Raleigh’s Taco Bell Cantina on Hillsborough Street is ushering in a new era of fast food in the region, one where a cheesy gordita crunch finally gets the pairing it deserves, a Baja Blast Mountain Dew with tequila in it.
Yes, Raleigh is one of the very few cities in United States with a booze-serving Taco Bell Cantina, the giant chain’s new offshoot of restaurants marketed to urban eaters. There is no drive-through. There will be words like “shareable” and “small plates” right next to time-honored standbys like the Crunchwrap Supreme.