Taco Bell #3184
Century Blvd., Los Angeles, CA, USA

I didn't expect to eat at so many Taco Bells while kickin' it California style, but I found that Taco Bell, on west coast, east coast, or no coast at all, is one of the most dependable fast food chains where a Vegan can eat comfortably with a meatmeister.

This particular Taco Bell was right near LAX, where Companion 72 and I were going to pick up 72's friend, Companion 413. For the time being, it was just 72 and I, each of us with different restrictive diets, settling on a Taco Bell because it was just easier that way.

The place was nice, bright and clean, and it had received an "A" rating from the health inspectors. (For those out of the know, LA makes its restaurants post health ratings visible from outside, so you know what kind of glorious place or festering shithole you're choosing to eat in.)

We were cashiered by a flirty Mexican clerk with a retainer, with whom I kept making eye contact throughout the visit, just for kicks. I ordered a 7-layer burrito, no cheese, no sour cream, and a bean burrito no cheese, plus an Orange Slice to drink. The total came to $3.28. On first try, the 7-layer was prepared wrong, but they remade it for me. Shit happens, as Forrest Gump would say.

I can't remember what 72 got. Perhaps some kind of tacos? In any event, the meals were good and fine. The dining area was clean and the drink refills were quenching.

One thing I was a bit confused/amused by was the slogan "We are the Taco Bell champions," which appeared on a sign in the store. It's impossible to not immediately set that to the tune of "We Are the Champions," am I wrong? It makes it a pretty damn weird song with "Taco Bell" in the lyrics.

Review by La Fée, September 1999