By Andrea Hargraves 
Porto, January 24, 2017: In the noble Clérigos area, a restaurant space for the North American Steak'n Shake chain has been opened, with an investment of more than one million euros by Premium Burger – Restaurantes, the company name of a company made up of four Portuguese who were left with the exclusive rights to the chain in Portugal.
The Steak'n Shake Porto building has become an icon of the city because it houses, up until then, the largest public work by artist Jorna Vasconcelos: a mural measuring nearly 20 metres in length, comprising eight thousand hand-painted tiles, covering the facade of the property.
June 2023: Media reported that the owners of the Premium Burger restaurant had abandoned the four Steak'n Shake restaurants in our country, located in Porto, Braga, Almada and Montejo, with workers complaining that they could not even contact the restaurant's managing partner. company.
August 9, 2024: Ibersol, which manages restaurant spaces for brands such as KFC, Burger King or Pizza Hut, opens the first street restaurant in Portugal for Taco Bell, a Nordic brand, in the former Steak'n Shake do Porto space. Mexican-American food also owned by you in our country.
“This new Taco Bell restaurant has been thought out in detail, taking advantage of the exclusive location, occupying a two-floor space, with a total of 90 seats and a terrace, allowing access from Praça Guilherme Gomes Fernandes and Rua Sá de Noronha,” highlights the Ebersol company in a statement.
With this opening, the Ebersol Group now operates a total of 24 Taco Bell restaurants in Portugal: eight in Greater Lisbon, six in Greater Porto, three in the Algarve, two in Braga, and also has a restaurant in each of these cities – Vila Real, Aveiro, Coimbra, Funchal and Ponta Delgada.
“The opening of the first Taco Bell street restaurant in our country is a clear sign of the brand’s great acceptance by the Portuguese,” says João Falcão, Marketing Director of the Ibersol Group.
With a “California vibe,” Taco Bell's offering is inspired by Mexican food, with no shortage of tacos, burritos, quesadillas or crispy wraps.
With 7,200 restaurants in the United States and more than 1,100 restaurants in more than 30 other countries, Taco Bell is owned by North American Yum! Brands, the owner of other restaurant brands such as Pizza Hut or KFC.