All I know is that the food & srvice went into the dumpster around 25 or so years ago, and I quit going there.
Now I live where we have almost no Taco Bells within 200 miles, but we do have Taco John’s “The fresh taste of West-Mex”.
Part of my point was that NONE of it is really Mexican food; it may be Tex-Mex, or “Mexican inspired”, but definitely not Mexican...and gets less so every year as they keep introducing new “inspirations”.
I LIKE Taco Johns because they use fresh ingredients. But you’re right it is Mexican-inspired.