Taco Bell Potato lovers were furious when Taco Bell cut the menu items in 2020. A Taco Bell exec she heard from "everybody in the entire country" complaining about the change. Taco Bell is bringing potatoes back to the menu. On Thursday, March 11, Taco Bell will once again serve the Cheesy Fiesta Potatoes and the Spicy Potato Soft Taco, the chain announced. The potato-centric menu items were slashed from the menu in August, sparking backlash against Taco Bell's menu simplification efforts during the pandemic. "We definitely heard from our consumers — because they love our potatoes," Taco Bell's global chief food innovation officer Liz Matthews told Insider in an interview in January.