Taco Bel without lettuce
Posted on 11/17/2015 7:23:24 PM PST by chrisinoc
Taco Bell is saving its first fast-food restaurant from the wrecking ball by relocating the iconic 400-square-foot food stand from Downey to its corporate headquarters in Irvine.
“This is arguably the most important restaurant in our company’s history,†said Taco Bell Chief executive Brian Niccol. “When we heard about the chance of it being demolished, we had to step in. We owe that to our fans; we owe that to Glen Bell.â€
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I am sure this photo was from the 1970s.
The photo in the main article is likely from a later date as we sat on wood tables and the gas fire pit in front was removed.
Never went to this Taco Bell. We did do a lot of Knott’s chicken dinners in Buena Park.:o)
“Why destroy history? I take it this was a ‘value of the land it sat on’ deal?”
Even to continue with Taco Bell, it is time to replace the structure after so long.
SoCal is covered with shopping centers from the 50s, 60s and 70s which are worn out, functionally obsolete, etc.
Give Taco Bell credit, for preserving the iconic building and moving it to the Corporate Hq. site. They have preserved history, not destroyed it.
Dang, people in Downey new how to eat back in the day. The oldest surviving McDonalds is in that city as well.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oldest_McDonald%27s_restaurant
Ate there a couple times before it changed owners, food wasn’t great, but adequate for a quick lunch.
So its really called Taco Taco?
The song “Silver Tacos” just doesn’t remind me of Christmas.
Wow!
That brings back memories.
One of the few things I miss about California is “California Gold” and Huell Howser.
Your photo is bittersweet.
It shows an America that no longer exists.
I am old enough that I remember that lost America.
It makes me sad for what we have lost, and it makes me angry at the people who took our greatness away from us.
I took my wife and child to Knott’s Berry Farm last summer and told the wife we absolutely had to get a chicken dinner there.
It is sort of a “must do” at Knott’s. My momma took me and my brother when we were kids; we were very poor and it was a big deal.
The floor was super sticky and the walls smelled of old chicken grease. It was gross, and depressing to know that this was one of my sweetest memories of my childhood and of the effort my mom made to raise us.
Why are you making me so sad today?
If you had eaten there in the early months of 1942 my mother might have been your waitress. In those days, Mrs. Knott, the wife of the farm's founder Walter Knott, supervised the restaurant.
If you had eaten there in the 1950's, your chicken might have come from my uncle's ranch. Knott's Berry Farm was one of his customers.
The Knott family sold the farm to a Midwestern-based company years ago.
Looks like a school lunch.
Knott’s Berry Farm is going to close the restaurant for a few months come next year for remodeling.
“Dang, people in Downey new how to eat back in the day. The oldest surviving McDonalds is in that city as well.”
I stopped by there in September after a 25 year break. It’s about 2-3 miles northeast of the old Taco Bell stand.
I had no idea they’d been serving inedible fake Mexican food that long.
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