Comments on: Taco Bell: Bloggers, Headquarters Visit, History, Volcano Menu and More!

By: Andrew

Andrew — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 02:15:40 +0000

Hi I’m from louisiana a franchise Taco Bell. I have a few Ideas of new menu idems and would like to know who is the person to contact about them. These ideas I know will contribute to the continuing sucess of The Taco Bell legacy!

By: WALT!

WALT! — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 04:17:21 +0000

Oblio, I grew up eating at that Taco Bell stand on Amar. I recall it having a sort of lava rock gas flaming fountain ‘Volcano’ thingy out front.

With all the more authentic taco offerings, I can’t say I have eaten at a taco bell in recent years. But I will credit their 59 cent burritos for keeping me fed when I was a starving student in college.

By: OxDx

OxDx — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 18:33:04 +0000

They give tours to the public? I’d love to look at some of their menus and pictures from the early 80’s..

By: godoggo

godoggo — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 13:59:08 +0000

Scoville. Scofield is a jazz guitarist. Always get them confused.

By: godoggo

godoggo — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 03:03:43 +0000

I happened to be reading about Scofield units recently…it’s sort of an odd system based on how much you have to dilute something before you can’t taste the spiciness any more (invented before anybody came up with an accurate chemical test. Anyways, pure capsaicin is 16,000,000 Scofield units, making 800, well, less impressive than it sounds. Not doubting it’s spicy by fast food standards, though.

By: Erich Redson

Erich Redson — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 16:59:29 +0000

but it is a part of fast-food culture, which i think the article does a good job of conveying. The fast food industry is almost precisely the opposite of the taco culture– it’s based on market research and cost savings, as opposed to building a community business that becomes a local institution.

By: EL CHAVO!

EL CHAVO! — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 08:50:53 +0000

Boo, Hiss!
Taco Bell is not part of the Taco Culture.

By: Gabriel

Gabriel — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 22:14:47 +0000

Always amazed at how well these
“come and meet us bloggers!” work really well for the companies putting on a show. Taco Bell used to have good tacos ages ago (when they actually cooked their own ground beef, yes that was a long time ago.) As far as taco’s go in the city of Angels, the tacos are just garbage. And take it from me, someone who used to work at a Taco Bell in the early 90’s when they were first moving to all meat products cooked in a plastic bag and most of the veggies were pre-cut (also out of a bag), YOU ARE BETTER OFF EATING GOURMET CAT FOOD, than that highly processed shit.

By: Oblio

Oblio — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 17:46:41 +0000

Great post! I grew up eating many Taco Bell tacos at their store in La Puente where I grew up in the 1960’s. I think they were $.29 each and my typical order was three tacos, refried beans and a coke, all for about $1.50! What a deal. I must say their quality is hit or miss these days… sometimes the taco meat looks and tastes like Alpo, other times it can be fresh and tasty. In a pinch, I will ALWAYS munch at Taco Bell over any other fast food joint.

By: subhumanoid

subhumanoid — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 16:55:57 +0000

“Try new Taco Bell Korean BBQ tacos!”…its going to happen, i said it here first.