Two fast food restaurant posts in a row, yes! If you read the archives of this website, I've told you of the Arby's restaurant at Southwest Parkway. It remains the only Arby's restaurant in town though not too long after its opening, a second location would open in Bryan, with its grand opening set in September 1983. Unfortunately, this second location was not nearly as successful, as it was closed down just less than five years later.
In 1989 it became "Bless Your Heart" (a health food restaurant featuring whole-wheat bread sandwiches, frozen yogurt, salads, and soups). Sometime around 1992 or 1993 it was renamed to "D'Lite Bites" before closing in 1993 and reopening as Arby's sometime around August or September of that year. Perhaps Arby's could have a second chance in Bryan after all. Sadly it was not to be, and this second incarnation of Arby's was shorter lived than the first time around and in June 1996, it reopened as the area's newest Taco Bell...though not exactly, as it was actually a relocation of their first local store and has been there since. Obviously it's had some updates over the years (the exterior was redone in 2016, though the exterior already had Taco Bell's design), did the promotions, even did Taco Bell's breakfast menu for a while when it was introduced around the mid-2010s (this one did it until fall 2024)...but yes, other than that, just an ordinary Taco Bell.
