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{{Infobox building
| coordinates = {{coord|42.21968|-83.18063|display=inline,title}}
| name = 1297 Fort Street
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| start_date = 1977
| opened_date = 1977
| owner = listed for sale in August 2021Galindo's
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|closing_date=August 2021}}
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[[Taco Bell]] opened [[Taco Bell 1454|store #1454]] at 1297 Fort Street in 1977. In June 1978, a [[Lincoln Park, Michigan|Lincoln Park]] resident injured her hand during her employment at the restaurant, and hospital charges that were supposed to be covered by the restaurant's insurance company went uncovered until she contacted the [[Detroit Free Press]] Action Line in December, and even the night manager had neglected to handle the matter.<ref>[https://freep.newspapers.com/image/98870555/ "Action Line"], [[Detroit Free Press]], January 8, 1979, page 1.</ref>
 
At one point, store #1454 was cited as the highest-grossing Taco Bell restaurant in the state of Michigan. A permit to install a drive-through window was installedfiled in theMarch mid-1980s,1982.<ref whichname=":1">City continuedof toWyandotte beAssessor’s utilized by the building's subsequent tenants.Office</ref>
 
Store #1454 later closed in 2002, relocating across Fort Street to a new building at [[12660 Fort Street (Southgate, Michigan)|12660 Fort Street]] in [[Southgate, Michigan|Southgate]], a combination building which housed [[Taco Bell 21292|store #21292]] and a Pizza Hut Express.
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===Fattoush Express Cafe & Grill (2016–2021)===
Fattoush Express Cafe & Grill, which had just been incorporated in [[Taylor, Michigan|Taylor]], purchased the property on June 29, 2016, and proceeded to remodel the building to house a Mediterranean restaurant of the same name, which opened on May 7, 2017. The building was reported as listed for sale in August 2021, and Fattoush Express Cafe & Grill's phone lines were disconnected as well around the same time, both indicatingindicators that the restaurant had closed. The building was sold to the owners of Southgate Mexican restaurant Galindo's on November 24, 2021.<ref name=":1" />
 
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