Del Taco Spaceship Will Now Serve Coffee & Burritos

By Paul Friswold Thu., Mar. 29 2012 at 11:51 AM

The spaceship is now fueled by caffeine and beans.

Last summer's architectural cause celebre, the midtown Del Taco building that looks Parliament's Mothership, was saved from the wrecking ball thanks to public outcry and the efforts of the Housing, Urban Development and Zoning Aldermanic Committee. At the time, building owner Rick Yackey was pushing for demolition because he was certain the poor parking situation and unusual structure of the building would deter another business from moving in.

He was almost right; one tenant did not move in. Instead, there will be two: Chipotle and Starbucks are reportedly taking over the space. That building must be part-Tardis.

Alderman Marlene Davis has indicated that the city will need to rework the traffic pattern at South Grand Boulevard and Forest Park Parkway to alleviate some problems, but one thing's going to flow freely: The student body at SLU. A combination coffee and burrito place within walking distance will keep anybody regular.

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Del Taco spaceship, historic buildings, Marlene Davis, new business

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Fuck-suburbs

I guess that fat child molesting fuck Biondi will be sad because a building with an ounce of character will be within sight of his beloved suburban style plastic fucking campus. Boo Hoo. Fuck you Laurence along with your shitty green space and ugly fucking campus. I'm glad your basketball team choked.

Msrdls

You seem to be an idiot, Fuck-suburbs! If I were Fr. Biondi, I'd track down your sorry ass and have you arrested for slander. Now go get your tube of lube, box of Kleenex, and have some fun with yourself in front of your computer.

Fuck-suburbs

Furthermore, the assheaded jerkoff is completely full of shit himself, maybe all of us city residents who want to preserve our history should sue this sloppy fuckhole for slander since virtually everytime he opens his fat gob a bunch of bullshit falls out.

http://nextstl.com/historic-pr...

Yes, a bullying, childish, fuckhead with terrible taste in architecture who should seriously find himself a nice quiet white bread college campus somewhere where they actually LIKE architecture as stunning as Mid Rivers Mall.

Fuck-suburbs

Well tracking me down and bullying someone who dares to speak out against his childish foot stomping holding his breath until he turns blue arrogance is what that fat shit does best so it wouldn't surprise in the least me if the fucker is trying to do just that. Still I say fuck him. What did I 'slander' him over? The fact that the prick seems to get a massive erection every time he gets a chance to tear down a building on the historic register to build fences surrounding grassy lots? Or architecture for his glorified community college that have all the grace and inspiration of a building built in the former soviet union? This bullying ugly motherfucker has no problem putting a thumb in the eye of city residents who are fighting to preserve their unique urban environment by threatening to move a hospital he doesn't fucking own to the spineless fuckheads on the city government who suck up to charloten ass clown, so I have no problem calling him all the names the piece of pig shit deserves. He is a bully, has a big fucking head, he thinks he is fucking god over midtown and most importantly he, along with the sons of bitches who lick his ass every time they speak at one of these public hearings, has the shittiest taste in architecture this city, if not the world, has ever seen. Seriously, the crappy buildings this fuckstick has torn down building to erect would make Albert Speer weep in their simple tastelessness. In short, this self important cocksucker has down a tremendous job ruining the unique urban character that many city residents admire and fight for so from this city dweller the message to him is simple; Go. Fuck. Yourself. That also goes for you too since you are probably him or work for this belligerent clown. So I reiterate; I'm GLAD that your precious students have to look at a building that is truly unique instead of the strip mall/industrial park bullshit Biondi and his crones have a love affair over and want to replace the city with. Again, fuck you Laurence along with your shitty green space and ugly fucking campus. I'm REALLY glad your basketball team choked and furthermore I hope they never see another tournament ever. I would say slu could suck my dick but that would probably rile up far too many priests so I'll not go there.