Newspaper ad from the 1960’s

The restaurant, located in Jantzen Beach, closed in 2004.

First Taco Bell located in Downey, California 

Taco Bell founder Glen Bell

Bell in 2010

On March 21, 1962, Glen Bell opened his first Taco Bell restaurant in Downey,
California. The fast food chain now serves more than 2 billion customers each
year in more than 5,800 restaurants in the U.S., more than 80 percent of which
are owned and operated by independent franchisees.

From left: James W. McLamore and David Edgerton, founders of
the Burger Kind fast food franchise.

                                     Jacksonville, Florida in 1953.

1950s

Original McDonalds Ronald Clown, 1963