May.
The city is also working with the owners of ACE Hardware to renovate the former Kaye’s/CVS Pharmacy at 697 E. Main St.
The conversion requires no site plan approval because the owner is working with the existing building and lot area.
â€He wants to clean it up and make facade improvements to make it look more like 2017, not 1979,†Seale said. “He’s planning a soft opening in March.â€
mgodin@record-journal.com
Here's a humorous parody of the Disney Princess, Belle from "Beauty and the Beast" and the Taco Bell restaurant chain:
(http://www.vitamin-ha.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/Taco-Bell-Meme-Compilation111.jpg)
Taco Bell just opened four new locations in the Australian state of Queensland in four different Brisbane suburbs.
The menu carries the usual range of Taco Bell's Tex-Mex food items and Pepsi products in addition to Corona beer, cider and margaritas.
https://www.tacobell.com.au/
Taco Bell tried entering Australia twice before, in 1981 and 1997, but hopefully the third time's the charm...
Quote from: ShopKoFan on June 06, 2019, 12:04:51 AM
Taco Bell just opened four new locations in the Australian state of Queensland in four different Brisbane suburbs.
The menu carries the usual range of Taco Bell's Tex-Mex food items and Pepsi products in addition to Corona beer, cider and margaritas.
https://www.tacobell.com.au/
Taco Bell tried entering Australia twice before, in 1981 and 1997, but hopefully the third time's the charm...
They're focusing on international growth in general; they're going with the format they use in Las Vegas and other places where they serve booze.
After a rash of closings, one by one Maine standalone Taco Bells are reopening, first in Augusta and now in Auburn. Portland and Biddeford are also advertising for jobs at online job sites.
https://www.sunjournal.com/2019/07/09/the-buzz-hello-again-auburn-taco-bell/
Quote from: ComeTogether_BigThots on August 23, 2019, 09:24:10 PM
anybody try the new tripe double crunch wrap. I was a little disappointed personally. Not bad but I hyped it up to much in my head
Yes i thoroughly enjoyed it.. not that different from a normal CWS.. hearing rumors that Cheddar Chalupa is coming in September so stay tuned. I am pretty looped in on Taco Bell news. Probably shouldn't be sharing this information LOL ROFL JK
Taco Bell on PA Route 50 in Bridgeville, PA has closed.
It is in a shopping center that was anchored by a Kmart store that went out with
a wave of closings last year. Next to the Taco Bell is a Sonic that is presently closed
due to a fire.
Despite this the rest of the shopping center appears to be doing quite well.
There is a large movie theater to the back of the Kmart, and behind that the
State of PA has recently opened a MASSIVE new drivers license renewal center.
Home Depot, Chuck E Cheese, Giant Eagle, Dunham's Sports, all appear to be doing well
here. Strange that the center is fronted by 3 closed and burnt-out hulks then.
OK, here's a story that is as tragic as it is pointless.
The manager of a Taco Bell in the Pittsburgh suburb of Green Tree shot and killed an employee last week. Apparently he had disciplined the employee over something, and the employee walked out of the restaurant. This manager then followed him into a nearby building where he shot and killed him.
https://www.pennlive.com/crime/2022/11/taco-bell-manager-arrested-for-shooting-death-of-employee-at-nearby-pa-business.html
At first I misunderstood and thought that a disgruntled employee had shot his boss. That occurrence is all too common unfortunately. Why would a manager ever want to kill an employee? Pennsylvania is an at-will employment state so you can always just fire them.
I have a sister who lives near where this happened and the police had their entire neighborhood on lockdown until they caught this guy.
Quote from: TheFugitive on November 15, 2022, 02:15:41 PMOK, here's a story that is as tragic as it is pointless.
The manager of a Taco Bell in the Pittsburgh suburb of Green Tree shot and killed an employee last week. Apparently he had disciplined the employee over something, and the employee walked out of the restaurant. This manager then followed him into a nearby building where he shot and killed him.
https://www.pennlive.com/crime/2022/11/taco-bell-manager-arrested-for-shooting-death-of-employee-at-nearby-pa-business.html
At first I misunderstood and thought that a disgruntled employee had shot his boss. That occurrence is all too common unfortunately. Why would a manager ever want to kill an employee? Pennsylvania is an at-will employment state so you can always just fire them.
I have a sister who lives near where this happened and the police had their entire neighborhood on lockdown until they caught this guy.
Unless the boss was afraid that firing the employee might turn him into that disgruntled one that comes back to shoot the boss?
Not that this was the way to go about it, but possibly a thought in someone's mind.
Quote from: BillyGr on November 17, 2022, 07:06:57 PMQuote from: TheFugitive on November 15, 2022, 02:15:41 PMOK, here's a story that is as tragic as it is pointless.
The manager of a Taco Bell in the Pittsburgh suburb of Green Tree shot and killed an employee last week. Apparently he had disciplined the employee over something, and the employee walked out of the restaurant. This manager then followed him into a nearby building where he shot and killed him.
https://www.pennlive.com/crime/2022/11/taco-bell-manager-arrested-for-shooting-death-of-employee-at-nearby-pa-business.html
At first I misunderstood and thought that a disgruntled employee had shot his boss. That occurrence is all too common unfortunately. Why would a manager ever want to kill an employee? Pennsylvania is an at-will employment state so you can always just fire them.
I have a sister who lives near where this happened and the police had their entire neighborhood on lockdown until they caught this guy.
Unless the boss was afraid that firing the employee might turn him into that disgruntled one that comes back to shoot the boss?
Not that this was the way to go about it, but possibly a thought in someone's mind.
I hadn't thought of that. As sick as it is I guess that's a possibility.
Another interesting quirk to this story is the employee was 32 while the manager was
only 23.