The Pioneer Press on June 10 chronicled a battle between neighbors of a Snelling Avenue Taco Bell and the eatery’s noisy drive-through, which operates until 5 a.m. on weekends and then opens for breakfast two hours later.
Details are here: They Call It Taco Hell (the Scoop paraphrases the title of the article liberally). And yes, this is one fight the neighbors appear to be losing.
So how bad have things gotten for Kristine and Mark Vesley, as well as other nearby residents impacted by this alleged Taco Hell? On 30 YouTube videos, they’ve chronicled a panoply of rambunctious late-night hijinks — the patron who announces to the world at 1 a.m. how badly she needs to pee, the frat boys who chase down their PBRs with bodacious after-hours Chalupas, and even a man walking through the drive-through with a suitcase.
The “Taco Bell Nuisance” YouTube page is online here, Taco Bell Nuisance page on YouTube, and it opens with the memorable late-night exhortation “ALRIGHT ALRIGHT ALRIIIIII-IIGHT!” There’s also video of a 5 a.m. delivery truck departure, a woman apparently having dry heaves at 3 a.m., and other fun.
The Scoop will not post a picture the Vesleys forwarded us of a textured sidewalk decoration apparently left by a Taco Bell customer, but it sure looks like… too much Tequila.
If the 30 YouTube videos aren’t enough for your viewing pleasure, there supposedly exists a Facebook page — Taco Bell Transgressions — dedicated to monitoring the same late-night disruptions. Post a link if you come across it, dear Scoop reader.
