DETROIT – Soon, you'll be able to get a taco and a beer at your local Taco Bell.
Eater reports that Taco Bell, who started rolling out their stand-alone "Cantina" style stores in 2015, will expand into more areas, including Detroit, with between 300 and 350 new locations in urban areas by 2022.
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Rather than free-standing stores with the all-important drive-thru windows, these forthcoming stores will be what the company refers to as “urban in-line” locations: constructed inside or taking over an existing building on a row, they have a significantly smaller footprint and focus on bringing foot traffic to the store with localized design and artwork, open kitchens, and digital menu boards.
While the chain is currently targeting New York City, intending to open 50 stores in Manhattan and the outer boroughs over the next five years, and Chicago, where it debuted the first Taco Bell Cantina location back in 2015, the urban expansion plan also includes Detroit, Pittsburgh, Nashville, and multiple cities on the West Coast.
These locations will serve alcohol, including wine, beer, sangria and cocktails.
It's unclear where exactly these locations will be in Metro Detroit at this time. Eater Detroit reported a couple of weeks ago that the first location could be Royal Oak.