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  • Blogs

    January 25, 2012

    Seattle's Worst Dollar-Menu Items

    Even Charlie won't finish Jack in the Box tacos..and he eats legitimate poop.​ This week's Shit List could not be more literal. To say I'm not a fan of drive-through fare would be an understatement. In a town where you can indulge in Dick's or Zippy's burgers for a couple of bucks more, it see ... More >>

  • News

    November 30, 2011

    Chain-Restaurant Food Trucks

    No need to fear--corporate meals-on-wheels are a good thing.

  • Diversions

    November 16, 2011

    Ask a Mexican!

    No need to fear--corporate meals-on-wheels are a good thing.

  • Blogs

    September 16, 2011

    Does Eric Grandy Like The New Das Racist?! While You're Waiting, Here Are My Thoughts On Relax

    "We're bringing back all that smart shit that's actually stupid" - "Free Jazzmatazz" Sit Down, Man New York's Das Racist is a very 2010s rap group. They shrug at the 100-level beats-and-rhymes template that your average rap group plugs in to, and wander through the upper-class dormitories of consci ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 18, 2011

    Heidi Lynn Knowles, Vancouver Mom, Arrested for Trying to Sell Newborn at Taco Bell

    MyspaceHeidi Knowles​Taco Bell's "Why Pay More Value Menu®" offers more than a dozen ways to help folks save money on "food." Unfortunately, it's difficult to Beefy 5-Layer Burrito one's self to financial stability when there's a screaming three-day-old infant diapering up the equation.

  • Blogs

    June 1, 2011

    Mushy Is the New Crispy at Tapatio's

    Siiri Sampson 2011Underneath the mess of beans, cheese, and red sauce is, allegedly, a chile relleno. One bite reveals why it's hiding.​When someone mentions Mexican food, but then you don't get to actually have any, a certain set of symptoms take over until the hole is filled. It's not as ba ... More >>

  • Diversions

    May 4, 2011

    Ask a Mexican!

    Siiri Sampson 2011Underneath the mess of beans, cheese, and red sauce is, allegedly, a chile relleno. One bite reveals why it's hiding.​When someone mentions Mexican food, but then you don't get to actually have any, a certain set of symptoms take over until the hole is filled. It's not as ba ... More >>

  • Food

    March 23, 2011

    Taco Time's Mexi-Lies

    They're tater tots, OK? But whatever they're called, they're awesome.

  • Blogs

    March 11, 2011

    Win a Pair of Tickets to See The Dismemberment Plan the Globes MSHVB at Showbox SoDo Tomorrow Night!

    ​I know a good number of us are already planning to spend tomorrow night at the Showbox SoDo to see the reassembled Dismemberment Plan play a show in honor of Barsuk's recent re-release of Emergency & I. In this week's issue, Eric Grandy says: Videos from the shows so far suggest that Morriso ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 2, 2011

    Dear Taco Bell: Lewis Black Wants to Know About Your Meat

    Made of mostly meat! Mostly . . .​On The Daily Show last night, Jon Stewart let Lewis Black loose on meat--specifically on Taco Bell and the recent battle over whether or not its taco filling contains enough actual meat to be called "beef." "Like most people," Black said, "all I want is my me ... More >>

  • Calendar

    February 2, 2011

    I Was a Fat Kid . . . I Was a Really Fat Kid

    Made of mostly meat! Mostly . . .​On The Daily Show last night, Jon Stewart let Lewis Black loose on meat--specifically on Taco Bell and the recent battle over whether or not its taco filling contains enough actual meat to be called "beef." "Like most people," Black said, "all I want is my me ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 26, 2011

    Free Energy Blurs the Line Between Respectful Parody and Tired Nostalgia at Last Night's Pickle Party at the Croc

    Julia Mullen Gordon​Free Energy The Crocodile Tuesday, Jan. 25 Review by Julia Mullen Gordon Sometimes, if you listen to too much Radiohead or Dirty Projectors, it's necessary to seek out a sonic palate-cleanser, a blissfully uncomplicated band that can get you back to neutral. Free Energy i ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 5, 2011

    Richard Thomas, Spokane Man, Locks Himself in Taco Bell Refrigerator, Dies Mysteriously

    ​A man walks into a restaurant. He goes straight to the back and opens the walk-in refrigerator, then climbs in and locks the door. Employees call police, they show up, pry open the door, and find the man dead . But he apparently didn't die of the cold, and there are no signs of violence. So w ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 7, 2010

    Potato Pimp Chris Voigt On The Today Show

    Chris Voigt, Executive Director of the Washington State Potato Commission, demonstrating his new all-testicle diet​We have talked quite a bit about Chris Voigt--the potato diet guy. We wrote about him when he started his 20-potato-a-day diet and when he was around the half-way mark. We specula ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 12, 2010

    Also Tonight: Acclaimed Art-Rappers Das Racist Make Their Prompt Return to Seattle

    When Brooklyn-based Das Racist made their first Seattle appearance at the Comet Tavern back on Oct. 1, the $8 tickets sold out faster than you could ask and answer "Who's that? Brooown!"--and left an unfortunate mob of folk dejectedly milling outside the venue. So now, just over a month later, th ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 26, 2010

    Gyro World Is Your New High School Crush, To Go

    © Copyright 2010. Siiri Sampson.Don't be fooled by the truck stop style, styrofoam clam shell. This precious falafel disc and his buddies are your new addiction.​The only way to realistically describe the lustfest that is Gyro World in Factoria (4057 Factoria Blvd SE) is to take you back. W ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 22, 2010

    12 Best Foods To Eat While Stoned: Food Pairing for the Modern Sophisticate

    ​For too long, the food world has been obsessed solely with the pairing of wine, beer and super-call liquors with food. Well that tyranny ends now as we, the Voracious staff, turn our personal experiences excellent research skills to the task of intelligently pairing food (and booze) with all ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 12, 2010

    Tonight: Titus Andronicus at the Tractor, People Under the Stairs at Neumos, Modern English at the Triple Door, Melrose Market Street Fair

    ​Titus Andronicus, with Free Energy, Shakes. Tractor Tavern, 5213 Ballard Ave. N.W., 789-3599. 9 p.m. $12. New Jersey's Titus Andronicus likes to show off their book smarts - they named their band after a Shakespeare play, and now their second record, this year's The Monitor, is probably the f ... More >>

  • Calendar

    September 8, 2010

    Modern English

    ​Titus Andronicus, with Free Energy, Shakes. Tractor Tavern, 5213 Ballard Ave. N.W., 789-3599. 9 p.m. $12. New Jersey's Titus Andronicus likes to show off their book smarts - they named their band after a Shakespeare play, and now their second record, this year's The Monitor, is probably the f ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 8, 2010

    Guantanamo Bay's Very Expensive Starbucks

    Not pictured: the fine mocha selection.​Human rights groups and government-waste watchers got very giddy yesterday when The Washington Post published the first-ever look at the ledgers of torturey Guantanamo Bay. Costs always run high when America has to export strip-mall living to a country ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 24, 2010

    Finding an Asian-Friendly KFC Famous Bowl Proves Futile in Seattle

    KFC Famous Rice Bowl​Last month, KFC caused a commotion with the debut of its heart-stopper the Double Down. Lest we forget, the same thing happened four years ago, when the greasy restaurant chain introduced the Famous Bowl, a gravy-smothered medley of mashed potatoes, fried chicken, corn, an ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 30, 2010

    Music Can't Change the World If It's Not Ready For Change

    Kurt CobainKrist Novoselic's column on music and politics runs every Tuesday on Reverb. Check back on Friday when he writes about what he's been listening to.​I grew up listening to a lot of rock music and heavy bands of the 1960s and '70s. Then in 1983, I got bored and needed something new. T ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 30, 2010

    The Videos: Shrimp Blogger? So This Is What We've Sunk To...

    Photo courtesy wouldibuyitagain.com​The picture above? It's of the brand new Pacific Shrimp Taco currently being pimped ad nauseum by Taco Bell, in a commercial which features, of all things, a fictional "shrimp blogger" talking about the new $2.50 delight at Le Bell. The video below? That's ... More >>

  • Diversions

    January 27, 2010

    Ask a Mexican: Special Taco Bell Edition

    Photo courtesy wouldibuyitagain.com​The picture above? It's of the brand new Pacific Shrimp Taco currently being pimped ad nauseum by Taco Bell, in a commercial which features, of all things, a fictional "shrimp blogger" talking about the new $2.50 delight at Le Bell. The video below? That's ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 22, 2010

    Taco Del Mar Files For Chapter 11

    In retrospect, this may not have been the soundest of buisness strategies.​ I've got a soft spot for restaurants of the convenient, tex-mexy variety. So it's saddening to see a local chain like Taco Del Mar suffering from such dire financial circumstances. The Seattle based company filed for ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 28, 2009

    Bottomfeeder's 7 Most Memorable Food Experiences of 2009

    ​Another year, another five pounds around this columnist's belt line. While it'd be great to chalk such a fattening up to age and the accompanying slovenly metabolism, that'd only be a half-truth. This column and this column alone keeps me insulated in the winter months (and sweaty in the summ ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 12, 2009

    Who Needs Taco Time? Capitol Hill's Top 5 Indie Fast Food Stops

    Yesterday, Capitol Hill Seattle announced that the Taco Time on Madison and 14th is closing on Sunday. The blog noted that this Oregon-based fast food chain, whose take on Mexican cuisine has been satisfying Northwesterners and puzzling everyone else for 50 years, is leaving the Hill on the heels of ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 13, 2009

    Posse Up: Google Map Lets You Track Sir Mix-A-Lot

    ​Yes, this is for real. A man by the name of Adam Cohn has blessed the internet with a Google Map illustration of Sir Mix-A-Lot's classic Seattle shout-out track, "My Posse's On Broadway." If you wish to get directions to ride along with Mix-A-Lot as he rolls down Rainer, picks up the homies o ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 14, 2009

    7 Things I Learned On Voracious This Week

    -- According to Mike Seely, Beth's doesn't even rank among the city's top five diners. -- This is the same guy who voluntarily drinks Busch, the champagne of Aurora. -- Jonathan Kauffman claims he stays anonymous to preserve the integrity of his reviews. I know he does it so the restaurant establi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 11, 2009

    Bad Ideas in Menu Nomenclature

    ​For all the millions that are spent on market research, branding, and advertising, there's just something priceless about the power of a truly awful product name that reaches the marketplace. One of my favorites from past years: The Mitsubishi Mirage, a car whose very name promised illusion, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 27, 2009

    Chalk Outlines: Ballard Murder Suspect at Large, South Park Suspect in Custody

    At 6:30 AM yesterday, the masked man above (see also video here) held up a Ballard gas station at 15th Ave NW and NW 58th st. In so doing, he got in an argument with the clerk whom he shot, and who later died at Harborview Medical Center. After leaving the store, the suspect discarded his clothing ... More >>

  • Diversions

    June 3, 2009

    Why is “Authentic” Mexican Food So Terrible?

    At 6:30 AM yesterday, the masked man above (see also video here) held up a Ballard gas station at 15th Ave NW and NW 58th st. In so doing, he got in an argument with the clerk whom he shot, and who later died at Harborview Medical Center. After leaving the store, the suspect discarded his clothing ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 25, 2009

    Worst Fast Food Idea Ever

    Surprisingly, it's not ordering from both menus at a KFC-Taco Bell hybrid. It's Teriyaki Bowls at Jack-in-the-Box, the chain responsible for ushering the term "E. Coli" into modern American vernacular. Fucking gross, that's all there is to say.

  • Food

    February 25, 2009

    Bottomfeeder: The Experience KFC/Taco Bell Project

    These foods’ presence alongside one another—in one place, at one time—makes it impossible not to ponder a ménage-a-esophagus.

  • Blogs

    February 2, 2009

    The Bachelor Does Seattle

    FYI to lovers of reality TV and/or heartwarming romance: According to my friend Nirav, who live three hours in the future (i.e. on the East Coast), and a press release from ABC, The Bachelor (aka Kirklandite Jason Mesnick) will be romancing his five potential future brides in Seattle tonight:

  • Blogs

    May 20, 2008

    Lower Queen Anne Foodies Are Buzzing...

    FYI to lovers of reality TV and/or heartwarming romance: According to my friend Nirav, who live three hours in the future (i.e. on the East Coast), and a press release from ABC, The Bachelor (aka Kirklandite Jason Mesnick) will be romancing his five potential future brides in Seattle tonight:

  • Blogs

    January 21, 2008

    I Ate This: Taco Time Veggie Soft Taco Combo

    FYI to lovers of reality TV and/or heartwarming romance: According to my friend Nirav, who live three hours in the future (i.e. on the East Coast), and a press release from ABC, The Bachelor (aka Kirklandite Jason Mesnick) will be romancing his five potential future brides in Seattle tonight:

  • Music

    December 19, 2007

    Walking in an Indie Wonderland

    Welcome to the Doug Fir Lounge, Portland's compound for hipsters.

  • Blogs

    October 10, 2007

    The Food Section: October 10, 2007

    Welcome to the Doug Fir Lounge, Portland's compound for hipsters.

  • Music

    August 15, 2007

    Barfly of the Saturday Knights’ Extra Special Spaghetto

    What you get when you're dining with the band.

  • Food

    January 10, 2007

    El Pollo Rico

    No false advertising here: This grilled chicken is worth a drive to Everett.

  • Diversions

    January 10, 2007

    Mexicans Aren't Italian

    No false advertising here: This grilled chicken is worth a drive to Everett.

  • Music

    September 14, 2005

    Minus the Bear

    No false advertising here: This grilled chicken is worth a drive to Everett.

  • Diversions

    June 2, 2004

    Sign Language

    No false advertising here: This grilled chicken is worth a drive to Everett.

  • Food

    September 3, 2003

    Nosh Box

    No false advertising here: This grilled chicken is worth a drive to Everett.

  • Music

    July 9, 2003

    Fire Men

    Electric Six get down.

  • Music

    November 13, 2002
  • News

    March 13, 2002

    Pumping iron

    Electric Six get down.

  • Film

    September 5, 2001

    The major and the minor

    Surveying the sounds of summer.

  • Diversions

    November 3, 1999

    Space: the final ad frontier

    Surveying the sounds of summer.

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