Taco Bell had felt pretty expensive for many years now. But there is just no alternative so I’m not too surprised they were able to pull it off.
Unless you are specifically looking for drain-o for your digestive system.
I haven’t eaten there in a while but I don’t recall thinking it was healthy at all, quite the opposite.
This is from their marketing, but it’s pretty honest based on my experience: https://www.tacobell.com/nutrition
I pay some attention to nutrition, and I still eat Taco Bell sometimes even after cutting out most other fast food restaurants.
Made it really easy to buy a bean crunchwrap with sour cream and cheese swapped for guacamole and potato.
I went there so my Mexican girlfriend could try it. She was disappointed that the Dorito shell tacos are just unflavored orange tostadas, not actually a big Dorito like their ads / marketing suggests.
How do yall let them get away with that? :/
'good, inexpensive tacos' isn't what they sell. they sell Taco Bell (TM).
I could give this housemate an around-the-globe tour of pan-Latin cuisine and they would come back from their tour hungry for Taco Bell (TM).
I can sort of relate -- sometimes I can be surrounded by some of the best food the world has to offer, but I crave a packet of Top Ramen.
Some things offer something above and beyond what we perceive as quality, I suppose.
I've had plenty of other tacos elsewhere and they are all tasty, but something about TB's meat is super unique and tasty to me I can't get enough of it. Mind you I can't stand all the new menu items they added past tacos in the last 30 years. But the tacos are special. :-)