Most of us will plead guilty to having a certain kind of fast food we just 'can't' live without, but few have it as bad as Paul Wolfe, who is 'all about' Taco Bell.
For years Wolfe made his own personal 'Run for the Border' every day, we're talking 7 days a week, 365 per year and Tuesday, the folks at Taco Bell returned the favor.
We all have our daily habits, whether it's the route to work or what we eat for lunch and occasionally we may mix it up a bit, but for years now, Paul Wolfe refused to mix up his lunch order.
"A hard shell taco supreme and they would throw in an empanada it's like a little apple pie," said Paul's son Jamie Wolfe, who added he would wash it all down with a small drink.
Paul Wolfe's theory is that a taco is the perfect meal, full of beef, vegetables, and cheese.
Paul's taco supreme is an order workers at the Minnetonka Taco Bell began to rely on.
"We came to grow with him and before he would even come to order, my cooks were over there making it and he would say oh my gosh you're so fast," said Taco Bell Manager Jen Lingren.
She said he became such a regular, they nicknamed him 'Grandpa.'
Then, on a day in March he missed lunch and missed it for several days.
"There was an incident with him and they decided he couldn't drive anymore," said Lindgren.
At the age of 89 and with a preliminary diagnosis of Alzheimer's, he was forced to mix his Taco Bell fix up a bit.
Instead of daily, his family would take him in three times a week, then it slowed to once a week, which brings us to today.
Taco Bell delivered his hard shell taco supreme to him and his friends at his new home at Sunrise Senior Living in Minnetonka.
"It's just like an unspoken connection, I can't really explain it, it's just the fact that he's just a sweet, sweet man, he would come in and we would ask, Grandpa what are you doing here today, oh I'm here to see the pretty ladies," Lindgren said.
Forced to change his lunch habit, for one day the fast food take-out service he so enjoys came to him.
The workers at Taco Bell are so fond of Paul, they've exchanged birthday gifts with him and today, they nominated him as their "customer of the year."
 | By Jeffrey DeMars, KARE 11 News |
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