Wikipedia has some more history on Pup 'N' Taco.
I never liked the place, I seem to recall the french fries being very salty. And at the time, my dad was really into Taco Bell, back when they still had those faux adobe buildings, and the "Bell Beef" (I can't remember exact name) sandwich, which was basically a taco meat sloppy joe.
I remember a Pup 'N' Taco in Santa Ana on the corner of Harbor and Edinger. I think a Taco Bell sits there now.
Anyways, a couple of OCThen readers share their memories of Pup 'N' Taco...
JJohnson said...
One of my vivid childhood are the Pup 'n Taco food chain and Taco Tio food chains. I did a Google search and Wikipedia has some pretty cool links on Pup 'n Taco. You can even get buy retro Pup 'n Taco t-shirts there. Anybody else remember Pup 'n Taco these?
Lee said...
I remember the old Pup 'n Taco commercial jingle, "I'm Pup, he's Pup, I'm Taco!" The animated hot dog and taco would be singing and dancing around on TV. I actually applied for a job at Pup 'n Taco on Westminster Blvd, but instead took a job at the Mobil gas station on Westminster and Beach Blvd.
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I remember Pup'n'Taco. Great summer, 70's, sloppy fast food. I would get the dogs, the tacos and the slushies. Good stuff.
The sloppy joe at Taco Bell was the Bell Beefer.
I remember Pup n' Taco! I loved that place! JJohnson brought up a great memory! We were high school kids who had limited funds, but we could always afford Pup n' Taco lol.
How about Taco Lita, on Garden Grove Blvd? That was my first fast Mexican food experience. Six tacos for a dollar! My Dad would bring home a bag of tacos, and we'd have an exotic feast.
I so remember Pup'n'Taco... When my twin sister, Kelly, and I were about 5 our older sister's, Kathe and Kim,took us there and bought us a tostada... Kelly ended up choking on a rock... I will never forget that.... I believe it was the one on Westminister Blvd....
There was one on Harbor in Costa Mesa. We used to go there quite a bit for slushies and dogs/tacos. One of our family stories is that my older sister taught me to drink through a straw using a cherry slushie from Pup-n-Taco.
Off topic, but does anyone remember "The Mud Hole," a quasi amusement swimming park in OC that operated in the 1970s?
Pup N Taco was my first job. Funny Huh !! I am now in a certificate program for Clean Energy (Green Jobs).
I loved the Taco burgers at Pup N Taco!!!!
I remember Pup' N Taco. I had a friend that worked at the one that used to be in Garden Grove. The fries were the best. They were formed out of some light potato-like substance and flash fried. Yum. Along with the slushees, PnT was a great place. That and Naugles I miss a lot.
There used to be a Pup N Taco in Santa Ana at the corner of Flower and 17th Street in Santa Ana. I passed it every day on my way home from Willard Jr. High & later, Santa Ana High. I remember the fries were cheap (and thus, affordable!).
Back in the 70's we called it Puke and Ptomaine.
Good ol' Pup N Taco. We called it Poop N Taco. I still live on Flower St in Santa Ana and there was one right on the corner 1/2 block from my house. It was Flower and 17th. The tacos were the bomb. But I was always scared of some of the people hanging around there.
Check out this website: http://www.pupntaco.com/
(You can buy the shirts)
I don,t know if I should brag about this but I worked at the Pup'N'Taco in Fullerton around 1980.The food was actually of good quality by fast food standards.The chili dogs smoked Weinerschnitzels offerings, and the tacos and burritos stomped Taco Bells.I'd eat there today before I'd go to Carls and eat a dried up jerky-burger,if they were still around!!!!
Pup N Taco near the FV high school was the one I got my taco burgers at.
I remember the burger you speak of..it's the "Taco Bell beef Burger". As you said, was taco filling on a bun with shredded lettuce. I know most ppl I talk to say Pup n Taco was junk, like comparing a McDonal'ds [lain burger to an In-and-Out burger....but I loved their chili dogs and tacos.
It was called "Taco on a bun". I'm not sure if I really miss wearing the paper hat, but I do miss the food ! We made everything on site. I remember making the chili from scratch and it was pretty tasty. Remember the ad- " Pup N Taco, Pup or Taco, 99 cents buys 4!!" Quite a deal for a stoned high school kid on a moped without much dough.(That was before I scored the job there.) One place that had us beat was Naugles, but they disappeared about the same time. Remember their Macho Nachos made with Ortega chilis and real cheddar (not that cheez goo they use nowadays)? Anyway that was another time and place. Without this competition places like McDonalds and Taco Bell thrive with no quality control whatsoever! Why does McDonalds not serve fresh cooked burgers anymore? Now they just pull the meat patty out of a drawer. Same with my daughters McNuggets (those things used to be pretty good).Were they cooked yesterday!!??
wow i reamber the one o lincon and walker its been a long time
I worked at the taco bell in Buena Park in the 60's
they only had about 5 things on the menu. Taco,red or green burrito,cup of beans,Toastado, and the famous BELL BURGER witch consisted of a scoop of seasoned beef. The price at that time was 19 cents each for any item.
i worked at the one in westminster (1980?). great food, i thought, even though i ate it all the time. ive heard from so many people that they thought the chili dogs were the best around. and the grape slushies. still a great place, it's a Tommy's now .. .. .. i often wonder what Bill, the owner, is doing now.
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