Comic-Con 2018: Freebie Taco Bell to pop up in Gaslamp steakhouse

San Diego Union-Tribune

July 17, 2018 5:25 PM PT

Taco Bell fans can take a free trip into the future this weekend when the “Demolition Man” experience pops up at Greystone Steakhouse & Seafood in the Gaslamp Quarter for Comic-Con weekend.

From Thursday through Saturday, the no-badge-required event will temporarily turn the upscale steakhouse into a futuristic version of Taco Bell, where all of the food will be served to the public for free.

The pop-up celebrates the 25th anniversary of the movie “Demolition Man.”

For those not familiar with the 1993 sci-film starring Sylvester Stallone, Wesley Snipes and Sandra Bullock, the action takes place in 2032, where “franchise wars” have wiped out all of America’s restaurants except Taco Bell. The Taco Bell featured in the film is a fine-dining restaurant with artful tortilla chip tapas plates and cocktails.

For this week’s pop-up, Greystone will replace its wine sommelier with a soft drink dispenser and its filet mignons with Nacho Fries.

Greystone/Taco Bell 2032 will be open for service from 6 p.m. to midnight Thursday through Saturday, serving upscale variations on regular Taco Bell fare. There will also be “Demolition Man” merchandise available for sale. Long lines should be expected.

Greystone Steakhouse & Seafood is at 658 Fifth Ave., San Diego.

pam.kragen@sduniontribune.com

Pam Kragen

Pam Kragen is the arts and entertainment editor, as well as the chief theater, dining and opera critic, for the San Diego Union-Tribune. She joined the Union-Tribune staff in October 2012 after 27 years at the North County Times, where she served as the Arts & Features Editor, as well as the paper’s longtime arts writer and theater and opera critic. She is the co-founder of the San Diego Theatre Critics Circle. She holds a bachelor of arts degree in journalism from San Diego State University and completed fellowships in theater criticism at the University of Southern California and opera-classical music criticism at Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism. And in 2022, she was chosen as one of the fellows in the prestigious National Critics Institute, run by the Eugene O’Neill Theater Center in Waterf, Conn.