Taco Bell in Atlanta, GA

Let's go to Taco Bell in Atlanta! Who wants to see more food from Taco Bell? Apparently lots of people since a post about a Taco Bell Mexican Pizza somehow became the most viewed page on this blog. So why not, here's another Taco Bell post to placate all the people googling Mexican Pizzas...

This particular Taco Bell was located on Ponce De Leon Avenue in Atlanta. It was one of the old school Taco Bells that hasn't been redone to share a building with Pizza Hut or KFC. Lunch here was made a bit more interesting with the dining room being randomly filled with jugglers and people with unicycles...

I had a Mexican Pizza to please the masses along with a soft taco. The Mexican pizza was better than the last one I tried, although the meat filling did spur a conversation on how much beef is actually in Taco Bell's beef thanks to the recent lawsuits...

Taco Bell's Black Jack Taco on Halloween

On Halloween, Taco Bell was giving out their Black Jack Tacos for free from 6pm till midnight. After I was done with my Halloween fun for the night, I ventured over to the nearest Taco Bell to try their newest featured food item.

The taco had a black taco shell which was completely purposeless. It tasted just like a normal taco shell, and I highly doubt Taco Bell used blue corn for the color. It's probably a whole lot of food coloring. The inside of the taco was a standard beef taco with lettuce and cheese, along with the addition of a pepper jack sauce. It tasted like a slightly spicy ranch dressing. Besides from the sauce and the colored shell, this Black Jack Taco was pretty much a normal Taco Bell taco. Taco Bell tacos aren't something I eat very often, but it did taste okay. I can't complain about the price either...

Del Taco & the Big Burrito

Del Taco is one of the newest fast food Mexican chains to pop up in Central Florida. It went into the old Fazoli's building in Oviedo, FL and there was quite a bit of a buzz on the internet when this place opened. I signed up for Del Taco's email club on their website and received a coupon for two free chicken tacos. Eventually, I made it to Del Taco and got my free food.

The tacos tasted okay, but weren't anything I'd go running back for. The chicken at Del Taco actually resembled meat, unlike a few other Mexican chains that I can think of. I was impressed that they used Romaine lettuce instead of iceberg, but other then that the tacos weren't anything special. I was also surprised with Del Taco's menu. Rather than being all Mexican, they also served burgers and fries. Because of this split menu, both the Mexican and burger sides of the menu both seemed somewhat limited. Taco Bell has a much more impressive menu when it comes to their available items on the menu.

A few weeks later, Del Taco had a grand opening event where they made a really big burrito, cut it up, and then distributed the slices among the onlookers. They filled the burrito with ground beef, beans, cheese, onions, lettuce, tomatoes, sour cream, and a red and green sauce. While making the burrito, the announcer/DJ kept on referring to this as the world's largest burrito and said that people from Guinness were there. Somehow I doubted that a fifteen foot burrito had never been made in the past. I googled it and found pictures of a much larger 3,578 foot burrito. But who's complaining? The big burrito resulted in a free dinner and tasted pretty good! They were giving out coupons for free chicken tacos at the event, so I took one of those for my next visit. That's three free meals from Del Taco so far!

Taco Mayo

In Oklahoma City and the surrounding areas, there seemed to be a chain of Mexican fast food restaurants that were all over the place called Taco Mayo. They were more prevalent than the bigger chains like Taco Bell and Qdoba, so I decided to give them a try one afternoon at a restaurant in Yukon, OK. I ordered a Verde Queso Double Smothered Burrito. It consisted of chicken, cheese, and rice wrapped in a tortilla. The burrito was then covered with a green sauce and more cheese. The cheese covered burrito was served with refried beans, pico de gallo, and sour cream.


As far as Mexican fast food goes, this was definitely a step above Taco Bell. It was a huge amount of food for $5.29, and it all tasted pretty good. I wonder how long before Taco Mayos start showing up in other parts of the country, specifically Florida?

Mexican Pizza from Taco Bell

I tried something that I haven't eaten in years. A Mexican Pizza from Taco Bell. I probably shouldn't have ordered a Mexican Pizza though, because I remembered this to be a whole lot better than it actually was.

The Mexican Pizza's crust was made from refried beans sandwiched between two hard tortilla shells. The pizza's sauce was Taco Bell's hot sauce, which was covered in melted cheese. It has been a very long time since the last time I've eaten one of these, and memories really aren't that reliable, but I remember these having more toppings. For some reason I remember scallions and peppers on the pizza, but apparently Taco Bell decided that they don't need anything green on the Mexican Pizza.

Taco Bell Chicken Jalapeno Melt

I had a Chicken Jalapeno Melt from Taco Bell in Lake Mary, FL. It tasted okay, but that meat really didn't look like chicken to me...