DINNER! OUR FOOD REVIEW AT TACO BELL! GOOD DEAL ON A FAMILY BOX!

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OUR FOOD REVIEW AT TACO BELL! GOOD DEAL ON A FAMILY BOX!

Taco Bell Corp. is an American multinational chain of fast food restaurants founded in 1962 by Glen Bell (1923–2010) in Downey, California.[6] Taco Bell is a subsidiary of Yum! Brands, Inc. The restaurants serve a variety of Mexican-inspired foods, including tacos, burritos, quesadillas, nachos, novelty, and specialty items, and a variety of "value menu" items. As of 2023, Taco Bell serves over two billion customers each year, at 8,212 restaurants, more than 94 percent of which are owned and operated by independent franchisees and licensees. PepsiCo purchased Taco Bell in 1978, and later spun off its restaurants division as Tricon Global Restaurants, which later changed its name to Yum! Brands.

On August 18, 2014, Taco Bell launched a new value menu called Dollar Cravings. Replacing the old Why Pay More menu, Dollar Cravings currently contains thirteen food items all priced at a United States dollar. It was renamed "Cravings Value Menu", when prices were increased on some of the items. In April 2019, they introduced a "loaded nacho taco" for a dollar. As of January 2024, the company featured 10 items.

Taco Bell was founded by Glen Bell, an entrepreneur who first opened a hot dog stand called Bell's Drive-In, in San Bernardino, California, in 1948. Bell watched long lines of customers at a Mexican restaurant called the Mitla Cafe, located across the street, which became famous among residents for its hard-shelled tacos. Bell attempted to reverse-engineer the recipe, and eventually the owners allowed him to see how the tacos were made. He took what he had learned and opened a new stand in 1951. The name underwent several changes, from Taco-Tia through El Taco, before settling on Taco Bell.

Glen Bell opened the first Taco Bell in 1962 at 7112 Firestone Boulevard in Downey, California. Currently, there is a Taco Bell location across the street at 7127 Firestone Blvd, in Downey. The original location was a 400-square-foot building about the size of a two-car garage, and was built with Mission-style arches that covered a small walk-up window that served the original menu items: Tostadas, burritos, frijoles, chiliburgers, and tacos, all for 19 cents ($2 in 2023 dollars). The first restaurant closed in 1986, while the building was saved from demolition November 19, 2015, and was moved 45 miles to the Taco Bell Corporate Office at 1 Glen Bell Way in Irvine, California and is currently stored intact on the corporate parking lot premises and known as "Taco Bell Numero Uno".

In 1964, the first franchisee was purchased by former police officer Kermit Bekke. This location, located at 1654 W Carson Street in Torrance, California, had its grand opening on May 28, 1965. Bekke sold his franchise a year and a half later. This location - now The Tamale Man - closed in 1975 when it moved across the street to store #1130 at 1619 W Carson St, which itself would close in the late 1990s and then subsequently be repurposed into Alfredo's Mexican Food. In 1967, the 100th grand opening took place at the location at 400 South Brookhurst in Anaheim, which was later replaced by a new restaurant at 324 South Brookhurst in 1993. The first location east of the Mississippi River - the 270th to open, store #258 - opened at 2050 East Main Street in Springfield, Ohio, on September 20, 1968. Original Taco Bells only featured walk-up windows without indoor seating or drive-thru service and former original Taco Bell locations still survive while having been repurposed, frequently as other Mexican restaurants. Nine locations remain in the original Mission style as Taco Bell, all of which are in California, Arizona, Colorado and Hawaii. In 1970, Taco Bell went public with 325 restaurants.

The corporate office has had a few locations, and previously maintained an office at 2516 Via Tejon in Palos Verdes, then at 2424 Moreton Street in Torrance before settling into Irvine more than 40 years ago in 1976 at 17901 Von Karman Avenue.

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