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I'm curious what kind of crowd one looks for at a Taco Bell bar?



Taco Bell in SoMa and the one in Tenderloin tended to have a lot of strung out, mentally ill, or homeless persons. It was nice that they were allowed to take a seat and enjoy water or whatever food they purchased, but it also affects the cleanliness of the restaurant.

I once had someone while eating stand up and just take their pants off in the KFC/Taco Bell in Tenderloin...

When I get to a Taco Bell, I look for how clean the tables are, how well-arranged the sauce/napkin station is, and how clean the fountain drink area is. If any of those are actively a disaster, it tells me the food quality is probably going to be worse (yes yes, its already terrible)


Sounds like this is the one in SoMa in San Francisco. I used to work remotely for an office around the corner from there and would prefer to go to this TB for dinner (I'm a cheap traveler... My company doesn't have to worry about me expensing fancy meals). The issue with this one, if I remember correctly, is that there are a lot of homeless who hang out there. ("Un-housed"? "Vagrant"? I'm not sure what the proper term is, but I'm genuinely not trying to be offensive).

Taco Bell is my favorite fast food, but I'm on a boycott after an app-induced billing error that ate an entire gift card... Their customer support is atrocious so I'll just spend my money elsewhere.




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