Great. It’s not enough that the Californicators are moving here in great numbers now, jacking my property taxes to the point I may have to sell my house in five years thanks to their bullshit, bloated equity. Now they’ve acquired one of the regional food chains which make us more unique. On the other hand, Taco Cabana has been sliding slowly into the crapper as their menu was slimmed down in the Aughts and it boggles the mind how the one near my house wasn’t one of the 19 they closed down in 2020. It is the worst Taco Cabana I have ever been to. When I first moved to my neighborhood in 2001, you could get a loan there because the staff offered no interest. There was a brief period of improvement a decade ago but it went back to its terrible state during my last two visits during the pandemic. They couldn’t get my simple orders right if the world depended on it.
I’m not expecting anything to good since this Californicator interest owns numerous franchises tend to avoid lately: Jack in the Box has gotten gross, Denny’s is hardly a first choice; as comedian George Wallace said, bitchin’ about your meal there is like bitchin’ about your experience at a brothel. Then comes TGI Friday’s. Last time I checked, those have been disappearing one by one. These owners don’t offer much confidence in turning around our beloved competitor to Taco Bell.
Hasta la vista “The Pink Place.” It was a good run and I remember my first time eating there in 1994. Their fajita platter was delicious but I got heartburn the next day. I got off lucky, my other two friends contracted Montezuma’s Revenge.