Food’ll keep you alive if you eat enough of it at the appropriate time. Food will also kill you if you choke on it and die. If you manage to chew your food properly and conquer the eating process, it’s possible you’ll have a word or two to share regarding the tasty (or tasteless) experience. I recently visited a local Taco Bell for a certain meeting between my mouth and a new menu item. Being the masterful food-chewer that I am, I have since emerged from my once hungry state, at quite a cost. Worth it? That depends.

It’s 3AM and you’re hungry. You make a run out for some fourthmeal, only to find that you’ve left your wallet at home. I can tell you really want to try a new Grande Quesadilla, but you don’t have enough damn money. The cup holder full of change will net you a couple dollar menu items, tops. That’s because one Grande Quesadilla is going to cost you ~$3.19 depending on your tax laws.

It really is a filling item, to be fair. The chicken (or steak, if you so choose) is thick cut and there are plenty of hearty chunks soaking in quesadilla sauce and cheese. As the sauce trickled secretly out of the back end of my then-current bite, the warm sauce hit my hand, and apart from wishing that that didn’t happen, I realized I had taken the standard quesadilla for granted. Messy eaters be warned: this food is perfect for you. Neat freaks beware: bring napkins, please.

The taste is mostly the same as a default quesadilla, with a flaky, airy outer shell complimenting the flavorful innards of the flat treat. In the grande case, however, the beast is at least twice as thick and definitely a lot more filling. If I’m going to recommend you spend three bucks on any of Taco Bell’s menu items, I’d say go for the Mexican Pizza. When you’re done with that, or if you dislike pizza, then it’s time for the big Q to step up. It may be pricey, but it’s at least more packed than the sad, empty corners of quesadillas past. I know this isn’t the first we’ve seen of mister G.Q., and I certainly hope it is the last we see of him at this price. You’re delicious and all, sir, but come back when you’re $1.99.