Taco Bell Opens Futuristic 2-Story Drive-Thru With Food Elevators
It’s official: Today says Taco Bell is going high-tech. The fast-food chain is opening a giant new two-story location this week in Brooklyn Park, Minnesota. It’s called “Taco Bell Defy”…
It's official: Today says Taco Bell is going high-tech. The fast-food chain is opening a giant new two-story location this week in Brooklyn Park, Minnesota. It's called "Taco Bell Defy" and it honestly could be straight out of "The Jetsons."
When you roll up to the drive-thru, you'll find yourself face-to-face with video technology to take your order rather than an employee with a headset.
Then, when your order is ready, you'll grab the food in one of four pick-up lanes with "food elevators". If you've never heard of a food elevator, picture the vacuum tube at bank drive-thrus, but for your Mexican pizza.
Taco Bell's President Mike Grams said, "Taco Bell Defy is an incredible innovation for our brand, and one that’s meeting our consumer in a really unique way. For decades we’ve been committed to providing a fast, safe and friendly drive-thru experience; now with our bold goal of creating a two-minute or less drive-thru experience for customers of this concept, Taco Bell Defy is the future."
One lane is dedicated to the normal customer drive-thru experience. Meanwhile, the others are designated for delivery drivers and online orders from the Taco Bell app.
The fast-food restaurant's execs say the system aims to keep your wait time down to two minutes or less.
Do you think this is going to be the future of food service? What's next? Robotic burger flippers?
Lexi’s Listens is a weekly post I’ll do with the songs I’ve been singing to nonstop! My hope is that if you’ve never heard of these, you might discover some new hits to listen to.
Harry's House, obviously
I haven't done a Lexi's Listens post in a while and that's because I've mostly been listening to "Harry's House". If I could put Harry's whole new album on here, our list would be incredibly long. So I decided to just include my absolute favorite from the album...which might surprise you to be Satellite. Something about the space theme and drums in that song light my soul on fire...you know, to put it lightly.
Summer Songs
Other than Harry Styles, I've found some great summer songs on TikTok, like Mimosas and Jenni. Mimosas is definitely a poolside song that will make you want to dance. Jenni will also make you want to dance, but it's a totally different vibe. While Mimosas is about...well, drinking, Jenni is about friendship and the song itself reflects the sweetness and tenderness of a friendship you will always cherish. Check those out at #2 and #3.
The two other summer songs I found were on my Discover Weekly playlist on Spotify. "Settle" features Leon Thomas, who you may or may not know from Nickelodeon's show Victorious...and if we're being honest here, his talent should've made him the star of the show over Victoria Justice. His other songs like Mrs. Variety I've really enjoyed in the past, so I was excited to find another song with him. Settle is a groovy song that came out in May 2021 and has an incredibly vibey beat. "Foreign Things" was released last August and it's also groovy with great bass. Plus, the music video has the coolest costumes and dance routines. Check these two out at #4 and #5.
Breakup Songs
Two songs I've got today are not as recent. "She Don't" is an Ella Mae hit from 2016, while "Wait" is Chantel Jeffries hit from 2018. Both I've been vibing with heavily lately because of their catchy beats. If you've never heard "She Don't", it's an empowering breakup song with lyrics that remind me of Beyonce's Irreplaceable and Ariana Grande's "thank u next". "Wait" is also a breakup song, but almost with the opposite message. Check these out at #6 and #7 below.
