Taco Bell: St. Paul, Rice Street

#1 posting 5.7.2008
A Periodic Look at life in the Fast Food Lane

TACO BELL: St. Paul
Today I was at St. Paul Arlington for the St. Paul City badminton championships Day 1. After the event it was off to Rice Street and Larpenteur for a Taco Bell. I may have made a tactical error by going through the drive through when I wasn't going to eat the Chalupas on the road. I also got the soft shell taco with packets of hot sauce. Both tend to drip and get messy. So after the order I parked and scarfed in the lot.

Place: Taco Bell, Rice Street, St. Paul
Date: Wednesday, May 7, 2008
Meal: Supper
Order: #6, 2 Baja Beef Chalupas, a soft shell taco and a 32 ounce diet Pepsi
Total cost: $5.34
Method: Drive Through
Time entered line: 6:23 pm
Wait to order: 1 car in front, 3:33
Wait to pay: 3:07, they rang up the wrong order which took some seconds off the clock.
Wait for food: 1:29
Total elapsed time: 8:09
Since I am diabetic I will also provide the insulin dose.
Insulin dose: 6

I didn't think I ordered the 32 ounce drink, but I wasn't going to return it.

For those keeping track this restaurant/fast food joint was the slowest yet by over a minute. But I came before the rush was on. By the time I got my food the line of cars was over four. I only had one in front of me to start.