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SXSW 2013: Critically Important Questions Raised By This Year's Event

Editor: We have so many questions here in Austin. Here are 50 of them. 1. Will I like the pedicab costumed as The Hulk if he gets angry? 2. Are we all really just in New York? 3. Is this t-shirt rad? 4. Do you want to get some 'za, which is now absolutely the slang for pizza? 5. How far can yo ... More >>

Taste Test: Taco Bell Regular and Supreme Cool Ranch Doritos Locos Tacos

On January 29, Taco Bell chief executive officer Greg Creed officially spilled the beans about the fast-food chain's forthcoming Cool Ranch Doritos Locos Tacos. Originally the Cool Ranch-flavored tacos were to descend on the masses today, but earlier this week Taco Bell announced via its Facebook pa ... More >>

Taco Bell Cool Ranch-Flavored Doritos Locos Tacos Available March 7

When Taco Bell partnered with Frito-Lay last year to create nacho cheese Doritos-flavored Doritos Locos Tacos, the Internet all but collapsed in on itself like a dying star. While we've already forgotten the name of the 2012 Republican Party presidential candidate, we might never forget the first ti ... More >>

St. Louis Deli & Grill Coming to Watson Road

In last week's review of Kim Cheese, I mentioned my obsession with former fast-food spaces that have been converted into local, independent restaurants. Then, only days later, I noted that one of my favorite such places, a taqueria inside an old Taco Bell, had closed. Apparently, the God of Shutter ... More >>

Gut Check's Ten Snacks to Pair With Republican Convention Coverage

The 2012 Republican National Convention, or RNC, wraps up its four-day festivities tonight at the Tampa Bay Times Forum in Tampa, Florida with a speech by GOP candidate Mitt Romney. Over the course of the convention, speeches have been made by former governors (and presidential hopefuls) Tim Pawlent ... More >>

Fight Club Burrito Bowl: Chipotle Mexican Grill's Burrito Bowl vs. Taco Bell's Cantina Bowl

"Can Taco Bell Do Gourmet?" and "Think Taco Bell Can't Do Gourmet?" are questions scrawled across promotional materials for Taco Bell's new Cantina Bell menu. As Gut Check reported earlier this month, Taco Bell introduced its new Cantina Bell menu in stores nationwide on Thursday, July 5. It was no ... More >>

Taco Bell Aims New "Cantina Bell" Menu At "Evolving Palates"

Gut Check won't lie: More than a few times, after an evening of too much liquid courage and too little solid food, we've found ourselves in the drive-thru of the local Taco Bell, trying to persuade our designated driver that "ALL THE TACOS, ALL OF THEM!" is a sensible order. Now, Taco Bell is trying ... More >>

Taco Bell Test Markets MTN Dew A.M. Breakfast Cocktail, Gut Check Proposes Ten Alternatives

This week, Reddit reported that select Taco Bell locations are test marketing a new breakfast cocktail comprised of one part orange juice, one part Mountain Dew. Dubbed "MTN Dew A.M.," the drink is described as a "mixology" of the two beverages, proving that Taco Bell has no idea what "mixology" mea ... More >>

Kathleen Madigan: Missourians Don't Feel "Crazy State Pride"

Kathleen Madigan -- native St. Louisan, former Houlihan's server and now one of the most successful comics in the country  --  recently reflected on her home state in an interview with Boston Magazine: Ninety percent of us in the Midwest don't come from someplace "cool" that we feel attac ... More >>

Fiona Apple, Tennis and Corporate Sponsorship: SXSW 2012 Days 1 and 2

Tuesday, March 13, 2012 6:25 p.m. I've been coming to SXSW for over a decade now, and pre- and post-apocalypse days off are as much essential rituals as 2 a.m. taco runs and sleep deprivation. This year, there'd be no day-before day off, as SXSW has extended the music portion of the festival/confer ... More >>

Man Responds to Understuffed Chalupas with Molotov Cocktail

Screenshot: www.tacobell.com​Stop me if you've heard this one before:The Smoking Gun reports that a man bought two "XXL Chalupas" from the drive-thru window of an Albany, Georgia, Taco Bell. When the man opened his order at home, he thought he'd been short-changed on the amount of meat in these "X ... More >>

Missouri Duo Busted Stealing Grease From Nebraska Restaurant

Image via World-HeraldHarris and Moore: Will they "fry" for their crime?​Police in Lincoln believe they may have busted the criminal outfit responsible for stealing thousands of gallons of used grease from restaurants in Nebraska and Illinois. The duo from Missouri was arrested around 2 a.m. yeste ... More >>

Fashion-Challenged Man Robs St. Louis Taco Bell; Outfit Recalls Classic Movie Line

​The St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department is asking the public to help identify a man (pictured here) wanted for robbing a Taco Bell restaurant Sunday in the 6600 block of Manchester Road. The suspect is a white male believed to be between 38 and 48 who was last seen wearing a red jacket (with ... More >>

This Week in Gut Check, Regurgitated

Aimee Levitt​This week was that of the Great Gut Check Matzo Tasting. Aimee Levitt ran a series of tests on various matzot to determine a champion based on criterion such as flavor, texture and swallowability. What else did we do this week? We prepared for Easter with a Battle Gourmet Jell ... More >>

Taco Bell Wants an Apology -- So What Are You Waiting For?

​As Gut Check noted earlier this week, the lawyers who brought the class-action suit against Taco Bell, arguing that the fast-food chain's beef is only 36% real beef, have dropped the suit.Apparently, this legal victory isn't enough for Taco Bell. Via Grub Street we learned that Taco Bell placed a ... More >>

Taco Bell Tests Dorito-Flavored Taco Shells: Five Repurposed Junk Foods

​ Why in the hell didn't someone think of this years ago? If you're lucky enough to live in Ohio or Kansas, run to your neighborhood Taco Bell because hallelujah! They're test marketing taco shells made from nacho cheese-flavored Doritos! That's right - a giant orange Dorito, filled with T ... More >>

Today in Chain-Restaurant Litigation: Chipotle Loses, Taco Bell "Wins"

Image via​Some days it feels like every major national restaurant chain is involved in litigation.Today is one of those days.First, we have this report from the San Francisco Chronicle that the U.S. Supreme Court has refused to listen to an appeal from mega-burrito kingpins Chipotle after a lower ... More >>

This Week in Gut Check, Regurgitated

​This week, Ian shared #6 and #7 in his favorite St. Louis dishes countdown and got ready for Iron Fork. What else did we do this week? Gut Check explored the culinary trendiness of octopus and squid. We put Qdoba and Taco Bell's limited-time tacos up against each other in this week's Fi ... More >>

Battle Limited-Time Tacos: Taco Bell Pacific Shrimp Tacos vs. Qdoba Mini Street Tacos

​Fast-food chains became America's sixth food group by mass-producing cheap, gut-filling, handheld eats with indulgent, uncomplicated flavors the public could depend on. It's dietary crack, and it works every time. Occasionally, though, fast-food and fast-casual chains mix it up by introduci ... More >>

Top 5 Fast Food Frankensteins

Alllllllrighty, folks! The theme of this post: These foods shouldn't exist.​Creators of the following high-calorie, mixed-metaphor monstrosities flew a little too close to the sun (remember what happened to Prometheus?), and yet their charred and grease-soaked bastard children of Fast Food Nat ... More >>

Taco Bell's Taco Filling: Could Be a Whole Lot Worse

gizmodo.comLet the label speak for itself. ​ Holy crap, Taco Bell! Your beef is alleged to be only 36 percent beef! How could Yum! Brands have lied to Americans for all these years? The big to-do started on Tuesday, when Montgomery, Alabama, law firm Beasley, Allen, Crow, Methvin, Portis & M ... More >>

Changes Afoot at Bon Appetit and the New York Times

Changes are afoot in the food publishing world. Yahoo reports that longtime New York Times columnist Mark Bittman is ending his column, "The Minimalist", after thirteen years. His last installment of the recipe column that spawned his "How to Cook Everything" books will run this Wednesday. On Fe ... More >>

Americans Drink at Home and Keep it Cheap

It's not that Americans are drinking less. They're just drinking at home. The Chicago Tribune said that two of the city's marketing firms found that 90 percent of drinkers drink at home, compared to 77 percent who drink at bars and restaurants. Twenty-eight percent of home drinkers have started goin ... More >>

Get a Doublicious In Exchange for Your Vuvuzela (and Other Ridiculous Fast Food Fad Swap Ideas)

Image via​It's been just over a week since Spain took the World Cup, and the rattling buzz of the vuvuzela is finally fading to a mild case of tinnitus. No one ever wants to hear that sound again. So what to do with your now-useless horn? KFC wants it. Send your used vuvuzela to KFC's corporate h ... More >>

What Do You Call a KFC Double Down Bunless Chicken Sandwich on a Bun?

KFC's infamous, bun-less Double Down chicken sandwich is getting...a bun. The "Doublicious" debuts July 5. (Read Gut Check's taste test of the original Double D here. Meanwhile, Taco Bell continues to think outside the bun. The chain has been test-marketing a breakfast menu, which will commence to ... More >>

Police Chase Starts At Taco Bell, Ends in East St. Louis

Image Via He quiero'd Taco Bell a little too much​Usually, fugitives caught in a high-speed chase head south of the border, but a Taco Bell in Caseyville is where a police pursuit began last Thursday.The Belleville News-Democrat reports that Isaiah Ross, 20, of East St. Louis, got into an a ... More >>

Ask a Mexican: Special Taco Bell Edition

Charming Cops and Another Stalker: Last Week in craigslist Missed Connections

Each week, we scour the local Missed Connections section of Craigslist, in search of the best posts. It appears that, this past week, area police officers were incredibly charming, because four different women have posted to reconnect with them. Also, just like last week, we've found another stalker ... More >>

Five Good Restaurants in Old Fast-Food Buildings

View Larger MapAs I posted a few days ago, a new Vietnamese restaurant is opening at 3737 South Grand Boulevard, inside a former McDonald's. I'll admit that whenever I see a locally owned business taking over a chain restaurant's location, I smile. After the jump, in no particular order, five of my ... More >>

The Morning Brew: Friday, 8.21

​ Contaminated food recalls, corporate farming horrors, chemical over-saturation, antibiotic-resistant cooties ... America's in a deep food crisis. (Time)Don't bother catching your own fish for dinner, unless you like mercury. (USA Today)Fourthmeal? Fifthmeal? How many meals a day does this ... More >>

Taco Bell Truck Coming to St. Louis July 8 through 14

Those of us who have visited states such as Texas or California know the joy and wonder that is a taco truck. To the uninitiated, these are nomadic vehicles that roam around selling delicious Mexican food -- such as tacos. (Other members of the same portable-food family include the falafel truck, a ... More >>

Hungry? Drunk? Desperate? The Taco Bell Truck is Coming to Save the Day!

Watch out: The Taco Bell Truck is invading our fair city from July 8 through 14. What's that, you say? Why, it's a truck driving around giving out free greasy food, that's what. It'll be hanging around the Lou giving out free tacos. Follow them on Twitter to find out where. MP3: Das Racist, "Combina ... More >>

All-Star Game Celebrity Softball Match To Be Played at Busch Stadium, Not Unused Softball Field

This call to the bullpen presented by Taco Bell.Major League Baseball just  announced the participants in its "Taco Bell All-Star Legends & Celebrity Softball Game" to take place this Sunday, July 12. As my colleague Keegan Hamilton opined, the last time a roster this motley was assembled h ... More >>

Muy Caliente Summer Edition: The Mexican explains why salsa (the music and the sauce) is so bland in America

Rolls by Any Other Name: In Chesterfield, Momoyama's picks up where Yoshi's Sushi left off

East Meets West: With Thai Sawadee, Chesterfield has a winner

The Morning Brew: Thursday, 10.2

The Morning Brew: Thursday, 7.24

Tortilla Fats: Ian falls hard for a taqueria — again

Review Preview: Taqueria la Pasadita

In This Week's Issue: Pappy's Smokehouse and Taco Bell Bowls

Taco Bell Bowlz bring on a serious case of existential angst

The Morning Brew: Thursday, 10/25

Lily Allen

Alright, Still (Capitol)

Taco Bell Home Originals Taco Dinner

Sauce 12 Shells & Seasoning

Look! A Freeway!

Unreal checks out the Lou from a fast-moving tour bus, learns the essentials of RV'ing and eats waaay too many Chilitos

When Times Are Financially Tough, What's the First Personal Sacrifice You'll Make?

Week of January 29, 2003

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