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    Post #1 - June 29th, 2011, 5:17 pm
    Post #1 - June 29th, 2011, 5:17 pm Post #1 - June 29th, 2011, 5:17 pm
    It's all over the news down here today: Del Taco, housed in an outstanding example of mid-century hubris, is to be demolished and strip-mallified, if its owner has his way. So sad. Perhaps some of the former St. Louisians on the board will want to post memories.

    I have yet to go there. Tomorrow will be the day. Pics to follow. Here's a link to the story:

    http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/article_6f851716-a254-11e0-b28b-001a4bcf6878.html
    Man : I can't understand how a poet like you can eat that stuff.
    T. S. Eliot: Ah, but you're not a poet.
  • Post #2 - June 29th, 2011, 8:40 pm
    Post #2 - June 29th, 2011, 8:40 pm Post #2 - June 29th, 2011, 8:40 pm
    Please keep in mind that Del Taco is best when highly inebriated. I verified this after a 10 year absence this spring.
    -Josh

    I've started blogging about the Stuff I Eat
  • Post #3 - June 29th, 2011, 9:26 pm
    Post #3 - June 29th, 2011, 9:26 pm Post #3 - June 29th, 2011, 9:26 pm
    This seems sacrilege but I really like their breakfast biscuits better than the other fast food biscuit offerings.
  • Post #4 - June 30th, 2011, 10:33 am
    Post #4 - June 30th, 2011, 10:33 am Post #4 - June 30th, 2011, 10:33 am
    I like Del Taco and do not need to be inebriated at all to enjoy it.
  • Post #5 - July 1st, 2011, 12:17 am
    Post #5 - July 1st, 2011, 12:17 am Post #5 - July 1st, 2011, 12:17 am
    Josephine wrote:It's all over the news down here today: Del Taco, housed in an outstanding example of mid-century hubris, is to be demolished and strip-mallified, if its owner has his way. So sad. Perhaps some of the former St. Louisians on the board will want to post memories.[/url]


    That is my old neighborhood. Personally, it is no great loss. It is one of the last parcels in the area between SLU and I-40 to be redeveloped.

    It used to be one of the better St. Louis open drug markets.
  • Post #6 - July 1st, 2011, 4:40 pm
    Post #6 - July 1st, 2011, 4:40 pm Post #6 - July 1st, 2011, 4:40 pm
    Faster than you can say "Meigs Field," Del Taco has closed. Apparently the "Macho Taco" is no more; both locations closed simultaneously. Tried to go there today, but it closed yesterday. Actually, it was not the food I was interested in. If I can get a few snaps of the building's exterior, I will post them here.
    Man : I can't understand how a poet like you can eat that stuff.
    T. S. Eliot: Ah, but you're not a poet.
  • Post #7 - July 6th, 2011, 11:49 am
    Post #7 - July 6th, 2011, 11:49 am Post #7 - July 6th, 2011, 11:49 am
    Anyone know what Del Taco was before it was Del Taco. I was at St Louis U in the sixties and I can't remember that building.
  • Post #8 - July 6th, 2011, 4:00 pm
    Post #8 - July 6th, 2011, 4:00 pm Post #8 - July 6th, 2011, 4:00 pm
    It was built as a garage and gas station, then was a Naugles for years before Del Taco bought them out.
  • Post #9 - July 6th, 2011, 10:04 pm
    Post #9 - July 6th, 2011, 10:04 pm Post #9 - July 6th, 2011, 10:04 pm
    curreydorris wrote:It was built as a garage and gas station, then was a Naugles for years before Del Taco bought them out.


    That is absolutely correct.
  • Post #10 - July 25th, 2011, 2:59 pm
    Post #10 - July 25th, 2011, 2:59 pm Post #10 - July 25th, 2011, 2:59 pm
    Josephine wrote: If I can get a few snaps of the building's exterior, I will post them here.

    Looks like you'll have some extra time to get pictures: Del Taco Building Owner puts demolition plans on hold
    "And if you don't know, now you know." -BIG

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