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2 o'clock, June 27, 2003

Okay, so, like, my real question about this otherwise uninteresting article is: I guess I can kind of understand why the cold-blooded Scandinavians up here in Seattle do these crazy things . . . But why the hell would anyone in Los Angeles ever want to eat at a Taco Bell?

(I mean, okay, I know Taco Bell was founded in SoCal. But still. My mole-deprived soul is in torment.)

Comments

There's a taco bell in Santa Cruz, a quarter of a block from my favorite taqueria. I find it wholly inconceivable that anyone would choose to eat at taco bell, rather than at the cheaper and far yummier Jalapeno's.

Sometimes I despair of humanity.

—— Tim Pratt, 9:34 PM, Friday, June 27, 2003

Tourists? Newly relocated types from lands without decent Mexican food? General idiots?

If nothing else, there's no accounting for taste.

—— Jon Hansen, 9:57 AM, Saturday, June 28, 2003

They have Taco Bell in L.A.?

—— Greg van Eekhout, 4:49 PM, Sunday, June 29, 2003

See, that’s the kind of Angeleno I like.

—— David Moles, 6:11 PM, Sunday, June 29, 2003

Not that my default Mexican food in L.A. is particularly sophisticated or authentic (or even entirely edible), but it's not without its charms.

—— Greg van Eekhout, 6:45 PM, Sunday, June 29, 2003

Tim - while I can understand your disdain, I must admit to being one of those who have patronized that particular Taco Bell. In that instance, because I was taking classes at UCSC and working in Scotts Valley and bound by an extremely unfriendly bus schedule, Taco Bell was close enough to the bus station that I could get there, grab food, and get back in time for the bus, and Jalapenos simply wasn't.

—— aphrael, 11:07 AM, Monday, June 30, 2003

It’s all your fault, Rob. :)

—— David Moles, 2:07 PM, Monday, June 30, 2003