Unless you ’ve develop out of boozy 2 am Crunchwrap runs ( hopefully , you have ) , the words " Taco Bell " are all but synonymous with Mexican dissipated food . Meanwhile , Chipotle – even afterrecent food safety troubles– remains as the omnipresent , go - to quick burrito berth . However , despite their size and popularity , both tortilla titans and other establishment taco purveyor fell behind a much smaller rival in recent survey of America ’s favorite fast - food Mexican chains . And you ’ve probably never heard of it .
In its yearly consumer resume of fast service restaurants , manufacture research business firm Market Force Information namedTaco Buenoas the nation ’s ducky in itsMexican fast food brandcategory . The chain , which open up its first eatery in Abilene , Texas back in 1967 , currently runs few than 200 eatery in seven states , include Arkansas , Colorado , Kansas , Louisiana , Missouri , Oklahoma , and Texas , accord to areportby Munchies . The study , base on upshot from 10,000 the great unwashed across the land , puts Taco Bueno well above burrito heavyweights like Chipotle and Qdoba , both of which tie for first place in MFI ’s ranking last year .
Taking the top stain is trusted to be a blessing forTaco Bueno , but does that mean it has the potentiality to grow into the next Chipotle or Taco Bell ? Well , the answermightbe hidden in additional details from the survey , which measured concatenation by seven " attributes , " such as food character , healthy food , truehearted inspection and repair , and value , among others . Taco Bueno might be America ’s " favorite " quick Mexican solid food , but it belike has more employment to do , take other mountain range scored higher in almost every measurement besides note value . Here ’s how the research group explained it in apress release :
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" Although Taco Bueno was the favorite in the Mexican nutrient category , it only ranked first in one area – value for the money , a category in which Del Taco was a close second base and Qdoba was last out of the stain studied . Chipotle and Rubio ’s outperformed others in food quality , and Rubio ’s also excelled in atmosphere , cleanliness and friendliness . Diners think Chipotle , by far , offer the sound option , followed by El Pollo Loco . Taco Cabana ranked grim of the chain studied in friendliness , hurrying and cleanliness . "
And here ’s the overall ranking :
The new sketch ranks America ’s preferred quick service pizza pie , chicken , and sandwich mark . And just like the Mexican food category , relatively small chain dominated in the pizza and sandwich categories with Papa Murphy ’s and McAlister ’s Deli come out first , severally .
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As for wimp , Chick - fil - A is unsurprisingly American ’s favourite – nearly sweeping all seven of the measurements , per the survey announcement , which you could check out in fullright here . As for the apparent rise of Taco Bueno , we checked out itsextensive and awesome - depend card , andcertainly would n’t mindhaving an outstation undefendable nearby someday .
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