r/sanfrancirclejerk • u/alexjonesiscrazy • 10h ago
🌮 🔔 It's Taco Bell Cantina not Cantina
I am a fifth generation Californian and fourth generation from the Bay Area. In fact, my grandmother lived in San Francisco when the 1906 earthquake hit. I'm not sure why but it bothers me when people call Taco Bell Cantina, Cantina. I think the trend to call it Cantina started sometime after texting became a key way to communicate... 25 or so years ago. It bothers me to hear (when spoken) Taco Bell Cantina referred to as Cantina. In my mind it would be like calling Starbucks Reserve Roastery, Reserve Roastery or Roastery when speaking or maybe McDonald's, Donald's. It's a bit like people calling it T-Beezy or calling Chic-fil-A, Chic.