Crews take bite out of Taco Bell…

Taco Bell demolished to make way for….Taco Bell!

It is a sight that will gladden the hearts of dieticians and good food lovers the world over as a pair of excavators tear down a Taco Bell restaurant in Virginia Beach. But in a twist that is oddly reminiscent of the 1993 movie Demolition Man in which all restaurants are Taco Bell, it is to be replaced by – yes, you guessed it – another Taco Bell.

It will open in April, said Mark Wawner, the city’s project development manager. Taco Bell is not what city officials say they want at Town Center, but there’s nothing they can do about it.

“There’s a long-term land lease on the property that Taco Bell controls, so they have total rights to the property,” Wawner said.

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