With over 6,000 locations globally, stoners with the munchies can “make a run for the border” in 26 different countries. There’s probably a Taco Bell next door right now. Just look out the window. See? There it is. But that’s probably just another garden variety, run of the mill, “nothing to see here, folks” Taco Bell, the kind that occupy food courts and strip malls everywhere. Just another place to get a burrito and try to beat the counter top coin game. Ho hum.
But is there something greater awaiting the Taco Bell loyalist, located somewhere just beyond the horizon? Are there, in fact, inspirational or even aspirational Taco Bells in this world? Yes, it turns out. A thousand times yes. Or, at least, 12 times yes. The fast food chain has prepared a BuzzFeed-esque guide to what it calls “12 Beautiful Taco Bells You Never Knew Existed.” From a two-story Taco Bell in Tokyo with its own anthropomorphic “Mr. Taco” mascot to a full-fledged, alcohol-serving Taco Bell Cantina in Chicago, these are some truly uppity fast food joints.