Its always a treat while traveling to come across regionally managed taco bell-adjacent restaurants, due to the fact that taco bell is so incredibly corporate and inconsistent that its hardly ever worth it. Whether its Taco Time near Seattle, or a classic Del Taco in the southwest: I love convienent Mexican American cuisine with the recipes ( and value ) of yesteryear. That being said, Taco Johns ( this location at least ) was impressively worse than taco bell in terms of value, freshness, and efficiency.