money laundering

My husband & I lived in LQA for almost 20 years and got so tired of getting gouged by that so called Taco Bell/KFC. One night we got a couple Crunchwraps and drinks and when we got our total of $36 we said to each other, ”We could have gone to Shiros sushi for the same money!” Also the service at that Taco Bell is cold blooded, like they ignore customers on purpose.

We moved to a different neighborhood and got our usual order at our new Taco Bell. It was $13 and my husband literally cried tears of joy and confusion at the drive thru window. The staff was delightful. Also they remembered to give us all the items in our order and all the diced tomatoes were ripe.

Fuck the LQA KFC/Taco Bell and their price gouging, bad food and worse service! I wish they woulda been torn down before Tup Tim Thai or when the neighboring Uptown Apartments got wrecked. A ChikFilA is opening near Interbay Whole Foods & even though I hate ChikFilA I hope it siphons all of this Taco Bell’s sports & tourism business away.

@3
So you went there once and we’re shocked by the prices but you went back?

Wow, the last time I went to a Taco Bell the bean burrito was like 99 cents and you could eat pretty well there (7-layer burrito, "Mexican" tater tots and a drink) for about $5 total. OK, this was back when their TV ads still featured the chihuahua (RIP), but inflation since then hasn't been THAT ridiculous. The one in Queen Anne should be thought of as basically an extension of the CP Arena concession stand.

Taco Bell?!? What the hell is wrong with you, are you a tourist? Real locals go to NW owned Taco Time and skip the Velveeta style cheese-fodd.

@7: I eat at Taco Bell, and I will NOT stand for this blatant gluttony-shaming.

@8 Right, and go for the deep-fried dog shit instead. Choosing between eating at Taco Bell or Taco Time is like choosing between eating warm dog shit or cold dog shit. But I guess the warm dog shit is local?

Why would anyone eat at Taco Bell in the first place? It's crap.

If you want Mexican fast food, dine at Taco Time. Much better.

Bad news for the folks hyping Taco Time as a "local" alternative; it's owned by MTY Food Group, a Montreal-based conglomerate with over 70 other restaurant brands under it's umbrella.

@12 people who live in Queen Anne are poor? That’s a new one. Btw isn’t this supposed to be called Uptown now? Lol

https://www.king5.com/amp/article/news/local/seattle/seattle-uptown-neighborhood-gets-name-affirmed-climate-pledge-arena/281-12cfdac7-7fc6-4957-b8ed-c274ca550c8b

Taco Time is where you go when you are feeling nostalgic for middle school cafeteria tacos.
Taco Bell is where you go when you want a deliciously junk-foody parody of Mexican food.
Anita's Taco Truck on Aurora is where you go when you want actual Mexican food.

“This is the kind of hard-hitting investigative journalism I count on from The Stranger,” said no one ever.

The Stranger is coming to the defense of people who use the drive-thru? Don't they know that means that these disgruntled diners are in cars?

As for Taco Time, I think it's perfectly acceptable. I just wish they diced their tomatoes instead of giving you that big slice of tomato on your taco. And if dopey little Taco Time can source service products that are almost all compostable, why can't McDonald's, Starbucks, etc

@13 you are incorrect, Taco Time NW is not owned by MTY

"Frank Tonkin Sr. opened the first Taco Time Northwest restaurant in 1962 with the goal of becoming a leader in quick service Mexican restaurants. The second Taco Time restaurant opened in 1963 and between 1980 and 2005, Taco Time Northwest grew from 20 to 75 local restaurants throughout the Puget Sound area.

Today, Taco Time Northwest is run by the fourth generation Tonkin family, who are proud to lead a local company that continually serves its community. Taco Time Northwest is a Western Washington-based company that is wholly independent from Kahala Corporation. Kahala Corporation owns the rights to Taco Time outside of Western Washington. Taco Time Northwest has no affiliation with Kahala Corporation and no affiliation with Taco Time restaurants outside of Western Washington, except for the Taco Time location in Wenatchee, Washington. Since its inception in 1962, Taco Time has employed more than 35,000 people."

https://tacotimenw.com/our-story/

You don't have to eat there.

@23/24 Well, I stand corrected. You don't hear about franchise agreements like that too often.

I have fond memories of Taco Time as a child. Memories that were forever ruined while driving through Roseburg, OR and stopping at what, at least on that day, must have been the franchises most disgusting location.

On topic: goddamn that's one expensive Taco Bell.

Who eats at Taco Bell any more?

They're the worst of the worst.
They could give their . . . stuff . . . away for free, and I still wouldn't eat there.
No way no how.

Crap--I didn't see others had already pointed this out.