Taco Bell? Say it ain't so!

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  1. bwilson4web

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    I was surprised to see: Taco Bell to get rid of drive-thru, add booze in 300 new locations | WGN-TV

    Taco Bell is planning to open more than 300 new locations with a very different layout, Food & Wine reports.

    The plans call for the new locations to be “cantina style.” They will not have a drive-thru – but they will serve alcohol. . . .    ​

    Well if you're going to serve alcohol, a drive-thru might be inappropriate.

    Often open at least an hour after the bars close, Taco Bell drive-thru has been the 'go to' place for a late night snack. I suspect other countries and areas have similar fast-food places that often treat the post-bar crowd.

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    My grandfather knew Glenn Bell and grandfather actually ate at the original Taco Bell way back when in Southern California. I remember my father taking me past the site of the original Taco Bell as well as the last surviving McDonalds, way back when I was a kid. We had taken a trip to Southern California to visit Disneyland.

    Oldest McDonald's restaurant - Wikipedia

    That my family still talks about all this -- and I remember it -- says something -- what it says, I am not entirely sure. But apparently the original Taco Bells had fire pits out front -- you can sort of see it below. Sounds like it would have been fun -- and dangerous.

    Nowadays, I thought Jack-in-the-Box was chasing the "alternative perception" crowds.

    Drunk and high people love Jack in the Box - Business Insider



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    How do you go through a drive-thru after being in a bar until it closes?
     
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    it's america. c'mon, we have a constitutional right to drink and drive.:cool: (with concealed weapons)
     
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    taco bell and alcohol just makes me wonder where the nearest bathroom is.:oops:
     
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    Hooray for Freedom!
     
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    Surely they have drive-thru toilets? Some sort of contraption that comes in through the window?
     
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    "in?" What makes you think it has to come in?
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    zackily! this is america! you aussies are so repressed.:sick:
     
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    That's extremely practical.
     
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    now that's an unconcealed weapon. legal in some states.
     
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    http://www.ntnews.com.au/news/only-in-the-territory/bum-salute-welcomes-ghan-again/news-story/307e11c83a92c6aaa01a222a6d6630df

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    They had pulled their pants down 10 years and one day ago at the same spot on the first trip of The Ghan to Darwin to the said delight of Chief Minister Clare Martin and mooning aficionado, Prime Minister John Howard. About 37 of 65 punters de-dacked yesterday, down on the 400-odd at the original.​
     
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    i knew you would top us. (or bottom?(n))
     
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    Ummm..... those things can both be verbs (and nouns) in a way that I suspect you didn't mean.
     
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    probably not 'americanisms'.
     
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    They're definitely used in America, but they're pretty global.
     
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    More like W.M.D. if you ate there.
     
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