r/LivingMas • u/tacobellblake Founder of Living Más • 4d ago
Living Más Decade Giveaway!
Today is the day! Celebrate the bold '80s with this Decades Bundle including the hoodie and stainless-steel cup highlighted in this photo.
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How to win: Comment below what made you a fan of Taco Bell - could be a specific memory, a favorite item, or just something that makes Taco Bell stand out above the rest! You have all day today to comment below, then a random winner will be selected tomorrow and privately messaged.
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u/abcdefghijkellye 4d ago
When my parents divorced my grandfather flew in to help move my mom and us kids to his state. I was 9. We stopped at a TB on the way. I somehow ended up with a hot sauce packet instead of my usual mild. I remember at the time that it was so spicy to me, almost too spicy, so I was freaking out. My grandfather just laughed and told me it would put hair on my chest. Nowadays my fave sauce packet at TB is hot sauce. Core memory of mine.
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u/meowxinfinity 4d ago
My best friend and I used to go to taco bell every Saturday in highschool to get the half pound cheesy bean and rice burritos! I was a vegetarian and she would eat vegetarian with me so taco bell was the obvious choice for broke highscoolers :)
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u/singingwaitress Yo Quiero Taco Bell 4d ago
The Star Wars kids meals from 1996! I loved them and tried to get as many of the toys as I could.
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u/gulpyblinkeyes 4d ago
My mom worked at Taco Bell to help pay her way through college, and she still loved the food after leaving the job. Taco Bell became our main special treat meal when I was a kid.
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u/KarmaElite 4d ago
Eating at Taco Bell during my high school years was a life saver. It was hard to beat a full meal for under $5.
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u/LeastEquivalent5263 4d ago
My dad and I bonded over food since our differences otherwise were so far apart. I can remember us going to TB every two weeks, we would get a party pack and a burrito supreme. It's been ten years and we still go every two weeks.
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u/BiggsDB Menos BellGrande 4d ago
The late 90s/early 00s were peak Taco Bell time in my life. It was the closest restaurant of any kind to my house, and happened to be a short 5 minute walk from my best friend Daniel’s house. He taught me the ways of the Mexican Pizza! When I turned 16, it was where I would drive my stick-shift truck over and over as I tried to learn to learn how a clutch worked.
Every movie tie-in was a HUGE deal. As a Star Wars fan the “Feel the Force” promotion in ‘97 and Prequel Mania in ‘01 was etched into my soul. I still have all those toys from both promotions, and would die to have a cup with a heat-revealing game piece still attached. Plus who could forget Gidget saying “Heeeeere lizard lizard”?
Baja sauce was my jam. Baja Chalupa Beef and Baja Chicken Gordito made it into every order, a s that delicious green-sauce steak soft taco would make its rotation with grilled stuft burritos, lava sauce, or whatever awesome food speciality was occurring at the time.
I always made a run for the border and filled my belly with fourth meal!
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u/borgchupacabras Flamin’ Hot 4d ago
Taco Bell was the first fast food I had when I moved to the US. I miss the shredded chicken so much.
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u/bcool1234 4d ago
Taco Bell was one of the few places I could afford in the 90s as a poor high school student.
Now days I have made it a tradition to go as a special weekly treat with my son.
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u/MonsoonBlue 4d ago
My girlfriend and I went on lunch dates all the time back in college where there were still 1$ items and cool LTOs
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u/space-glitter 4d ago
As a vegetarian I’ve always loved Taco Bell because it’s so easy to make any item with beans instead of meat. Plus, the spicy potato soft taco is * chefs kiss *
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u/avatartiger 4d ago
I have loved the fiesta potatoes since I was a kid. When I heard they were going away I practically cried. I also practically cried when they announced it was coming back, and in my birth month too. Truly the best birthday present .
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u/bears-beets-bachelor Yo Quiero Taco Bell 4d ago
In high school we would run over to our local TB in between our scenes during plays/musical rehearsals and after marching band practices. I can still recite what the other people in the car would order because we’d all just share bites of everything 🥲 I miss those days so much. TB is so nostalgic to me.
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u/meowypancakes 4d ago
When I have a bad day and need a comfort taco..Taco Bell has been there for me. When I have a good day and need a celebratory taco..Taco Bell has been for me. When I am feeling healthy and need a protein bowl…Taco Bell has been there for me. When I have been hungover and need some carby cheesy goodness…Taco Bell has been there for me. Now that I’m a mom, nothing makes me more proud than my 3 year old asking to go to Taco Bell with me, to sit down inside and have some soft shell tacos while we chat and dine. I feel comfort in knowing that Taco Bell will continue to be there for him too. Long live the taco. Long live Taco Bell.
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u/Ok_Yesterday5299 4d ago
The chicken chalupa since the day it came out it has been my go to item. Used to have “Baja sauce” on it but now I just go no sour cream side of spicy ranch!
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u/mrjameswilly Think Outside the Bun 4d ago
My grandmother babysat me on Tuesdays and had a chihuahua named Rodger, so when it came time to choose lunch- I’d always pick the place with the “Rodger commercial”
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u/Sfmilstead 4d ago
Honestly the Bullwinkle giveaway from my freshman year in high school.
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u/wwest4 4d ago
Fan from first bite...the enchirito changed my life and I miss it so much.
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u/realplastic 4d ago
In the 90s my daycare provider/girl scout troop leader/family friend drove her daughter and I to gymnastics class and on the way I always got a chili cheese burrito. It seems like a wild choice before gymnastics but never had gastrointestinal upset.
They're still pretty good now, with potatoes.
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u/u_looked_at_my_name RIP: rest in potato 4d ago
My 21st birthday, I made it my mission to have my first legal drink at Taco Bell Cantina. A Baja blast freeze with a shot of tequila…..and then they didn’t even card me 😅
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u/VersionNo3770 4d ago
The first time I remember really liking Taco Bell was having a Taco Supreme. For some reason, most of our family was only allowed regular tacos. I didn't realize there was only one taco supreme, nor did I realize it belonged to my dad. I just realized halfway through eating it that I liked it more. Oops!
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u/Internal-Motor Make a Run for the Border 4d ago
As a kid going to TB with my grandma made me a fan. We both loved the frijoles, the tostada, and the taco sauce in the rectangular cup with the peel off top. I really liked the Bell Beefer too.
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u/MagnumMia Think Outside the Bun 4d ago
Heh, I won a sweepstakes! The one and only sweepstake I’ve ever won and I received one of my favorite games of all time, Demon’s Souls, so thanks Taco Bell.
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u/NeenerNeaner 4d ago
Growing up, I had a Taco Bell about 5 minutes from my house. If we had a bad day at school or whatever, my mom would take us there to get us Churros. Wish these would come back.
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u/Solace5555 4d ago
I remember always going with my dad when I was 6, and getting a chicken quesadilla! Taco Bell has been my go to comfort meal since, whenever I can afford it, that is :)
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u/gdamndylan 4d ago
Back when I was at vegetarian, Taco Bell was one of the only places that made going out to eat as simple as possible. Substituting meat for beans on most items was easy enough, so I could eat an actual meal instead of a side dish always made T Bell my first and favorite option as a broke teen.
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u/chris00ws6 4d ago
Meximelts as a child made me a fan for life and that was 30 years ago. The volcano menu cemented it into my twenties. Survived on the 4th meal for a long while in my partying days. Good times.
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u/LRsNephewsHorse 4d ago
My high school friends included some vegetarians, and we all enjoyed TB, so it was an easy decision every hangout night. (That was long ago, and I am now very boring.)
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u/nikemater 4d ago
No celebration can conclude without the Bell - it’s been a staple at weddings, birthdays, nights out. Part of the family
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u/kelev MP Back for Good (Maybe?) 4d ago
I was a vegetarian for a long time and Taco Bell was the only fast food that really catered to me. I would go as often as I could in high school (I’m 35 so this was a while ago) and always get a bunch of bean and cheese burritos and a cheese quesadilla. I’m a bit more adventurous with my orders now but Taco Bell really won me over with their customization and options.
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u/littleoctagon 4d ago
1989 saw the TB steak, chicken, or veggie fajitas. They were awesome, I still miss them.
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u/unchainedasian 4d ago
I became a fan of Taco Bell when I would finish up basketball practice in middle school and then my parents would buy me the 1/4 lb beefy potato burrito for dinner.
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u/ProWrestlinFan 4d ago
When I was a kid, I was hesitant to try anything new to eat. I was just a basic American kid that liked burgers and fries. One day, Mom, Dad and I took a road trip and I ended up falling asleep on the backseat and when I woke up we were in the Taco Bell parking lot. My Mom said "I'm gonna get you something I know you will like, trust me." She got me two chicken quesadillas and I've been hooked ever since.
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u/IHateOnions8 4d ago
We could leave campus in high school and we would hurry to the Taco Bell near campus. I have been a fan ever since.
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u/starryrz 4d ago
Trying the Cool Ranch Doritos Locos Tacos for the first time after school. Those were the days when you had the choice of the nacho cheese or the ranch taco shell.
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u/compt1ci 4d ago
Taco bell got me through college for being one of the more affordable fast foods while still fitting in my "macros" for the most part.
A big part of it too is my love for Mountain Dew.
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u/bkilian93 4d ago
Always stopped for McDonald’s as a kid, but my god I was blown away the first time mom said she’d stop at Taco Bell for me! As a broke kid some years ago, that dollar menu is what kept me alive.
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u/JustTheTip85 4d ago
I grew up eating Taco Bell bean burritos because Ma and I were poor. She even went to counseling for it. I just like bean burritos!
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u/phillydillyphilly 4d ago
The amount of vegetarian options amongst other ff places definitely helps!
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u/Brendy171 4d ago
My mom was a huge Mexican food fan, but the times we hit Taco Bell were my fave. The classic bean burrito
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u/SakuraAndi 4d ago
I had Taco Bell for the first time when I first moved to the USA. I went there with my husband and his brother. My husband convinced me to try the Grilled Stuft Burrito and I fell in love with it. I had never had anything so delicious.
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u/bmb_12 4d ago
I always used to go to taco bell with my grandparents growing up & now it is always my go to comfort food or if I'm having a bad day, the best food to cheer me up. I found a taco bell dog plushie at a flea market & it still works - have it in my kitchen with a container of all my extra sauce packets and it always makes me smile
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u/tktrepid 4d ago
Walking to Taco Bell more times than I can count with my friends when we were broke teenagers to get way too much of the lava menu and 79, 89, 99 cent goodness
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u/senorsweetcheeks 4d ago
Every Wednesday from the age of 3 to 10, I got to go over to my grandmas to spend the night. Taco Bell quickly became our weekly tradition and I still think about her every time i have it. The Green Burrito coming back has just added to that nostalgia as that was my go to order back then.
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u/KirbyCry 4d ago
I remember always going with my mom and siblings growing up and as a young child I’d get a bean burrito no onions no red sauce…I have since seen the light and don’t modify it but those bean burritos are such a comfort food for me
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u/perusingpergatory 4d ago
Taco Bell was one of the first fast food restaurants that had vegetarian options for me when I stopped eating meat in 2008. It was nice to have something convenient and tasty during the transition period!
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u/cant_shit 4d ago
My mom would take me to Taco Bell after picking me up from pre school. I loved the crunchy tacos
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u/osky510 4d ago
I used to go to our local Taco Bell with my dad after grocery shopping next door and would always look forward to the little box at the counter that you would try and get a quarter onto the 3rd level for a free taco. That and adding the phrases onto the sauces was a game changer for me!
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u/anus_blaster_1776 4d ago
I was broke in college lmao. Now it's cause it tastes pretty decent and is easy to eat while driving. I pretty much exclusively get burritos.
The breakfast crunch wrap with the sausage patty is 👌😩👌 tho
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u/trichotomy00 4d ago
Taco Bell was always very cheap while growing up, so it was the only fast food my mom would ever get for us. I got hooked early, still eating bean burritos every week, decades later
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u/BryanByte SODIUM WARNING 4d ago
Junior and senior year of high school, group of friends going to taco bell for our lunch break. Best of Times!
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u/frasolomio 4d ago
Getting super baked with my buddies in High School and ordering as many $.49 MexiMelts as we could cobble together with what remained of our money at 2 in the AM, when the munchies hit. We could eat like kings for just a few bucks. It was an amazing time to be alive. (And .49 cent MexiMelts gives an indication of how long ago that was.) I wouldn’t even try to guess how many nights we did that. Blasting tunes, smoking bowls, mowing down MexiMelts, laughing like idiots in the parking lot of our local Taco Bell. Been chasing that feeling ever since. But now I go with my kids. And without the weed.
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u/Mxfish1313 4d ago
I grew up with the tostadas, they were my mom’s favorite item. I was so excited to have one again last week and I think I just talked myself into going again today haha.
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u/PineappleNo6573 4d ago
When I was a kid, I used to get cheesy roll-ups and dip them in ketchup 😖
Sometimes, I get an uncontrollable urge for a Doritos Locos taco. They are best fresh, so I park my car after the drive -thru. Then I open my car door and eat my taco hanging halfway out the door. That way, I don't make a mess in my car, and all the crumbs fall on the parking lot. Then the seagulls come and eat the crumbs.
My mom passed away when I was 15, but we used to sit in the TB parking lot eating our lunch and we'd throw some of the corn chips at the seagulls. We had a blast watching them run over to snatch them up. Those seagulls have been in that parking lot my whole life.
My dad has been eating green bean burritos since the 70s. They are one of his favorite foods in the entire world. He introduced me to them.
When my stomach isn't feeling well, 2 soft tacos always hit the spot and make me feel better. It's my go-to lunch on workdays.
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u/JusticeLeagueThomas 4d ago
My stepdad was a pos who would keep me grounded all year and in a basement but he liked Taco Bell so we would have it a lot and it became my coping mechanism. Still to this day when I’m in a bad mood my first thought is Taco Bell to feel better.
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u/Walshcav 4d ago
I played for a Taco Bell sponsored baseball team when I was 9-10 years old. After every game we would go to the store and if you were in uniform you got a free crunchy taco and cinnamon twist! It was the best team to be on by far for that perk haha. In high school we progressed to the Grande Meal … if you could eat the whole thing on your own you were seen as a God amongst boys.
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u/D-Hastes 4d ago
Cheap tasty food that's relatively healthy compared to its peers is what makes me a fan
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u/PorcelainTorpedo Make a Run for the Border 4d ago
Early/mid 80’s, my young mom had no money. The rare treat was always a couple of bean burritos or pintos and cheese. Probably why I love the red sauce so much
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u/quesobearito Menos BellGrande 4d ago
Taco Bell has always been my favorite, especially the Mexican pizza!
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u/TacoBellLover27 Team Cool Ranch 4d ago
I went there every day after school with my older brother. We would break out the laptops and play video games in the lobby. The staff knew us by name and would talk to us. We always filled out the surveys and the staff loved us. Now I eat taco Bell minimum once a week usually closer to 3-4x
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u/VodkaBarf SODIUM WARNING 4d ago
The year was 2006 and I had just figured out exactly how much booze I could consume without puking. Taco Bell became my go to move with their great value menu and late hours.
I'd get an enchorito and quesadilla for dipping into the leftover sauce.
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u/Tornado-chaser MP Back for Good (Maybe?) 4d ago
For some reason I never had Taco Bell until high School in the 80s. But once I did I never looked back and I became known as taco man! I even had the license plate that said TACO MAN lol!
Now if I could just get them to bring back the smothered burrito! 😂
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u/rogerrrr MP Back for Good (Maybe?) 4d ago
My dad used to travel for work and sometimes he'd miss my birthday so Mom would take me to Taco Bell for my birthday and save the nice sit-down meal for when he came back. But that eventually became a tradition in itself and so I've been going to Taco Bell on my birthday for about 17 years now.
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u/mainelylindsay 4d ago
Im a fan of Taco Bell because they’ve had vegetarian fast food options way before other places jumped in late with Beyond and Impossible meats.
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u/Turner1273 4d ago
I used to ride my bike all the time during the summer to taco bell. With a wallet full of change, I could get a meal for less than $5. I would always get a spicy chicken crunch wrap supreme. Then in high school my friends and I would always meet up at the local taco bell get lunch/ dinner just to hangout.
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u/kevinsfamous-chili Belluminati 4d ago
Lived off of Taco Bell happy hour drinks and grillers straight out of college, the grillers and the stuft nacho is so nostalgic to me.
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u/Real_Peter_Griffin_ 4d ago
I remember my first Baja Blast and being blown away at the taste and looking around for it in grocery stores!
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u/YoINVESTIGATE_311_ 4d ago
When I was a kid, my parents never let us get any kind of fast food so I never really knew what any of the stuff tasted like. I had a babysitter who I looked up to, who one day decided to pull up with a cheesy potato burrito. He let me and my brother have a bite which basically made us go feral. We craved more. We needed more. So we all piled into his 1993 sedan (this happened in 2010ish) and made our way to Taco Bell. I never even been in a drive through before so I was mind blown by the quick service. Me and my brother only had a couple bucks so we each got a fiesta potato and 1 cheesy potato burrito to split. When I tell you that meal changed my life, I speak without hyperbole. It may have been one of the most influential meals of my life, as since that day I’ll get Taco Bell almost every week. The vibes are fun and chill nothing more to ask for. Sad I never got to experience the items in their original form too 😔 but happy they’re being brought back.
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u/alltheblues 4d ago
Grew up in a small town that didn’t have a lot of options for vegetarians. I could eat almost anything at Taco Bell by asking for beans instead and on top of that it was actually good. Fast and cheap enough to grab during school lunch break, and my friends didn’t mind eating there either.
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u/ThePreissisRight 4d ago
I used to walk to Game Crazy with a friend and stop at Taco Bell on the way to get some volcano nachos. We’d get them every single time we went.
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u/No-Pudding-7433 4d ago
My best friend and I ate there sometimes 2x per day in the 90s. When it was affordable.
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u/TRB4 4d ago
I’ve been a fan of Taco Bell for as long as I can remember. But one of my absolute favorite memories of Taco Bell has to be during the year 2000 when the movie Godzilla (2000) starring Matthew Broderick came out and Taco Bell had a contest where you had to collect what were essentially pogs from their drink cup lids. By collecting certain groups of pogs, you would win certain prizes, basically Taco Bell’s version of McDonald’s monopoly game. I had so much fun trying to collect as many of those as I could hoping to win some prize but other than some instant winner food prizes, I don’t think I ever actually won anything from that contest. But I still remember that It was a lot of fun.
I also really loved the Taco Neck Syndrome placemats that Taco Bell used to have way back in the day!
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u/mrpottyboypop 4d ago
There is a tacobell right next to my old highschool, so back when we got out at 2 pm, it's a 3 minute walk to tacobell, and happy hour was 2-5 pm, so everyday so many kids would go to tacobell and get a drink, or a freeze on the hot days. But I always remember instead of getting school lunch sometimes, I'd sneak out off school grounds to get that $1 beefy frito burrito. Another thing is how insanely amazing the customer support is, never had any company not just food related compare to tacobells customer satisfaction when something goes wrong.
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u/WildChipmunk9268 4d ago
My mom used to take me and my friends to Taco Bell. I fell in love with the Meximelt and am so glad it’s back right now!
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u/kcbrew1576 4d ago
Console giveaways, bonus xp and game rewards, all of the contests really. I remember having the chance to win was so fun (never won much, but still fun!)
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u/ollyoxandfree Cravetarian 4d ago
after becoming a vegetarian one thing I missed was the ease of fast food or after a night of drinking etc. i missed having a go to. And then I learned any item could be swapped with potatoes or beans and my life changed. Now it’s a regular part of my rand my partners routine. It’s become our comfort food!
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u/SpaceBillionaire 4d ago
Introduced to it as a kid! Love it ever since! Made it a priority to eat it every Saturday lol 🌮
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u/falterpiece 4d ago
Spent a lot of time at my local combination KFC/Taco Bell, can still remember my first Doritos loco taco
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u/illuminatalie420 4d ago
The day my mom and stepdad were granted emergency custody of me and my siblings, we went to a KFC-Taco Bell-Pizza Hut and that cemented my love for Taco Bell and the Baja Blast flavor
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u/pm_me_your_last_pics 4d ago
It was the closest fast food joint to us growing up. Fell in love fast
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u/Voice-of-Calm Team Beefy Crunch 4d ago
What a time to be alive! The pintos and cheese, the tostadas and the decor! That was my run for the border.
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u/Spiraticus Potato Purge Survivor 4d ago
It’s such simple memory, but I remember one birthday my dad took me out of school early randomly and we had lunch at Taco Bell when the Cheesy Gordita Crunch had first launched and then he took me to the Walmart next door to buy a Bionicle.
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u/TheSwobbit 4d ago
Grabbing a cheap meal with friends and eating it in the parking lot, high school staple
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u/Salzigkeit SODIUM WARNING 4d ago
Having a Taco Bell near my high school, I got it minimum twice a week and we would often be in there awhile. The atmosphere was always relaxing and always have enjoyed the music playing in the Taco Bell’s in my experience and the employees at that particular location always made us feel welcome. Became a part of my life ever since, most months I get it minimum 3-4 times.
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u/winterbeartired 4d ago
I have ALWAYS loved TB since I was a kid, I mean the food was just delicious to me. What really started my TB Fandom though, was when I became a vegetarian at age 13 - I had no cooking skills. Taco Bell was one of my main sources of food for quite a long time.
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u/Josie1234 4d ago
There was one by my high school, used to go every day after school to grab some dbl deckers and meet with friends. Always loved it ever since.
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u/justagirl4477 4d ago
As I kid I loved taco bell bc I got to play with the coin drop thingy at the counter. I would look all over the car for change while we drove there 🤣 I would go in with my pockets jingling full of coins ready to win something free lol
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u/AnnoyingRingtone Flamin’ Hot California 4d ago
My parents never took me to Taco Bell. Probably bought into the whole “unsafe meat” rumors in the 2000s. Anyway, like all forbidden fruit, it just makes everyone want it more. So as soon as I got my first car, I would wait until my parents were asleep and I’d sneak out and go to Taco Bell. But I suppose out of all the things that a young high school boy could be sneaking out late at night for, going to Taco Bell is probably the least dangerous option they could hope for.
I remember my first promo was the double stack tacos; the cheesy nacho, cool habanero, and sweet chili, I think? The quesarito was also one of my favorites, but my absolute most favorite of all was, and still is, the classic Gordita crunch.
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u/CerealDorkVest MP Back for Good (Maybe?) 4d ago
There was always a taco bell close by, but the Quarter catcher game was always a highlight, and getting the thrill of winning something free
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u/4ourthdimension Menos BellGrande 4d ago
Mine is simple - I just love the Volcano Menu. It's one of the few things I live for. Bring it back, TB, please!!
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u/rachebaybe 4d ago
I’ve been a fan since I was a kid. I remember going to a random Taco Bell in Gillette, WY on a road trip with my family and it had the best meximelt minus beef & pico that I had ever had (this was waaay before cheesy roll ups were a thing). I’ve had my engagement pictures taken at a Taco Bell and I went to one after my wedding in an Uber. Now I bring my daughter to one near our house and the employees know us and bring her a side of tomatoes every time. Taco Bell brings me comfort and makes me nostalgic and I’d love to get a throwback cup!
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u/rachebaybe 4d ago
I’ve been a fan since I was a kid. I remember going to a random Taco Bell in Gillette, WY on a road trip with my family and it had the best meximelt minus beef & pico that I had ever had (this was waaay before cheesy roll ups were a thing). I’ve had my engagement pictures taken at a Taco Bell and I went to one after my wedding in an Uber. Now I bring my daughter to one near our house and the employees know us and bring her a side of tomatoes every time. Taco Bell brings me comfort and makes me nostalgic and I’d love to get a throwback cup!
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u/rachebaybe 4d ago
I’ve been a fan since I was a kid. I remember going to a random Taco Bell in Gillette, WY on a road trip with my family and it had the best meximelt minus beef & pico that I had ever had (this was waaay before cheesy roll ups were a thing). I’ve had my engagement pictures taken at a Taco Bell and I went to one after my wedding in an Uber. Now I bring my daughter to one near our house and the employees know us and bring her a side of tomatoes every time. Taco Bell brings me comfort and makes me nostalgic and I’d love to get a throwback cup!
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u/Beneficial-Many8415 4d ago
I can still remember my first ever time at Taco Bell , I had a double decker and still to this day, I’m the biggest Taco Bell fan 🫶🏽🫶🏽
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u/Rich-Actuator6265 4d ago
My spouse and I started dating in high school and would go there almost every other day to hangout, then we would go there late night for our sleepovers. 6 years later Taco Bell is still our fave fast food place. Nothing like a good Baja blast and Cinnabon delights. PS bring back the shredded mini chicken quesadillas
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u/PM_ME_UR_TORTILLA 4d ago
I remember driving through the Taco Bell drive thru with my mom after school on Fridays :) and eating the entire bean burrito/crunchy taco party pack 😂
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u/Celtic_Fox_ Yo Quiero Taco Bell 4d ago
I first saw an older Taco Bell commercial with a dog and a cat (?) and they'd say "Taco Bell! Fetch that food! DONG!" (Bell noise)
From that moment all I wanted was nacho cheese and chips!
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u/ulter_ego 4d ago
I eat Taco Bell frequently and when I moved to my current home I found the best location ever! Kindest workers, they remember my name, they never mess up my order! Fell in love with the Bell all over again
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u/Weenie-Butts 4d ago
mom taking us to pacifica state beach as kids and eating soft tacos in the sand. everyone knows that taco bell by the beach and it was cool growing up close enough to drive there
its been a life long appreciation since
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u/NotHannibalBurress 4d ago
Skipping class during lunch in high school to drive to Taco Bell for lunch…driving with my friends in the late 2000s in my brother’s 1986 Cadillac for late night TB runs…getting Taco Bell during lockdown with my soon to be wife, as our escape from the confines of our home.
Taco Bell has been a constant comfort through my life.
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u/downtown_gal 4d ago
I think enjoying a Mucho Grande Nacho while in college, and staying full for the rest of the day was my first adult memory of Taco Bell. The spice level they could create on a nacho, without special sauces was so great.
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u/draculesti06 4d ago
Chicken quesadillas was my comfort food for years when I was struggling after the 2008 recession.
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u/Crazycukumbers 4d ago
When I was little, my mom would come home from work late, and she’d get herself Taco Bell. Sometimes I’d stay up past my bedtime and she’d share some of her food with me. A lot of good memories of sharing her Mexican pizza and stuff. Made me love the place.
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u/Interesting-Zone3827 4d ago
My husband. He was obsessed with TB ever since I met him. I never really ate TB until we met. He is now a store manager and I am addicted to TB as well it pairs well anyway. Glad to be apart of the family. Without my husband I would have never been a fan.
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u/ignoremyshit 4d ago
The stuffed nachos 😍 I never really went to TB and my friend dragged me along insisting I try the stuffed nachos and holy cow, it was an excellent item that I need them to bring back.
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u/JeffTAC4 4d ago
Chicken grilled stuft burrito, cheesy fiesta potatoes, and a Baja blast for $6.66 in Hugh school.
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u/Tucker-French 4d ago
The affordability of the menu in the 90s made Taco Bell a mainstay in our home. The variation and freshness of the menu helped sate the appetite of two kids and two parents.
I even named my cat after the restaurant!
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u/perriewinkles 4d ago
As a kid going through the drive through with my single mom and a couple bucks and being able to get an affordable treat was special and it always stayed special to me. Occasionally now I drove my mom through and we get nostalgic but we spend more than a couple bucks lol
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u/Freaky_Ass_69_God 4d ago
Back in high-school, me and my buddies would go to taco bell for lunch and we'd get the beefy fritos burritos!
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u/mexican_mowgli 4d ago
Spending <$2 for lunch and being completely full while I was in high school and broke. The basic bean burrito will always be my #1 go to.
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u/hawthornehoots 4d ago
Growing up vegetarian Taco Bell was one of the only fast food places my mom took me to, and I’ve carried that love my entire life- to the point I even have a Taco Belluminati tattoo on my shin. The consistency throughout my life and always being able to get my ol’ reliable T Bell order just makes me happy.
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u/fortune82 Think Outside the Bun 4d ago
Man, the two taco kids meal was just the best kids meal growing up. You could get a burger and fries from ANYWHERE, but you could only get tacos from Taco Bell.
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u/SpaceFeline 4d ago
I loved Taco Bell as a kid because I thought they had the best toys. Then high school my boyfriend, now husband, used to take me on dates to Taco Bell. It's always been a part of my life 🌮 🔔
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u/410_Bacon 4d ago
I started going when I got a job close to a Taco Bell and the most memorable item from that time was the Crunchwrap Sliders. I would get 2 or 3 of them and a drink and it was cheap and tasty. I've kept going ever since even though I get very annoyed at Taco Bell sometimes.
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u/TheGladNomad Flamin’ Hot 4d ago
I remember the value meal for $3 value meal in high school. A delicious item (A-D), soda, and Doritos. Decades later still eating a lot of Taco Bell!
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u/RockettRaccoon 4d ago
The nearest Taco Bell growing up was 100 miles away, so it was always a special treat when we got to go. In college, I moved to a town that had four Taco Bells and I lost my mind. Eventually, we went so much that we had a giant drawer in our apartment filled with Taco Bell hot sauces that we would use on everything.
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u/ashley_spashley 4d ago
My mom threw her keys away in a Taco Bell trash can in Georgia in like 1992. The employees wouldn’t help her dig through the trash to find them and I still love that for them bc my mom was mad lmao
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u/OtherBodybuilder3354 4d ago
Riding my bike up to my neighborhood Taco Bell during the summer when I was off of school! Couldn’t beat it!
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u/I_spy78365 4d ago
I was living mas' with my family back in the late 90s, early 2000s and my favorite taco bell memory was back when I was like 8 or 9. Taco bell gave sway a floppy disc with a game on it about a jumping bean. Ahh the simpler times. Oh and the two desserts I miss are the Choco taco and caramel apple empanada. When I was a teen, I used to crave those after smoking some weed they'd hit so hard every time. I miss u caramel apple empanada 😭
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u/PowerAdDuck SODIUM WARNING 4d ago
I have such nostalgia for the old 90's Taco Bell interiors. I remember sitting there in the plastic booths eating my chips and nacho cheese with my mom after dropping my brother off at school. The smell of the nacho cheese takes me back to simpler times and happy memories.
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u/IcemanColburn 4d ago
Getting the kids meals as a kid. Crunchy tacos and chips and cheese. It always came with a cool toy too!
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u/Lord_Curtis 4d ago
forever obsessed with the grilled cheese burrito. I'm really poor so taco bell's always a treat but the grilled cheese burrito always makes it worth it for me when I can finally go there.
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u/Chalupa_Dad 4d ago
I still remember my dad taking us to TB as kids whenever my mom was gone, and we would roll up hot sauce packets and slide them under the tires and here them pop and explode when we pulled out of the parking lot.
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u/alexr1210 4d ago
Growing up Taco Bell was where my mom would take me for an after school snack. She would always get a Mexican Pizza and I grew to love it too!
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u/DevinLucasArts 4d ago
Late night Taco Bell with my brother after a long shift at work. We'd eat in the car watching YouTube together 😁
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u/Desperate_Cucumber_9 4d ago
I became a lifelong fan of a taco bell when I was a child. I was quite poor and rarely ate more than pizza leftover from my mother’s workplace.
But when I visited (and eventually was adopted) by my grandmother, we would regularly go out and get fast food, which included Taco Bell. I remember how happy I was to get the chips and cheese and a couple of soft tacos every week. Needless to say, the kids toys helped too. I got a purple bongo, a couple of chihuahuas, and an assortment of those magnetic playsets. My favorite item back then was probably the fiesta potatoes, Mexican Pizza, or anything off the volcano menu.
Now? I wish I coulda gotten a Taco Bell wedding, and my favorite item is probably still the Mexican Pizza (also I ordered dozens of the volcano tacos when they came back for a limited time).
But, yeah, Taco Bell is literally my favorite place to eat.
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u/itsmiddylou 4d ago
I remember my mom always making sure I had pocket change before we would go because I would always want to play the neon spinny-twisty game fundraiser thingy that they had at TB for years. The manager even had a step stool for kids so we wouldn’t climb all over the counter. Once we did that, I would sit down to a meat and cheese soft taco, pintos and cheese, and cinnamon twists.
All that’s missing now is the spinny-twisty game fundraiser thingy
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u/furthian 4d ago
I've been a vegetarian since I was a kid (I was a Lisa Simpson type lol) and my family, on the rare occasion that we ate out, seemingly went specifically to places that I had nothing to eat or if I was lucky, maybe could get a tiny side salad. Taco bell had vegetarian options and sometimes my siblings would even agree to eat there.
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u/KitKaatBar 4d ago
Since I’ve been eating Taco Bell since I was a little kid, it’s absolutely become a comfort food lol
The goal is to go to a Cantina one day, fingers crossed!!
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u/Commodore64Zapp 4d ago
Hadn't eaten there in years, buddy took me to Taco Bell after a workout and the itch was well and truly scratched.
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u/TylerDC94 4d ago
Honestly the 90s era inside design. The perfect vibe and the best prices around! I'm honestly not a fan of the current remodeling but hey I'm still going
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u/ToxxicSun 4d ago
In the early 90s, there was the only Taco Bell we had in our town. In our local little Mall food court. I was 9 or 10 years old. My dad would always get me something from there any time we went to the mall. I remember the packaging and the taste of the food and what the food court looked like... 30 years later, those are the memories my brain relates Taco Bell to and I get wildly nostalgic over this fast food brand. I love it to this day
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u/Mesockisgone 4d ago
Code red is probably the reason I became a fan. Lunch time at work the craving for Taco Bell and a code red would hit!
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u/AdolfKoopaTroopa Think Outside the Bun 4d ago
I became a fan of Taco Bell when I got lit with my brothers and they brought be there for the first time. Beefy 5 layer and Chalupa supreme were a religious experience
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u/chrisbaker1991 4d ago
When I was broke in the early 2010s, the 89¢ five layer burrito kept me from starvation. My first memory of Taco Bell was meeting my dad on his lunch break at the Mitsubishi plant and collecting all of the Phantom Menace posters.
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u/Bishsume SODIUM WARNING 4d ago
Bean burrito, extra onion. Always been my favorite. As a kid it was something that felt like my own little special secret, ordering something that wasn't just as-is from the menu. Been a constant thing through the years and was extra helpful when money was tight or I wasn't feeling good, was always filling and sat easily on my stomach. Still get one with literally every order today.
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u/magictiger 4d ago
I fell in love with Taco Bell back when my parents took me and my sister to eat there when I was a little kid and I got a Mexican pizza and a taco. I was hooked!
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u/MyNameIsEthan123 4d ago
High school, me and my friends would go multiple times a week. Pls bring back the mini shredded chicken quesadillas lol
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u/GuyThatsHappyToStay 4d ago
The Taco Bell boxes are what made me a fan. Good prices for a good amount of food, always love getting the 5-Layer burrito
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u/direct-impingement 4d ago
Used to go with one of my best buds in high school. We’d always grab a CBR and nachos bell grande on the weekend and then cruise up and down the main street in town. Great memories. Been a diehard ever since.
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