Former Taco Bell in Oak Grove, Oregon

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StoreLiker2006
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Former Taco Bell in Oak Grove, Oregon

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Could anyone help me decipher how old this former Taco Bell in Oak Grove, OR really is?

Clues: Fire pit, masonry construction

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Rigoberto's Taco Shop (ex-Taco Bell) by classictvman81, on Flickr

And here's the location that took over around 1999:
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Taco Bell #19200 - Oak Grove (new) by classictvman81, on Flickr
(Taco Bell #19200, 16300 SE McLoughlin Blvd.)

Apparently, originally I thought this Mission-style store (in the 1st photo) to have opened in the early 1980s going by the Knight Rider-style font of the "TACO BELL" logo on the storefront, but the masonry constructed building as well as the fire pit made me think otherwise. But am I also to think that the drive-thru may not have been there originally?

Here is Darrell James's classic photo of the Taco Bell in Olathe, KS (#1235) to be used for comparison purposes:
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Taco Bell # 1235 Olathe, KS by RETAIL MEMORIES! with Darrell James, on Flickr

~Ben
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