First Taco Bell in Downey moving to company’s headquarters in Irvine
I like to put out information as accurately as I can, so as I write this, the first Taco Bell restaurant is being moved. I didn't realize just how small this building was, (my garage is bigger), the building is only 20' x 20'.
This June 2015 photo provided by Taco Bell shows the world’s first Taco Bell restaurant, background, in Downey, Calif., as a photo of the restaurant taken in the 1970s is displayed, foreground. On Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2015, Taco Bell announced plans to raise and rehabilitate the restaurant from its 53-year-old foundation in Downey and relocate it to the Taco Bell headquarters in Irvine, Calif., saving it from impending demolition.
“This is arguably the most important restaurant in our company’s history,” Taco Bell Corp. CEO Brian Niccol said. “To think a business like ours that spans 6,000 restaurants around the globe started with a walk-up window no bigger than a two-car garage is truly inspirational. When we heard about the chance of it being demolished, we had to step in. We owe that to our fans, we owe that to (company founder) Glen Bell.”
So don't go to Downey, Ca. looking for it, sometime tomorrow it well have a new location. Being moved to Taco Bell headquarters in Irvine, Ca.
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