Posts Tagged ‘cheesy’

Review: Taco Bell Cheesy Double Beef Burrito

Tuesday, June 10th, 2008

Cheesy Double Beef BurritoPrice: $0.89

Availability: participating Bells

Location: 3511 W. Devon Ave., Chicago, IL 60659 (map); phone: (773) 588-9712

Rating: 3 out of 5 – acceptable

It’s interesting that when I finally got around to reviewing something from Taco Bell, there’s a new salmonella scare surrounding raw tomatoes that’s got chains around the country pulling fresh tomatoes off their menus. Taco Bell is, of course, not immune to the dangers of bad marketing (nor unfeeling as to its customers’ health), so it was fortuitous that I already wanted to check out a menu item that included no diced tomatoes whatsoever. (The additional Fire Sauce I sprinkled on later presumably uses fully cooked tomatoes in its formula.)

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Review: Cheesy Bacon BK Wrapper

Saturday, April 12th, 2008

Cheesy Bacon BK WrapperPrice: $1.39

Availability: breakfast hours; participation may vary

Location: 6261 N. Lincoln, Chicago, IL 60659 (map); phone: (773) 588-1976

Rating: 2 out of 5 – forgettable

Since McDonald’s had been advertising its new McSkillet Burrito breakfast option rather heavily on television, billboards, and the like recently, you had to figure that Burger King was working on some sort of response. Well, I’d been seeing some posters in its restaurant windows for a similar-looking morning menu item lately, so I guess this is it: “The new Cheesy Bacon BK WRAPPER is stuffed with melted cheese, scrambled eggs, warm hash browns and crispy bacon made to perfection.” Made to perfection? Oh, if it only were…

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