An unassuming Mexican restaurant in San Bernardino, Mitla Café, planted the seeds for two tortillabased empires: Taco Bell and Del Taco. In this clip, Lost LA host Nathan Masters joins Los Angeles Times columnist Gustavo Arellano for tacos at this lesserknown landmark of fast food history in California's Inland Empire, an area where Mexicans were once segregated from whites.

Arellano explains how Taco Bell founder Glen Bell learned to make hard shell tacos and subsequently launched two other chain restaurant franchises, Del Taco and Der Wienerschnitzel.

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