Taco Bell

I actually like Taco Bell, and would give the best TB I’ve ever eaten at 5 stars… So this review is not about how TB compares overall, I am comparing this particular TB compared to all the others I’ve been to. This place isn’t as clean or modern and renovated as other TB. Drab interior aside, the prices are higher than you’d expect for the area and TB. However, it is one of the few TB to settle your fix for the stuff…

Don’t let nobody be telling you ain’t no good Mexican food in New York because not only did I find it, but it came attached at the hip to finger lickin’ goodness. I had a nacho supreme combo and mexicmelt, and my man Carlito, who just got out of Lewisburg after five years instead of thirty, following a his attorney’s successful appeal (thanks to D.A. Nordhoff’s illegal wiretaps), ordered from the colonel. It was a good meal, till this Benny Bronco fool from Decatur, Illinois show up and start going off about how he wants to corner the trade in moist towelettes, and would Carlito be interested. Well, he wasn’t, and he poured orange bang all over Bronco’s new white Italian suit. So now we gotta be on the lookout for Bronco and the Portuguese Mafia, aka, the Mammies (Mississipi Avenue Mudflies) Pauly Pinto’s local outfit, who control the trade in matress tags along with Aburrido Andy.

Let’s be honest. Sometimes you’re hungry — nay, starving — and the only meal that will satisfy that emptiness in your belly is some good ol’ fashioned fast food. This particular establishment is one of those fancy TBell/​KFC combo locations, so you can easily kill two cravings with one stone … er, trip.
At first glance, you’d probably hesitate before walking in to this, um, well-​traveled location on Broadway. But I’m here to tell you that it’s ok! Go inside. Peruse the double-​wide menu. Watch the flat-​screen televisions showing the latest sports & pop culture updates. And maybe … don’t touch anything?
This location is almost always messy. The drink dispenser is oftentimes a disaster area. Straw wrappers & ice everywhere. Sticky, drippy, messy, ewww. One of the flavors is always out. Another will only dispense carbonated water. Be prepared to dispense, taste, dump, repeat. The tables are sticky, the floor is grungy, but the food! Ah, the food.
The saving grace of this place is its ability to deliver the same food you’re looking for when you crave TBell/​KFC. (Specifically, the soft taco supremes.) They’re pretty much what you would expect, and isn’t that what you want whenever you seek out fast food? Fast, consistent, & predictable. More crowded during eating times & late night, but not unbearable.
So if you’re thinking of hesitating … don’t! This place is fine. Come on in. Just make sure you take out your food.

Worst taco bell ever. Service is slow and my chalupas were like sour cream chalupas, not steak chalupas!

Lines are okay and service decent. I love the self-​serve drinks and the view is great. I could do without so much the dumb televisions that show nothing.
Sometimes tensions mount in the queue; it can get long.

The food is what it is. Tastes like Taco Bell or KFC from any other TB or KFC. My issue with this place is the overall service. Sometimes it can take as long as 10 – 15 minutes to get your food once you order… which kinda defeats the purpose of fast food. This location is often understaffed, which leads to long lines, huffing, puffing, and choosing other food options in the area. I literally walk by, look in the window, and determine if I want to be standing in there for 15 or 20 minutes.
I wouldn’t recommend dining it. It’s noisy with a lot of foot traffic from kids and has limited seating.

Yes, it is in the ghetto … and yes it is attached to a KFC. Now to my review.
It wasn’t hard to find at all, but a very scary neighborhood indeed. They did get an A from the health inspector, so hey, that’s a good sign. The inside i actually very clean, with not a enough seating for a lunch/​dinner rush. So go on an off-​time and you’ll be fine. The employees talk a lot amongst themselves which causes them to forget things sometimes, i.e. my drink cup. So be sure to double check your order.
What else can I say? It is like any other Taco Bell I’ve been to, it tastes the same. Can’t comment on the KFC since I didn’t have any. But the reason I came here in the first place was because I was feeling nostalgic, and missed home. And with Taco Bell being a chain I thought it would help satisfy the feeling, but it didn’t =/​. Oh well, still cool to have one that is easy to get to and super clean.