Taco Bell Opening First UK Restaurant

I've waited 5 years for this news but it looks official!  Taco Bell is opening it's first UK restaurant at Lakeside Shopping Center in Essex! newcomer link: http://howtoplayhouse.wordpress.com/2010/05/21/taco-bell-in-the-uk/ [nonactive]

Meh.  Guess it was only a matter of time since the UK is full of every other type of American junk food / fast food place.

Aaaahhh!!! Noooo!!!

I thought I'd left the 99 cent bean burrito behind forever...

I'd definitely make a run for the border if it were around here! 

Although I thought I'd heard they tried it here before, and it didn't go well so it closed.

I'd definitely make a run for the border if it were around here! 

Although I thought I'd heard they tried it here before, and it didn't go well so it closed.

I'll admit it, I would to!

I'll admit it, I would to!

Me three 

This is the best news Ive heard in awhile!!!! And Im only a few miles from Lakeside. YAY!!!!!

I'd definitely make a run for the border if it were around here! 

Although I thought I'd heard they tried it here before, and it didn't go well so it closed.

I think they did, but Mexican seems more popular now.  I miss the A&W and DD. 

I think they did, but Mexican seems more popular now.  I miss the A&W and DD. 

I would kill for a Dunk!  Okay, maybe not kill.  But definitely maim!

I'd hit a Taco Bell for nostalgia purposes, but I didn't eat there more than once a year back home, so it doesn't have the same attraction as, say, a Chick-Fil-A opening in Picadilly Circus. 

Meh.  Guess it was only a matter of time since the UK is full of every other type of American junk food / fast food place.

mmmhmmm

Now if Chipotle or Baja Fresh would expand to Newcastle, that might be worth something.

Or Chope's, the best Mexican restaurant in New Mexico...

Baja Fresh...droool....

Now if Chipotle or Baja Fresh would expand to Newcastle, that might be worth something.

Or Chope's, the best Mexican restaurant in New Mexico...

Yes, I would be happier with either of those options! But, yeah, I'd totally hit a Taco Bell if there were one around. I'd probably regret it, too, but it would be hard to resist!

Meh.  Guess it was only a matter of time since the UK is full of every other type of American junk food / fast food place.

I'm feeling this, too, but having one inside a mall or shopping centre somewhere couldn't hurt too terribly much, could it? I guess it is a downward spiral, though. But my desire for Mexican Pizza weighs heavily on the plus side. 

I'd definitely make a run for the border if it were around here! 

I would run with you as well! DH thinks its funny how we get excited that Chipotle and Taco Bell open!! He said when I go to the states I dont crave fish and chips or British food and my reply was yay but you know your going back to the UK. He said far enough ;-)

I definitely don't eat much fast food -- american or otherwise.  But I will say that I was elated when we got wagamama in the US, and I hear there are Nando's there now, too.  Both vastly healthier than Taco Bell, but it's the same global sprawl thing. 

My husband has pointed out many times that I am a giant hypocrite when it comes to my anti-chainification stance.  There are the chains I like and then there are the badevilawful ones.