What is this place!? Oooff…

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BIRDsnoozer@reddit

I'm Canadian, and at that point in time Taco Bells were rare up here, but yea they looked like that here as well.

I loved it, and my friends and I used to try and drive there, eat, and get back to school on our lunch break. Many fond memories of stuffing tacos in my face in the car ride back.

Man, I miss the Santa Fe Gordita!

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BIRDsnoozer@reddit

Mellow greetings! What's your boggle?

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JWWBurger@reddit

I was just telling my wife about the Demolition Man/Taco Bell cross promotion like an hour ago, and then this appears. This is about as close to a miracle as I’m gonna get in my life.

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MusicalTourettes@reddit

so now all restaurants will be Taco Bell

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TomSelleckPI@reddit

I wonder if the radical jump in rates of colon cancers can be correlated to "dollar menu" fast foods?

I know my butthole took a beating back then with those bean burritos and tiny paper bag of chips.

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Jumpy-Actuator3340@reddit

I'm sure the PFAS in all the fast food wrappers/ papers ain't helping.

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Left_Maize816@reddit

Maybe it was from all the kids sucking down packets of fire sauce.

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TomSelleckPI@reddit

Straight PFAS, Phthalates, microplastics and spices

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Ltimbo@reddit

Wait, what’s wrong with spices? I thought those were good for you.

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New_Stats@reddit

This is it. Most Americans aren't getting enough fiber and now butthole cancer is skyrocketing in ppl under 50

Eat more beans, everyone

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Liljoker30@reddit

Well luckily I ate a lot of bean and cheese burritos. So my fiber intake was awesome.

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jujumber@reddit

All the corn dogs we ate in Middle School.

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Stuffleapugus@reddit

Geez, dude. What were you willing to do back then for some Taco Bell?

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TomSelleckPI@reddit

I was poor and hungry, a combo as old as time.

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Thicknineinchh@reddit

Name should be tomselleckshisbuttholefortacobell

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TorTheMentor@reddit

Tomatoes and sour cream make it surpreme

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slackjaw79@reddit

Loneliness and tacos are a dangerous mix

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When I was in fifth grade, my best buddy's dad would always take the lot of us to Taco Bell when we did rad things like going to monster truck rallies because you could get like 20 tacos and drinks for four for like $12.

It was a simpler time.

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Pope_Squirrely@reddit

49¢ taco Tuesdays!

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ONROSREPUS@reddit

Just seen an ad for Taco John's Now taco Tuesdays are $1.39, currently.

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DarkenL1ght@reddit

But did you win a free taco in the water coon gambling machine?

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koei19@reddit

Oh man I had forgotten about that thing. Good nostalgia hit.

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Left_Maize816@reddit

Did anyone ever?

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Foxy_locksy1704@reddit

My friend was one of those people that always won. He doesn’t even like their tacos, but he loved winning at something small.

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65pimpala@reddit

I did. Only thing I've ever won!

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DarkenL1ght@reddit

I didn't. Must've for gambled away dozens of cents.

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mike_stifle@reddit

We are turning into the "in my day you could get a burger for a dime!" generation.

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Left_Maize816@reddit

That jingle got so ingrained in my brain that I am always shocked at the current price of Taco Bell.

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geekgirlwww@reddit

The feast you could have with only 5 dollar bill on you

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notanaardvark@reddit

I used to love Taco Bell in part because of how cheap it was. Even as recently as the late oughts/ early 2010s I could get a filling lunch for $5 or less.

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onlyforobservation@reddit

I got 2 chalupas and 3 tacos yesterday and it was $22.95. I wildly miss that 59 69 79. 😢

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MydniteSon@reddit

Could eat like a king for $5.

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SavingsInformation10@reddit

And the jingle

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ODaysForDays@reddit

A taco is $3.25 here now!

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Endryu727@reddit

Wife and I spent 30 dollars the other day at Taco Bell for two combos and two orders of cinnamon twists. This place used to be a place where you could eat well for very little money. This shithole is not worth 30 dollars for two people.

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SoTiredYouDig@reddit

Well… you could eat. But, eat well?

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Endryu727@reddit

Touché

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PowerResponsibility@reddit

I can still hear the jingle

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S_A_R_K@reddit

Little Richard

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eaten_by_the_grue@reddit

His house was on my school bus route.

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CottaBird@reddit

I remember one I think was Hank Jr or the like.

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Face88888888@reddit

I still go to Taco Bell Drive-through, raw as hell I don't care, I'm still real No matter how many records I sell

That’s the one you’re talking about, right?

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SteveEcks@reddit

I miss literally anything being that price

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_plays_in_traffic_@reddit

do you remember the bacon cheezburger burrito or the chicken club burrito? those were the two best they ever had. the best cheapest stuff was when the 5 layer was 29 cents and still huge af.

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missed_sla@reddit

I can only hear those numbers in song

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Victory33@reddit

I miss the trying to land the quarters on the water game for a free burrito.

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dizzsouthbay@reddit

Make a run for the border

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Orion13Quest@reddit

Taco Hell, I mean, Bell! 🤢

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outside_cat@reddit

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MannyBothans_15@reddit

I loved the chicken soft taco, they don't make their chicken like that anymore.

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MannyBothans_15@reddit

Wish it was still the same. You could take a bag of loose change up to Taco Bell on a date as a 14 year old back then and still impress her with a veritable feast. True story.

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yayoffbalance@reddit

But where are the ashtrays?

But yeah, that color scheme, omg.

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joe-gonna-go@reddit

Does anyone else remember the black jack taco?

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trainwreckhappening@reddit

What's up with that AI slop in the lower center screen.

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cancerdancer@reddit

back when the best possible way to spend $1 was a bean burrito

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A_Gray_Old_Man@reddit

2 bean burritos and a mexi melt... $3.17.

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tikirafiki@reddit

7 layer mmmmm!

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Outside-Writing-8602@reddit

Arctic Circle

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GrillDealing@reddit

This is all resturaunts.

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PokerbushPA@reddit

I miss when Taco Hell had only 5 items to choose from. Life was easier then.

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Booji-Boy@reddit

I worked there as a teenage goth when that was the color scheme. Gawdawful purple and teal uniforms and all.

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JMDeutsch@reddit

I can smell this picture and know there are Star Wars Episode 1 paper game boards behind the picture taker.

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Josephthebear@reddit

Love the bisexual Taco Bell

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MulberryEastern5010@reddit

Taco Bell from way back when

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Overall_Falcon_8526@reddit

Gotta make a run.... for the toilet

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Tripl3Dee@reddit

Recognized that immediately, but I couldn't tell you what a Taco Bell or really any fast food place looks like these days.

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justfl0wers@reddit

Mom was so racist she never let us eat there when we were little. She called it "taco smell"

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Shoulda_Ben_Aborted@reddit

The youngs will never know a true 7 layer burrito

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Left_Maize816@reddit

God I miss the sauce they used to have on Mexican pizza

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Porcupine__Racetrack@reddit

I got one not too long ago and it was so nasty!

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burnafter3ading@reddit

School cafeteria elevated to Michelin star cuisine.

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bokatan778@reddit

Do they still make the Gorditos (I think that’s what they were called??)? I’d get those and a 7 layer! So good!!

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SubstanceNo1544@reddit

Nor will they ever know the mexi nuggets + side of nachos cheese + fore sauce combo for 99 cents

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hombredave@reddit

"I was speeding up Route 7 with seven 7 footers..."

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tronassembled@reddit

With the whole wheat tortilla

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Shoulda_Ben_Aborted@reddit

Stawp 😢

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yayforvalorie@reddit

The nachos and cheese were much better back then.

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thunderlips36@reddit

Neon Taco Bell and the Chillito is a moment in time that I long for. They brought back the chili cheese burrito, but it wasn't the same.

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Similar-Sir-2952@reddit

It doesn’t look like that anymore? Haven’t been inside one since like 99

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LemonSkye@reddit

I think ours was one of the last few remaining with this design; it finally got remodeled last year.

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Melancholy_Rainbows@reddit

It’s very millennial grey and personality free now.

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Thistooshallpass1_1@reddit

Ours was remodeled a decade ago already 😟

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ineffable_my_dear@reddit

I haven’t either but the outside is very grey now so I’m guessing they’ve sanitized the inside as well.

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distrucktocon@reddit

Back when you could get a party pack of tacos and a 6 pack of Budweiser for a little less than $10.

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mudley801@reddit

gimmie a 7-layer and mexi-nuggets! (RIP mex-nuggets)

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Spiritual-Promise402@reddit

I used to get the cheapest bean burritos as a kid. Just beans and cheese. No wonder I'm vegetarian now

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ZanaDreadnought@reddit

I miss Mexi-melts 😞

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schindigrosa@reddit

Used to order the 10 taco grande combo, twist the hot sauce packets, sneak it under the corner of my tray, then slam down on it to shoot my buddy with sauce.

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0p0ss1m@reddit

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I also has Taco Neck Syndrome

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KamuiT@reddit

Man, I miss rolling in on $0.39 tacos day and getting like 30 with my dad that I’d use as a snack when I got home from school.

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RallyBaja@reddit

Yo Quiero Taco Bell!

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alvinofdiaspar@reddit

One thing I do not miss is Memphis design.

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brainfreeze77@reddit

Shout out to the people that grew up the Midwest and didn't have access to Taco Bell but had Taco John's.

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musashi-swanson@reddit

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Nwcray@reddit

I want to go to there.

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FruitMustache@reddit

Ill take six crunchy taco supremes please, and a blue mountain dew!

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twolfhawk@reddit

Seal is playing on the background

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Mind-of-Jaxon@reddit

The cheap fast food menu

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redditcreditcardz@reddit

Yes, I’ll have a 10 pack of soft tacos. Here’s a fiver, old man. Keep the change

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higglesworth@reddit

Maaaan I miss the chili cheese burrito

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lamancha@reddit

That subreddit is a karma farm.

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S_A_R_K@reddit

Beef meximelt, chili cheese burrito and a monster taco please

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GenX50PlusF@reddit

Wasn’t the chili cheese burrito called a “Chilito” at some point? Late 80s, early 90s if I remember correctly.

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S_A_R_K@reddit

It was. Unfortunately, that's also a Spanish slang word for dick

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KifTokes@reddit

Small/little dick to be more precise

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S_A_R_K@reddit

With cheese

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GenX50PlusF@reddit

The Taco Bell chili cheese burrito they used to have did seem a lot like the chili at Wienerschnitzel. Or more like a Del Taco item.

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S_A_R_K@reddit

You can make a pretty good dupe with Hormel no bean hot dog chili and shredded cheddar cheese

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Zeke688@reddit

It was a meximelt & Mexican pizza for me.

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S_A_R_K@reddit

If I had that kind of money I'm getting a nacho bell grande

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Zeke688@reddit

Also a good choice

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bokehtoast@reddit

Ah when the world had color

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Helo7606@reddit

Yeah! Old school Taco Bell!

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KaleidoscopeThis5159@reddit

Literally never been in one of them but "yo quiero..." comes to mind

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cutshop@reddit

Chili Cheese Burrito and a double decker please

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JunkHead1979@reddit

Man... I worked there during the OG Xbox advertisements. I remember having the t-shirt. I also took home a giant window decal of "Tomb Raider". Just a giant poster basically of Angeline Jolie that I thumb tacked to my bedroom wall. Good times. I miss working there. I made a lot of friends there.

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elenchusis@reddit

The house of diarrhea

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ottodidakt@reddit

My first automatic thought was "how many Choco Tacos can I afford today?"

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lunapearl83@reddit

I worked at taco bell when i was 18 to 19. They recently remodeled this gem, it looks sad in there now. It was a insane place to work at 1 in the morning.

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S_A_R_K@reddit

Did you have people order a "sloppy goat dick" in the drive thru? My friend insisted that was a secret menu item for a bean burrito with green sauce

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GenX50PlusF@reddit

I was surprised at how many people would order items with green sauce when I worked there at 16-17. But then again, I didn’t know green sauce instead of red sauce was an option until I got a job there. I miss how the menu used to be in the 80s. Sometimes I will still drive thru and get a Mexican pizza and/or Nachos Bell Grande but it’s not nearly as good or cheap as it was in the late 1900s.

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lunapearl83@reddit

Not at all. I remember when we made them with green onions too. Mmmmmmm

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GenX50PlusF@reddit

Oh yes! So much better back in the day with the green onions! Though I recall a customer being unhappy about me putting them on her nachos when she didn’t want them. These days, you might as well go to a real restaurant rather than fast food or just eat at home.

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lunapearl83@reddit

You know that doesn’t ring a bell.

But this one time our manager got pulled through the drive thru window by his tie because a dude got mad at us for running out of chalupa bread.

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apoplectic-confetti@reddit

I worked there in high school because of the teal/purple uniforms and the Musak was techno dance music. My priorities were straight back then.

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LongjumpingJaguar308@reddit

Sounds like gay priorities, actually

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Hiryu-GodHand@reddit

Those choco tacos 🤤🤤🤤

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Adept-Presence-3363@reddit

Taco Bell

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Cryptic1911@reddit

Ohhhhhhh the days of .59c tacos and they still made legit chili cheese burritos and meximelts. I miss the past :(

Go there now and the tortillas are all dry and cracked, you get like a salt bae sprinkling of meat and you'll walk out paying like $35 for 4 things

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LambSmacker@reddit

A few years ago I was still ordering meximelts even though they arnt on the menu, and I’d get them. Not sure if that is still a thing. I’m going to try it now. Mmmmmmmm meximelt!!!!

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Cryptic1911@reddit

they did bring them back for the 90's menu a while back, but they weren't the same since they weren't steaming them before rolling. You can cheat by ordering a rollup or a stacker and customizing to add/remove stuff like the beef / 3 cheese blend and pico

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Linguistic1@reddit

My heart... It hurts.

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redditshy@reddit

Butter that bacon, boy.

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burnafter3ading@reddit

Any tingling in the arms?

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DarthBaio@reddit

At a dead mall near me, they still have the tables, chairs and architecture, although repainted. It’s not longer a TB, though. It’s a Filipino food stand which seems to get like…3 customers a day.

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jesusmansuperpowers@reddit

My first job involved cleaning those tables. I was 14

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Confident-Lead4337@reddit

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Pope_Squirrely@reddit

The answer to that question is always Yes.

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Pope_Squirrely@reddit

In Ontario, Canada, for the longest time, a number 3 (2 taco supremes with fries supreme) came to $6.66.

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violetstrainj@reddit

This looks just like the one I used to work at. I fucking hated when they switched to real tables and chairs. It took twice as long to mop the floors.

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daydreams83@reddit

I miss the Zesty Chicken Border Bowl

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ObscureLilac@reddit

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flying_ivy@reddit

Gah, the memories. $20.00?? Thats 2 bean burritos, 2 soft tacos, 2 medium drinks or 1 large, a full tank of gas and some smokes.

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sed2017@reddit

I miss when the nachos came in the little boat with a cut out for the cheese…

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fromthedarqwaves@reddit

That’s when 7 layer burritos were 99¢

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Ok-Scheme-1815@reddit

I'm almost 50, but I have no idea what I'm looking at.

I recognize the vomit inducing blue(?) and pink/tan(?) details. Color anomalous vision isn't helping...

I'm thinking Taco Bell or maybe a Braums?

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Deep-Interest9947@reddit

2 bean burritos no onions please. $1.18.

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Parking-Cress-4661@reddit

Yo Quiero Taco Bell

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jamescb819@reddit

The golden age of Taco Bell.

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supergooduser@reddit

Taco Bell baby... up there with Arby's 5 for $5 to be able to eat like a fucking king with no money

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S_A_R_K@reddit

Jumbo Jack & 2 tacos

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GenX50PlusF@reddit

Jack in the Box. Their tacos were deep fried with everything in the tortilla.

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GenX50PlusF@reddit

Arby’s with their Horsey Sauce on the hot ham and cheese sandwiches they used to have were my jam when I was there in the early 90s instead of Taco Bell, lol. Either that or Arby’s roast beef sandwich with the onion bun, gooey cheese sauce, bbq sauce and Horsey Sauce. With some curly fries, FTW. It was another of my fast food favorites besides Taco Bell. Better than and preferable to McDonalds since I’ve never cared for beef patties/hamburgers. But Taco Bell (this picture, especially) and Arby’s bring back good memories of eating out in my early 20s. That and Wienerschnitzel.

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valanlucansfw@reddit

Former Arby's employee here. The small buns are discontinued unfortunately and the slider buns are too small but...

Order a ham and swiss but tell them to substitue cheese sauce instead of the swiss, get a side cup of cheese sauce to put in the middle of the ham yourself, and you have a bigger version of the same thing.

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GenX50PlusF@reddit

Their late 80s/early 90s rebrand from their brown, orange and gold aesthetic of the 60s-70s. When they remodeled the original mission style brick building to “modernize it” or sold the original building and relocated to a more standard commercial building that was not necessary all brick Spanish colonial style with a bell on top.

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chypie2@reddit

TACO BELL OFCOURSE

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hyzerKite@reddit

3 bucks you could get stuffed. It is now 15 bucks. Still hungry. I miss those pastel money days.

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Ersh777@reddit

I'm sitting there stuffing my face with Santa Fe Gorditas. Man, those were so good! 😭

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outside_cat@reddit

https://www.tastingtable.com/1949378/taco-bell-90s-value-menu-cheap/

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gerardkimblefarthing@reddit

I preferred the brown/yellow pueblo motif.

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LambSmacker@reddit

The old old school shit

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iRveritas@reddit

69c for a bean burrito. Its like 3 bucks now. What happened!

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OkBaconBurger@reddit

1 bean burrito paid with couch change meant I got to eat after coming off my shift.

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Puzzleheaded_Race_90@reddit

My friend in high school thought he was being clever when he would call it"taco smell" and I had to explain to him that if a taco place smells like tacos, that's not really a burn. Good time, though, and i kids Joe a ton. I'll pour out a Baja blast in his memory

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Kidkrid@reddit

I'm not American and even I know that's Taco Bell.

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OperationLazy213@reddit

Tealco Bell!

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pushdose@reddit

Yo quiero taco bell

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Ishvale@reddit

Live Mas, bitches

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bassman314@reddit

This means I’ll have enough leftover for baskin Robbins next door!

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jackfaire@reddit

The tables ring a bell.

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jgnp@reddit

Taco Bell, Solo Cup Edition.

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LouBiffo@reddit

RIP cinnamon crispas

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Thereminz@reddit

the twists now are terrible

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LouBiffo@reddit

Yeah, the last couple I've had were disappointing.

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The_Lawn_Ninja@reddit

I can smell that unmistakable Taco Bell bleach cleaner through that photo.

Also, every mall food court near me had this exact same color scheme.

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Nipplasia2@reddit

Ahh the Little Richard commercials

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Some-Bullfrog-4768@reddit

Those chalupas were insane. I ate at Taco Bell recently and threw it in the trash it was so disgusting.

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blondeviking64@reddit

Taco bell...formerly a place to get cheap eats and even double decker tacos which were long my favorite item there and also probably the biggest reason I no longer go.

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WhoYouBoo_eek789@reddit

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Mr8BitX@reddit

I know it’s Taco Bell, but my brain always yells “that’s Miami subs!” When I see that picture.

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jonesprudence@reddit

My first thought was also Miami Subs!

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SparklyTree_1754@reddit

Taco Bell

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Deep-Ad4351@reddit

I still remember the first time I had a supreme taco. My little Korean taste buds were blown away.

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BlindMouse2of3@reddit

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Subosc@reddit

I miss my enchirito.

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Open-Cryptographer83@reddit

That looks like my first job from 26 years ago. I can still remember cleaning that dining room.

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ThePerfectSnare@reddit

My first job, which was also right about 26 years ago, was for a buffet restaurant. I still remember the stench of the soap/water bucket we used for cleaning the dining room. To this day, I won't eat at a buffet because of how unhygienic that job was.

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