Whenever I am in Oklahoma, I always eat at Taco Bueno....a lot. Yes, it's fast food, but it is really delicious. It's actually better than most sit-down Mexican restaurants. They always have fresh flour tortillas, homemade chips, and lots of their hot sauce.
My friends got me a Bueno Card for Christmas. I thought they bought it as a joke and that it maybe had $5 on the card. I paid for my meal and the Bueno guy told me that I had $45 left in credit. Score. I've got a Bueno Gold Card! Lucky for me, their kids really like Bueno too.
I'll be heading back to Indiana this weekend, so I'll have to cram in a few more Taco Bueno visits. We don't have any Taco Bueno in Indiana, only Taco Hell. Run for the Border, indeed. To the Oklahoma border.
Taco Bueno es muy bueno!
Jerry
I'm going to have to look around and see if we have a Taco Bueno. I don't thing we do. That other taco place is well - you described it pretty accurately.
Ralph
Posted by: Ralph | March 07, 2006 at 08:29 PM
Hey lucky you!!! I'll catch up soon really!!!!
Posted by: just a mom | March 07, 2006 at 11:38 PM
There is a new restaurant open in Indy on 86th st, called Abuelos Mexican Food Embassy. It's not fast food, but we went there and thought "yeah, REAL Mexican food." Ed is from CA and I lived there a long time, so we have been looking for something good in Indiana. This is the best we found so far.
Posted by: Christy | March 08, 2006 at 09:40 AM
while in South Dakota and Wyoming, my husband and I enjoyed a place called Taco Juans. But mostly so we could say "Taco Juan" in a really rough accent . . .
Posted by: oddybobo | March 08, 2006 at 10:06 AM
I have never heard of this place. I guess you read in my post about the Mexican restaurant I have gone to here lately. It is really good.
Posted by: Rachel | March 08, 2006 at 10:40 AM
I'm on a diet and between you and Rachel, I'm ready to eat and it's only 11:00 AM.
Posted by: cliff | March 08, 2006 at 11:00 AM
"When you want more, say Bueno! A whole lot more, say Bueno! TACO BUENO!"
Ah...eat some for me.
Posted by: Erikah | March 08, 2006 at 11:12 AM
Down here in Franklin we have a great place called Mi Pueblo. You should visit sometime. It is in the strip mall on 31 next to Krogers.
Posted by: Teresa | March 08, 2006 at 02:15 PM
I've never had the pleasure of dining at Taco Bueno. I'm sure I'd like it though, because I'm a fan of Mexican food in general. A $50 gift card. WOW! Eat well!!
Posted by: Jamie Dawn | March 08, 2006 at 04:33 PM
LOL...I'm visitin' from over at An Audience of One...funny to read this post right now, 'cuz #1 I'm live in Oklahoma City, and #2 I just now finished a Quesadilla Platter from Taco Bueno!!
And yep, it was gooooood! I'll take Bueno over Bell any day. Lucky me, it's right down the street! :)
Posted by: MamaKBear | March 11, 2006 at 12:29 AM
You need to come down to New Mexico and find out what Mexican food is all about. Taco Bell or Taco Bueno is tourista food. Get some real green or red chile and find out what addiction is all about. Go to your grocer and see if they can order "Rotel" original. It's just diced tomatoes and green chile, but you can add it to vegitables, spaghetti, caseroles, meat loafs, put it in with velveta cheese and microwave it for con queso, etc.
Posted by: greek shadow | March 11, 2006 at 11:06 AM
Chicken Chilada platter!!baby!!! mmmmmmm! I love going to Tulsa to get Taco Bueno! I lived in Tulsa and OKC quite awhile and I miss Bueno so bad!
Posted by: Shannon | March 11, 2006 at 03:21 PM
I LOVE Bueno. We used to live in a small town north of Tulsa, and every time we went to Tulsa when I was growing up, we always ate at Bueno.
Posted by: Amanda | March 13, 2006 at 08:43 AM
Bueno is the best!
Posted by: Tina | March 26, 2006 at 09:13 PM