Taco Bell lovers..put down that "meat" filled taco and listen up.
Del Taco is fresher and tastier than the ole TBell. They have so much stuff on the menu, you can't go wrong with whatever you get. My mom is a fan of their bean and cheese burritos with green sauce while I opt for their crunchy tacos and deluxe chili cheese fries.
You heard right..deluxe. chili. cheese. fries. They literally set the standard for chili cheese fries everywhere. That good.
They even have burgers and though I've never tried them, I've heard rave things about  them.
They serve Coke products thank god...sorry I'm not a huge fan of pee colored Mountain Dew. Their sauces are really yummy and go from mild, del scorcho, to del inferno (the hottest one).
The best part about Del Taco is all the specials they have going on. They have coupons floating around all the time and offer different things on different days. Tuesdays are Taco Tuesdays...3/$1. This continues on all the days of the week. I think one day is if you show them your student ID card, they'll give you a free small drink or churro. Really? Does TBell do that??
Kid friendly, drive thru, and friendly service. The only con is that this place is a little bit far for college kids but definitely worth the drive.
Originally, I thought that this was some kind of budget Taco Bell knockoff place, and so I avoided it like a pregnant woman at a speed dating event. Â A few months later, a buddy of mine who went to school in California educated me otherwise. Â
So I gave it a shot.
Fries? From a taco place? Â What new madness is this?
After that shock wore off, I decided to order the 'Macho Taco' combo. Â I think that's what it was called. Â They were on thick flour tortillas, one was chicken, one was steak, both were delicious. Â There was just enough ripe tomatoes, lettuce and sauce to make them wonderful. Â The fries were crispy, hot and salty, just like you want them to be from a fast food joint. Â
Yeah, fast food tacos can taste good. Â Yeah, they're not legitimate tacos from a Mexican place, but I knew that going in. Â Still, pretty darn tasty for a fast food joint.
It was this unexpected tastiness that had left me unprepared and not expecting what would happen next. Â
About half an hour later, I experienced the kind of gastrointestinal distress that you'd expect from eating a dozen white castles and washing it down with a gallon of hose-water from Tijuana. Â We all know the gurgle, that bubbling noise that serves as your body's air raid siren, the warning klaxons for an event of nuclear magnitude. Â This wasn't just the gurgle. Â This was as if my guts were having a presidential debate, bickering back and forth and making us all uncomfortable before some sphincter takes office. Â The office in this case being the throne room at work.
They say that a grown man has several pounds of undigested red meat in his intestines.
I'm pretty sure I don't anymore.
These delicious little monsters liquefied everything from my stomach to the porcelain in short order. Â It was as if the chicken was industrial grade drain cleaner and the steak was a pipe snake. Â And of course it burned, no doubt cauterizing the wounds it inflicted on parts of my anatomy that I'd rather not mention. Â I found myself cursing the cheap industrial toilet paper in the restroom at work, wincing in disbelief as it seemed to catch fire as it neared the application site. Â I may or may not have shed tears as I wondered if this is what it would feel like to birth a demon from the pit.
Afterward, walking gingerly back to my desk, I noticed that i was feeling a little lighter. Â I at first attributed it to the endorphins that pain likes to bring along for the ride, but it was confirmed by my bathroom scale that evening. Â
It's like these two tasty tacos were reverse calories. "Someone should tell the internets!" I told my wife, who just chuckled at how I was walking around tenderly, looking for a pillow or something for my chair before she went back to her book. Â
So here is the bottom line: these are the tastiest laxatives that you will ever find. Â But learn from my mistake: don't eat them for lunch on a work day, unless you bring your own supply of toilet paper.
so appropriate that my 200th review is for del taco.
as a child, from age 5 - around 12, i always had my birthday dinner at del taco. Â as a young boy, i found del taco to be the best cuisine in the world. Â
and then, just like that, they disappeared from atlanta and taco bell took over.
sad days.
and then i got accepted to a graduate program at notre dame. Â good enough, but then i found out that south bend has a del taco. Â
i win.
del taco is awesome. Â and they have really stepped up their game. Â they have all kinds of stuff now. Â the tacos - sick. Â the stuffed potato thingies - sick. Â the new carnitas tacos - sick. Â sides of hot, real cheese - sick.
i am so happy that i will be in south bend for 6 weeks so i can go here all the time.
I got bad service and attitude at this Del Taco a week ago. And I saw the asst. manager arguing with an elderly couple about substituting sour cream for guacamole! I called the corporate comment # on the receipt and IT WAS DISCONNECTED! Their receipts HAVE THE WRONG NUMBER PRINTED ON THEM ( I mentioned this when I called corporate)
I finally got the right number and left a message (nobody EVER seems to answer this line) about my bad experience. A couple days later the owner/manager calls me and keeps repeating "I KNOW who you are, I KNOW who you are!" - like it's supossed to be intimidating or something!??? He only makes excuses for his employees and never once said "sorry" about my bad experience.
A week later I go back to this same store and the ownwer/manager is there. He never said a word to me or acknowledged me in any way. After I left to go use the restroom I hear him say "That's the guy who called and complained!" and he continues to bad mouth me - I can hear this in the foyer between the dining room and the restroom- HE THOUGHT I LEFT THE BUILDING! So, I walk back into the dining room and ask the owner/manger (his name starts with an "S") what's the problem? He is CLEARLY taken aback and startled that I heard him and was man enough to walk back in the dining room and say something to him! By the way, he was badmouthing me in front of his employees and about 5 other customers who were in the dining area. He said I was wrong to call and complain about his employees and he fixed the phone # on the receipts so the correct corporate comment # was now showing. He lied- the same wrong # is still being printed on the receipts for this store and he thinks it is A O.K. to badmouth customers in front of other customer and employees!!!-- this guy HAS NO BUSINESS WORKING IN CUSTOMER SERVICE!!!
Del Taco is the best! Â Born in Barstow, California and has been kicking doors in ever since. Â Everything on their menu is delish and and quite inexpensive. Â I've been eating at Del Taco since the mid '80s and I can honestly say that I have never had a bad experience eating here. Â Try the green bean & cheese burrito (with extra green sauce), chicken soft tacos and their "world famous" crinkle fries - you will not be disappointed.
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