{"id":138041,"date":"2019-03-03T00:17:59","date_gmt":"2019-03-03T07:17:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/?p=138041"},"modified":"2019-03-03T00:17:59","modified_gmt":"2019-03-03T07:17:59","slug":"come-to-taca-taca-taca-taca-taca-taca-taca-taca-taco-bell-ding-dong","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2019\/03\/03\/come-to-taca-taca-taca-taca-taca-taca-taca-taca-taco-bell-ding-dong.html","title":{"rendered":"Come to taca-taca-taca-taca-taca-taca-taca-taca-Taco Bell (ding-dong)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The origin story of Taco Bell (founded by a guy actually named Bell who found a way to cash in on his name) is a fascinating one. While my own modern experiences with Taco Bell (vs. the other full-featured Mexican restaurants in town) are, well, to say the least, disappointing, there&#8217;s little question that the restaurant chain helped create a popularized, fast-service Mexican food for Anglos that actually laid the groundwork for that cuisine to become nationally popular.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/taco-bell-number-1-downey-california.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-138043\" title=\"The first Taco Bell, in Downey CA\" src=\"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/taco-bell-number-1-downey-california-650x432.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"432\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/taco-bell-number-1-downey-california-650x432.jpg 650w, https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/taco-bell-number-1-downey-california-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/taco-bell-number-1-downey-california-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/taco-bell-number-1-downey-california-768x510.jpg 768w, https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/taco-bell-number-1-downey-california.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>There&#8217;s a Taco Bell across the street from my office that I have visited one time, and that was one time too many. But I can still appreciate the gumption of Glen Bell, Jr., and the restaurant chain he founded &#8212; and the distinctive architecture that&#8217;s still visible even in locations that have changed hands multiple times.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kcet.org\/food-living\/transforming-the-taco-the-origins-of-taco-bell\">Do you want to know more?<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The origin story of Taco Bell (founded by a guy actually named Bell who found a way to cash in on his name) is a fascinating one. While my own modern experiences with Taco Bell (vs. the other full-featured Mexican restaurants in town) are, well, to say the least, disappointing, there&#8217;s little question that the &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2019\/03\/03\/come-to-taca-taca-taca-taca-taca-taca-taca-taca-taco-bell-ding-dong.html\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Come to taca-taca-taca-taca-taca-taca-taca-taca-Taco Bell (ding-dong)&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":138043,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_seopress_analysis_target_kw":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[35,38,108],"tags":[1769],"class_list":["post-138041","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-big-business","category-food-drink","category-history","tag-fast-food"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/taco-bell-number-1-downey-california.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":26891,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/03\/07\/taco-bell-flees-desperately-from-serving-anything-remotely-resembling-authentic-mexican.html","url_meta":{"origin":138041,"position":0},"title":"Taco Bell flees desperately from serving anything remotely resembling authentic Mexican&#8230;","author":"***Dave","date":"Wed 7-Mar-12 3:51pm","format":false,"excerpt":"Taco Bell flees desperately from serving anything remotely resembling authentic Mexican foodWhat next? 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