{"id":395816,"date":"2026-07-12T18:23:11","date_gmt":"2026-07-12T18:23:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/395816\/"},"modified":"2026-07-12T18:23:11","modified_gmt":"2026-07-12T18:23:11","slug":"taco-bell-cantina-opens-at-arden-fair-mall-with-alcohol","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/395816\/","title":{"rendered":"Taco Bell Cantina opens at Arden Fair mall with alcohol"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Taco<\/p>\n

Taco Bell celebrated the grand opening of its new cantina location Saturday at Arden Fair mall.<\/p>\n

Corey Schmidt<\/p>\n

corey.schmidt@sacbee.com<\/p>\n

Customers at Arden Fair Mall may have noticed something out of the ordinary in the food court Saturday.<\/p>\n

Taco Bell brought in a photo backdrop, balloons and a disc jockey to celebrate the grand opening of its new cantina location. The new location will operate during the mall\u2019s standard hours \u2014 Monday through Saturday from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. and Sunday from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m.<\/p>\n

The new cantina location will serve alcohol, according to Taco Bell spokesperson Charla Roderick. The menu boasts alcoholic freeze drinks, including Mountain Dew Baja Blast and berry fros\u00e9 flavors.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have the traditional Taco Bell food, and then we elevate it with the Taco Bell Cantina and by adding alcohol,\u201d Roderick said.<\/p>\n

\"Taco Taco Bell brought in decorations, like a photo backdrop, to celebrate its grand opening Saturday at Arden Fair mall. Corey Schmidt corey.schmidt@sacbee.com <\/p>\n

Tap beer options include Coors Light, Modelo, Lagunitas, and the Taco Bell Cantina IPA, according to a bar menu. Cocktails include a mimosa, Baja Blast refresher, baja margarita, tequila sunrise, Bloody Mary and a lemon drop. Wine is also available.<\/p>\n

Customers can also upgrade from well alcohol to more premiere brands for $4. The updated options are Tito\u2019s for vodka, Patron for tequila and Bacardi for rum.<\/p>\n

There\u2019s also a special cantina food menu, including pizzas, rolled quesadillas, tacos and bowls, according to the menu. The two pizza options are chicken and veggie, both cost $7.89 and are below 550 calories.<\/p>\n

\"Charla Charla Roderick works with Taco Bell and is helping the new Arden Fair Mall location set up on Saturday. Corey Schmidt corey.schmidt@sacbee.com <\/p>\n

The new Arden Fair location has about 12 employees and six managers, Roderick said, saying additional staff from other stores helped with the grand opening.<\/p>\n

Saturday\u2019s grand opening marks the third Taco Bell Cantina to open in a mall, Roderick said, including a location at Westfield Oakridge Mall in San Jose.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur goal is to just elevate the mall experience,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

Alcohol is not allowed outside the food court, according to posted signage. The food court is on the second floor.<\/p>\n

There are at least 50 Taco Bell Cantina locations across the country, according to the company\u2019s website. Another cantina location is in downtown Sacramento at 900 K St.<\/p>\n

This story was originally published July 11, 2026 at 2:47 PM.<\/p>\n

Related Stories from Sacramento Bee<\/p>\n


\n \"Profile
\n <\/a><\/p>\n

Corey Schmidt<\/a><\/p>\n

The Sacramento Bee<\/p>\n

Corey Schmidt is a watchdog reporter for the Sacramento Bee, focusing on Folsom, El Dorado Hills and Sacramento County\u2019s eastern suburbs. Previously, he was the government watchdog reporter for the St. Cloud Times in Minnesota. Schmidt received his bachelor\u2019s degree from DePaul University in Chicago and his master\u2019s degree from Yale University.\u00a0\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Taco Bell celebrated the grand opening of its new cantina location Saturday at Arden Fair mall. Corey Schmidt…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":395817,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[121,123,122],"class_list":["post-395816","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sacramento","tag-sacramento","tag-sacramento-headlines","tag-sacramento-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/395816","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=395816"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/395816\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/395817"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=395816"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=395816"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=395816"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}