Del Taco

The 99 cent bean burritos (order them extra green) are classic. Del Taco is everything Taco Bell should be, but isn’t. Avoid their burgers, cheese fries and don’t let them squirt their «secret sauce» on anything, and certainly not their caulking gun «guacamole.» The chicken burritos are great in every incarnation, again, just make sure and have the secret sauce replaced with green sauce. The green sauce is good, like Alburquerque good.

Great late night food!
Cheap tacos, burritos, burgers, nachos.
I like the taste of Del Taco over Taco Bell any day.
Unfortunately, there are only 2 Del Taco’s left in St. Louis.

Aw, everyone’s being so harsh on this Del Taco. Come on! It’s Del Taco, people, not some fabulous epicurean experience. It is what it is and that’s why I grade on a curve.
Between the hours of 1 – 3 am, on my way back from the East Side (of Skinker), there is a critical juncture where I can turn right and continue home, or go straight and into the seductive glow of Del Taco.
More often than I’d like to admit, my vodka-​fueled auto pilot leads me right into the Del Taco drive thru. My order is always the same and incredibly boring. Two tacos, no lettuce.
There is an older woman who is always working these god-​awful shifts. Always. She knows my car, she knows my order, and just tells me to drive to the window without even giving me a total. We both know it’s $ 1.30.
At first I felt bad for her. Imagine your mother working the Del Taco drive-​thu at 3am! Surely they could give her a nice middle of the day shift. But, then I thought, maybe she enjoys it. Maybe she gets a kick out of eliminating hangovers one drunken-​carload at a time.
She always makes sure my taco is piping hot and loaded up with cheesey goodness. I have encountered other Del Taco employees and I can tell you for a fact that this lady puts a little more tlc into her tacos.
So, 4 stars for the older Del Taco lady. She makes the regrettable experience of 3 am Del Taco seem as innocent as a visit to the lunch lady of your grade school cafeteria.

Why why why why why? Why do I continue to eat here?
It’s a love/​hate relationship.
Rationale: they’ve got a ²⁴⁄₇ drive-​thru (I’ve never seen them close) that happens to be around the corner from my brother’s abode. Convenience is the name of this late-​night game… oh Del Taco, you’re my faux Mexican booty call!
True story: I found my little dream home driving to Del Taco hungover one morning in a quest for a breakfast burrito. Saw an open house sign, wandered in, fell in love, called my parents and the rest is history! I lived in this cute little house for 4 years before moving, and now it’s my brother’s nest. Thanks Del Taco!

For the past 12 years all of my friends have been telling me not to eat at Del Taco. Del Taco is gross. Del Taco is dirty. Well, yes it is dirty but I have never found Del Taco gross. Ever. Until now. I was in St. Louis 2 weeks ago and on my way out of town I stopped at the Del Taco and was sorely disappointed. I got a spicy-​jack quesadilla and Veggie Works burrito… the same 2 items I have been getting for years. The quesadilla was fine, the burrito tasted like nothing. Literally, nothing. It was like biting into a semi-​warm tortilla filled with bland mashed potatoes. Just mushy and flavorless.
Fuck.
This is the first time in my entire life I have been let down by Del Taco and it has really been bugging me. I mean, I have sworn by this place all through my adolescent and adult life! And now it fails me? I don’t know what to believe in anymore.

What’s not to like, cheap tacos and an all-​night drive through. I do not condone drinking and driving. But this is GREAT drunk food at 3am.

I found hairs in my food wayyyyy too many times here. And yet… I still went back. Late night drive through on the way back from hitting the bars downtown. Yeah.

sometimes this is all there is early in the morning – don’t do it.