Taco Bell

Well, hubby and I have been anxious to try the new Blackjack taco at Taco Bell, so yesterday, we stopped in at the location on Campbell, across the street from the Wal*Mart Super Center there. Decoration-wise, a Taco Bell is a Taco Bell is a Taco Bell. Nothing really spectacular. Just the same cheesy southwest theme. (With the notable exception of a Taco Bell that I saw in St. Louis that still had the old style brown sign that I remember from the 80s.) The one thing really wrong with Taco Bell is the seating. Too many booths, not enough tables with regular chairs. And when the booths are sized for Twiggy, a size 30/32 like myself just can't get into them. (My mother escaped the fat gene in my family. She's a size 14 and can't even get comfortable in these things.) There were three tables with regular chairs at them. One sized for four, and one on each side sized for two. Sitting at the one sized for four were three elderly people. Well enough. But did the old biddies REALLY have to take up both of the other two tables with their purses? Nothing against Taco Bell. Just saying they might want to rethink their seating arrangement so that nobody has to deal with this problem. If my husband hadn't been there, I probably would have mouthed off to the old biddies. Can't say the third member of their party, an old man, would have objected much. He looked absolutely miserable.   But I digress.   The Blackjack tacos are really good. I've had them at the location over on National and Cherry, and I've had them at the location on National, near Battlefield. Of the three locations, the Campbell location does it best. Just the right amount of pepper jack sauce. I love it. It's quite possibly the perfect taco. The only improvement I can think of would be to add tomatoes.   $