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Taco Bell and Papa John’s in the 90s
Posted on 12/16/25 at 3:50 pm
Posted on 12/16/25 at 3:50 pm
As a teen and early 20s in the 90s, these two places were magical. I dint really like either anymore. Mid 40s now.
Is is just that I’m old or has the taste and quality just gone down that much?
Is is just that I’m old or has the taste and quality just gone down that much?
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Posted on 12/16/25 at 4:20 pm to Gerry Laval
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Is is just that I’m old or has the taste and quality just gone down that much?
Taco bell tastes the same to me now. You are just getting old on this one.
Posted on 12/16/25 at 4:33 pm to SUB
Yea and the $7 box is the best value out there imo.
Chicken Chalupa Supreme (alone is like $6)
Taco
5 layer burrito (no nacho cheese, light sour cream, add red sauce - it’s like a suped up bean burrito with meat)
Nachos
Drink
Chicken Chalupa Supreme (alone is like $6)
Taco
5 layer burrito (no nacho cheese, light sour cream, add red sauce - it’s like a suped up bean burrito with meat)
Nachos
Drink
Posted on 12/16/25 at 6:45 pm to Gerry Laval
It's been a long time.. I would get a couple of Burrito Supremes on my way home from the bar.. Eat one and wake up the next morning and eat the other one..COLD..
Posted on 12/16/25 at 8:03 pm to Gerry Laval
Make Pizza Hut great again
Posted on 12/16/25 at 8:07 pm to Gerry Laval
I worked at Papa's in the 90's. I still eat it today. I haven't noticed a downgrade in quality, but perhaps the downgrades were so slow and gradual that I don't notice.
Posted on 12/16/25 at 8:10 pm to xBirdx
You can swap for a steak chalupa for $0.20
Can also sub chips for cinnamon twists.
Can also sub chips for cinnamon twists.
Posted on 12/16/25 at 8:13 pm to SUB
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Taco bell tastes the same to me now. You are just getting old on this one.
It still tastes like $3 to fill me up, but not $12.
Posted on 12/16/25 at 8:20 pm to Gerry Laval
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Is is just that I’m old or has the taste and quality just gone down that much?
Way way down. PJs is total trash now and Tbell is really mediocre. I got to Tbell occasionally to relive my old days but it just aint the same.
Posted on 12/17/25 at 8:50 am to Y.A. Tittle
The chicken quesadillas at Taco Bell to me taste even better now than they did back in the 90’s.
Posted on 12/17/25 at 9:03 am to Paul Allen
Probably because they didn't have quesadillas on the menu in the 90's moran
Posted on 12/17/25 at 9:03 am to Paul Allen
Chicken Quesadilla at Taco Bell. $6.89
Chicken Quesadilla a la carte at local sit down Mexican restaurant. $6.50
Taco bell is toi expensive for what you get now.
Chicken Quesadilla a la carte at local sit down Mexican restaurant. $6.50
Taco bell is toi expensive for what you get now.
Posted on 12/17/25 at 9:06 am to Gerry Laval
Papa John's has really gone downhill.
Used to be really good in the 90's.
Used to be really good in the 90's.
Posted on 12/17/25 at 9:55 am to CBandits82
Yeah I feel like PJs is thinner now. I feel like they used to have the toppings under the cheese or something and had more cheese.
Posted on 12/17/25 at 11:40 am to Gerry Laval
Early 90's taco bell had .59 .79 .99.
Meximelts were in the .79 group.
Now if you get one (yes theyll make it) is about $3.
Meximelts were in the .79 group.
Now if you get one (yes theyll make it) is about $3.
Posted on 12/17/25 at 12:29 pm to Gerry Laval
Around 08 for my Spanish 3 class we would have fiestas every so often. I was able to get 20 soft shell tacos for around $25 bucks. Hate to see what that would cost now.
Posted on 12/17/25 at 12:44 pm to tigersownall
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Around 08 for my Spanish 3 class we would have fiestas every so often. I was able to get 20 soft shell tacos for around $25 bucks. Hate to see what that would cost now.
$36. Not really bad compared to how much other things have inflated in that time.
Posted on 12/17/25 at 12:55 pm to Gerry Laval
Never really cared for either back then. Papa John's was bland. Taco Bell was drunk food at 3:30am. Would only order Nachos Bell Grande. The tacos were chintzy and the meat was 50% breadcrumbs. The burritos were pitiful and mostly gas producing beans.
Posted on 12/17/25 at 5:48 pm to Gerry Laval
If you are in North Texas go to Taco Casa. It was founded by a disgruntled former Taco Bell franchisee who was disappointed about the direction Taco Bell was going. The menu and ingredients are literally just the Taco Bell menu from the 80s. It's way better than Taco Bell.
Posted on 12/17/25 at 8:01 pm to goldennugget
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Taco Casa.
The amount of cheese on their tostada is insane, but it’s so good.
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