With more than 6,000 Taco Bells in 26 countries across the globe, there are a few that really stand out from the rest. We’ve made a list of the most glorious Taco Bells in the world. Pack your bags, because you’re going to want to go on a road trip after this.
1. TACO BELL: PACIFICA, CA
5200 Coast Hwy, Pacifica, CA
Located directly on the beach, this Taco Bell even has a walk-up ordering window for surfers. Tacos with a magnificent ocean view? Yes, please.
2. TACO BELL: SHEFFIELD, UK
485 Ecclesall Rd, Sheffield, South Yorkshire S11 8PP, United Kingdom
This two story Taco Bell has a stage area for bands to perform, urban brick walls and purple ambient lighting. Rock on, UK.
3. TACO BELL: TOKYO, JAPAN
150-0043 Tokyo, Shibuya, Japan
This Tokyo restaurant has two stories, a modern California style and a mascot named Mr. Taco. He’s pretty awesome.
4. TACO BELL CANTINA: CHICAGO, IL
439 N. Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL
This isn’t your typical Taco Bell. This is the first “Taco Bell Cantina” location which features an urban restaurant design, open kitchen, custom menu with shareable appetizers and alcoholic beverages. Yes, you read that right. They serve beer, wine, sangria and twisted Freezes.
5. TACO BELL: GUATEMALA CITY, GUATEMALA
9a Calle 00-50, Zona 14 Guatemala City, Guatemala
This 6,415 square foot restaurant is the largest Taco Bell in the world. The historic building used to be a bank. Now, it’s shelling out tacos.
6. TACO BELL: SEOUL, KOREA
1F Meritz Insurance Tower, 11 Kookje Keumyung-ro 2-gil This Taco Bell is located in the “Wall Street of Korea”, inside a 30-story tall building called the Meritz Insurance Tower. Don’t worry, Taco Bell is on the first floor.
7. TACO BELL: LATHROP, CA
16905 S Harlan Rd, Lathrop, CA 95330 Get your ‘90s vibes on at this Taco Bell, situated a few hours outside San Francisco. So fresh.
8. TACO BELL: QUEZON CITY, PHILIPPINES
Gateway Mall, General Araneta Avenue, Quezon City, Philippines
This fancy Taco Bell has lounge seating, a bunch of outlets to charge phones or laptops and of course, free wifi. The perfect coffeehouse alternative.
9. TACO BELL: FORT WORTH, TX
1913 W Berry St, Fort Worth, TX This Texan Taco Bell took “everything’s bigger in Texas” to a whole new level. A second level. Peep those stacked stone accent archways.
10. TACO BELL: MADRID, SPAIN
Calle de la Princesa, 3 28008 Madrid, Spain Taco Bell Spain knows how to party. Apparently this restaurant sells more than a thousand tacos and beers every Tuesday.
11. TACO BELL: DOWNEY, CA
7112 Firestone Blvd, Downey, CA to 1 Glen Bell Way, Irvine, CA Throwing it back to 1962, where it all began. Shoutout to our founder Glen Bell, who sold the world’s first hard-shell tacos from a building the size of a two-car garage.
We had to relocate the building after 54 years to save it from demolition, but have big plans for it. Read all about that story here.
12. TACO BELL HEADQUARTERS: IRVINE, CA
1 Glen Bell Way, Irvine, CA Last but not least, here’s our Corporate Headquarters – where delicious creations like the Doritos Locos Tacos are born, where we see all your tweets from giant monitors and where we get to hang out with friends. And yes, there is a Taco Bell in our cafeteria.
Think your local Taco Bell should be on this list? Tweet us why @TacoBell and we can add it to our list.