Taco Bell

[Jocephus]

when i was still eating meat taco bell was probably my favorite fast food place, even though, i too, would instantly regret it the next morning. i knew i would when i drove to it but i still did it. my undergrad years were terrible with fast food. then i slowly stopped going and now i never do and get kinda grossed out by them too.

[TimeForGuinness]

you know it's bad when hot dogs have more nutritional value

[jim]

I am a bit of a Mexican food snob, so forgive me by correcting you doc in saying that there isn't anything remotely close to Mexican food being sold at Taco Bell, or most other "Mexican" restaurants. If I ever were to move from where I live, the number 1 thing I would miss is real Mexican food. It is so good, and so different than what you get at most "Mexican" restaurants.

Ok, that part over, back to Taco Bell. Worst fast food period. I do not eat much fast food, but once in a great while I get a taste for a Quarter pounder with cheese, or a Whopper, or Wendy's. My wife is much more tolerant of fast food, and the other day on the way home from Springfield she asked to stop at Taco Bell. I don't even know what I ordered, some sort of Quesadilla I think, but good grief there was nothing to it. $4, and it had a tiny bit of melted cheese and a tiny bit of meat (not sure what kind) and it was a circle cut in four pieces. Because the pieces were so thin, I ate each piece with one bite. A dollar a bite, and by the time I pulled out of the parking lot I was finished and had noticed a Wendy's across the street. I pull directly into the drive thru, the amount of food I got from Taco Bell not only tasted weird but there just wasn't much of it. It was obviously microwaved, whatever that was that masquereded as a tortilla was the chewiest and rubberiest thing I have ever eaten.

It really is the absolute worst.

[jim]

Qdoba vs Chipolte - at least by us. Neither are really Mexican, but they are good. My problem with Chipolte is a lack of variety - the burrito is basically the only thing I will order. Qdoba is better imo but is slow as mollasses, god bless it they need to get their stuff together. We have a Qdoba near us, but we have a new Mexican place just as near, so I have completely stopped going to Qdoba.

[IMADreamer]

We don't have a taco bell here but I've generally liked it the few times I've had it. Granted it's been a few years so my memory could be fuzzy. I think I got two tacos for about $1.50 so it's cheap enough.

[Swirls]

Taco Bell is still probably my favorite actual fast food place. Meat is bad, yes, but so is the quality of meat at any other fast food place.

Sometimes I get tacos, sometimes burritos, sometimes a Double Decker taco to get the best of both worlds.

[The Third Man]

Qdoba vs Chipolte - at least by us. Neither are really Mexican, but they are good. My problem with Chipolte is a lack of variety - the burrito is basically the only thing I will order. Qdoba is better imo but is slow as mollasses, god bless it they need to get their stuff together. We have a Qdoba near us, but we have a new Mexican place just as near, so I have completely stopped going to Qdoba.

Chipotle's burrito bowls are a staple of my diet right now. Double up on the chicken and you can get an insane amount of protein (like 80 grams) for around 700 calories, and it will leave you more than full. I love that place. I do wish KC had Qdoba. Mexican food is lacking in Olathe (I need to check around for good places closer to KC), but there's a couple of decent places. There's actually a not-bad place across the street from me on the corner from the grocery store. Only went there once but they have dirt-cheap specials that give you plenty of food; I got, I think, three tacos, rice, refried beans and a soda for around $5. I should frequent them more because every place that leases that spot ends up going belly-up. In the time I've lived here it's been a pizza place, a Chinese place, and something else before its current residents moved in.

[stlouie_lipp]

I hate that lady! Pointing the knife and acting like she's training Taco Bell "chefs".

[Fat_Bulldog]

I'd like to shoot that lady and then take a picture of it and post it on FB and show all of my friends how proud I am of shooting her.

[Jocephus]

I hate that lady! Pointing the knife and acting like she's training Taco Bell "chefs".

yeah. it is laughable to try and convince consumers that fast food places have "chefs". maybe someone who says "well if you put these ingredients together technically its food and technically im a chef so you can tell your customers that". but a real chef in the stores? please.