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UPDATE: September 15th, 10:42 p.m.
While Taco Bell's first-ever booze-serving location is set to celebrate its grand opening on Sept. 22nd, according to USA Today, it turns out lucky customers may be able to enjoy their Doritos Locos taco with a side of beer even sooner. The restaurant, located in Chicago's Wicker Park neighborhood, is warming up for its official unveiling next week with a soft open today only. Chicagoans, we just made your lunch plans.
ORIGINAL POST: August 3rd, 1:05 p.m.
Earlier this year, Taco Bell announced it would be opening a location in Chicago's trendy Wicker Park neighborhood that would feature a healthy menu of booze. Now, we've learned that the location will also employ a real, living bouncer to keep an eye on all the high school kids with fake IDs getting turnt off rum slushies and quesaritos.
The new location, which will be located at 1439 N. Milwaukee Ave. andwill be outfitted with hip, modern, millennial-approved features like exposed brick, hardwood floors, and local art, is an attempt by Taco Bell to class up its brand. (To Chipotle itself, if you will.) The chain has already opened similarly "upscale" locations in the U.K., Tokyo, and Seoul, Korea. Next comes the U.S., where patrons will be able to order wine, beer, and frozen cocktails. Food will not be wrapped in paper and thrown into a greasy sack, but served in open baskets for your dine-in convenience. Fast casual, now with casual adult beverages—like "Twisted Freezes," which the company has described as "Frozen Beverages featuring Vodka, Tequila, or Rum."
The location is set to open sometime in this month. Last call for booze will come at midnight, but the grill stays hot until 2 a.m. To whomever lands the coveted bouncer gig, we wish you the best, sir.
[H/T: Complex
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