The restaurant is the first existing Taco Bell unit to be remodeled as a free-standing cantina restaurant. The cantina concept is part of Taco Bell’s strategy to change the look of its next generation of stores.

The coastal cantina restaurant features all the bells and whistles of a modern Taco Bell, including self-serve kiosks, shown. Taco Bell has quietly installed kiosks in about 4,000 restaurants in the U.S. The chain has about 6,600 U.S. locations. The national rollout of kiosks will be complete by the end of 2019.

Taco Bell Cantina diners can sit on the patio overlooking the Pacific Ocean.  The cantina design embraces the surrounding community with unique decor, furniture and food.  “These signature restaurant locations reflect what’s to come from the brand that defined a true social dining experience,” Taco Bell said.

The cantina concepts often sell alcoholic drinks such as Twisted Freezes (spiked slushy drinks) and local craft beer.

Taco Bell plans to open 1,000 new domestic restaurants by 2022. Of those, 300 will be either urban or cantina formats. Many cantina restaurants are in high-density cities with lots of foot traffic such as Las Vegas, Chicago, San Francisco and New York City.