Zantigo in St Paul, Minnesota

In the vast graveyard of fast food chains, sometimes there is a resurrection. 

Founded in Minneapolis 7 years after Taco Bell, Zantigo (named Zapato at that time) had a similar model of rearranging the same array of a few ingredients to fill out a menu of Mexican-American dishes. After growing to 82 restaurants by 1986, Zantigo's parent company merged with it's rival's and within 2 years, all remaining Zantigo locations had been closed or converted to Taco Bells. 

After a decade hiatus, a former Zantigo manager and his brother opened new locations around the Twin Cities. This location is housed in a former Zapata/Zantigo which was converted to a Taco Bell and converted back into a new iteration of Zantigo. Devotees of the original chain say the unique-to-Zantigo chilito and "taco burrito" are faithful to the original.