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Del Taco Offering 29-Cent Tacos, Rolls Out New Restaurant Prototype

The Lake Forest-based restaurant chain is undergoing a makeover and selling tacos for pennies.

Del Taco, the ubiquitous Mexican fast-food chain headquartered in Lake Forest, is giving its customers a big "thank you" today by selling its regular tacos for 29 cents.

The discount, on crunchy or soft regular beef tacos from from 3 to 8 p.m., is limited to 12 per customer at certain locations.

The Del Taco restaurant in Aliso Viejo is participating in the deal. Del Taco is located in Town Center at 26951 Aliso Creek Road

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Del Taco also recently announced a makeover, including an updated logo and new store prototype.

On Friday, one of the restaurants based on the prototype opened at 59 Technology in Irvine.

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"The new prototype will be used as new restaurants open for now," said Del Taco spokeswoman Barbara Caruso. "We will have a conversion roll-out plan some time after the testing is completed on these new locations."

Del Taco has more than 525 restaurants in 17 states.

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