Taco Time

A part of me has died! My wife and I went to Northgate the last two weekends as we had to drop-​off and pick-​up her engagement/​wedding rings at Kay Jewellers. Sadly, when we entered the food court the Taco Time sign had been removed and the fast food chain was boarded up.
We will both miss the tater tots and the soft/​hard chicken tacos. So long old friend!

It’s always a bit hard to rate a food court fast food location because it always instantly goes down a notch due to the fact it’s placed in a mall. This Taco Time location is no different — except it also isn’t that good without even calculating the mall aspect into it.
The last couple times I’ve eaten at this location, the taco shells on my chicken taco have been broken. It’s a pain to sit down after having just paid for a taco… to find the shell in pieces once you open it up. It just seems like they don’t really care about your food and whether or not you enjoy it.
It also usually takes far longer than it should to get my food. I’m often standing there waiting for quite a while, even if there were few people in line ahead of me.
This definitely isn’t a great Taco Time location. I only go here if I’m stuck at Northgate Mall with little desire for anything else to eat.

While making a rare visit to the mall the other day, I decided I should probably shut up my rumbling stomach with something from the food court, before heading off on some other errands. While I was tempted by many of the offerings there, I decided to do the «smart» thing, and headed for the «nice, safe» Taco Time. I mean, Taco Time is Taco Time, right? It should matter where you’re at. And I have always like their food. Every once in a while, we decided to hit up the Ballard location, and we always get kind of excited. As far as fast food goes, Taco Time is generally pretty damn good.
Since I have been recently trying to watch what I eat, I decided to not go for a delicious looking burrito of some sort, and instead ordered some sort of «light meal» which was on the combo menu, leading me to believe I’d get my choice of sides, and it looked like the main menu item was a chicken soft taco.
Instead, it was a hard taco, which was okay, I guess, and the side was some grody soup that I couldn’t even finish. I guess that isn’t the worst thing ever when you’re ordering a «light meal», but it certainly wasn’t satisfying at all. It just kind of sucks when the only thing about your meal that is as you expect it to be is your diet soda.

I should’ve known better. The second I bit into that crispy burrito, I kicked my own ass. Beef? Why, oh why did I order the beef? Or, as my brain immediately recognized it as «pickled cat shit… with extra salt».
Good lord, WTF? I peeled the skin off and begrudgingly ate it… it was tasty, nothing wrong with some fried flour tortilla. The tater tots are wondermous and my sons quesadilla and tots were good too. I also like the crispy cinnamon chips he got for dessert with his kiddy meal.
Rarely do I leave food on my plate… I left the pickled doodie for the landfill… next time bean and cheese… make that from here on out… beans, not beef.