W. David Keith has never met a Taco he didn't like. He believes his hometown of Kansas City is one of the most under rated, underappreciated Taco Towns in the USA. TACO THE TOWN is a safe place where taco lovers can talk about loving tacos. A judgment free zone. On every episode of TACO THE TOWN Dave will be joined by a guest who will share with him their favorite local taco eatery. They'll share some stories, share some laughs and most importantly...share some tacos! Welcome to TACO THE TOWN!
Episodes
Tuesday Aug 25, 2020
Tuesday Aug 25, 2020
TORCHY'S TACOS has arrived in KC so you know we had to give it the TACO THE TOWN treatment! Just in time for Taco Week! This week Dave is joined by 2 guests with strong taco-pinions, Attorney and Queso Enthusiast CARLY DUVALL and K-State All American/NFL Lineman/Super Bowl Champ/Food Lover & Texas Native NICK LECKEY! We break it all down this week with taco takes such as: HOW DO YOU CHOP YOUR CILANTRO? TACO SPOTS IN TEXAS! A STICK OF BUTTER IN YOUR SALSA? WHAT DO YOU LOOK FOR IN A TORTILLA CHIP? And we attempt to answer the question: WHAT MAKES A TACO A TACO? (Hint: It's all in the way you tilt your head!!) We get real 1990s Nostalgic this week and wax poetic on WARD PARKWAY MALL! SEXY DISNEY MOVIE SECRETS! PIZZA HUT'S BOOK IT Promotion! Also Carly breaks down the Famous Quest at Torchy's! In the TACO TICKER, we taco 'bout the Wife who doesn't like her Husband's Taco Bell themed office! In CHEESY GORDITA CRIME, we tell the tale of the Man who was assaulted by a Woman and a syringe in a Taco Bell Drive Thru! Nick also reveals a childhood prank involving a Dead Coyote and a Taco Bell Drive Thru! ALL THIS AND GUAC TALK! KC FASHION! WHATTABURGER! And who has the best Margarita in KC?! T3 AND TORCHYS! HANGING OUT AT A MALL, TILTING OUR HEADS AND EATING TASTY TACOS! THE WAY THE GOOD TACO LORDS INTENDED! Editor: Matt Allen. Music: SUNEATERS courtesy of LOTUSPOOL RECORDS.
Tuesday Aug 18, 2020
Tuesday Aug 18, 2020
We're kicking it at the new Taco Destination FENIX inside the shiny new STRANG HALL Food Hall in Downtown Overland Park on this week's T3! Dave is joined by Former Power Lifter/Child Ballet Dancer & Current Actress EMILY GAMBLE and Professional DJ & Ambassador to All-Things Ohio, STANN TATE! We get into a little bit of everything on this week's show! LIKE: Planning a Space X Taco Trip! Cleveland and Chicago Tacos! Cleaning Pennies with Taco Bell taco sauce! Dave drops some Overland Park & James Naismith knowledge! Taco Mask Holes! And Taco Mask Innovations! Emily tells us about Primal Screaming and the Akron Sauerkraut Ball Factory! We taco 'bout cycling around KC, Jackfruit, The Best Song to get everyone on the Dance Floor and Social Distance Dance Parties in the time of Covid! In the TACO TICKER, we discuss the California Taco Bell that is seeking coins from its customers, the California taco stand that shut down due to A-Hole customers not wearing masks! And in CHEESY GORDITA CRIME, we learn about the Florida Man who brought a World War 2 Grenade that he just caught in the ocean to a Taco Bell! In TOWN OF THE TACO, we taco' bout Colleges around KC and The Best Concert our guests ever attended in KC History! (Remember Concerts?!) ALL THIS AND: Elote!! Salt Licks on Bikes! Is There an Animal Sidekick You'd Like to Eat Tacos with? What's Your Taco Safe Word? AND DON'T MISS EMILY'S TACO THE TOWN UKULELE DITTY PERFORMANCE! Join us for a comprehensive breakdown of Fenix Chef Brett DeHart's taste sensations, won't you? EDITED BY MATT ALLEN. MUSIC BY SUNEATERS.
Monday Aug 10, 2020
Monday Aug 10, 2020
This week we hit the hot taco streets of Waldo and review SOUTH OF SUMMIT, one of the newest Taco Spots in the City of Tacos with our special taco reviewer guests DAISHA JONES (41 Action News, One Tank Trips) and JON STEPHENS (PortKC)! We tackle a LOT of Taco Topics this week like: DEL TACO MEMORIES! Riverfront Taco Developments!! ARIZONA TACOS! TEX MEX! HOW MANY TACOS COULD PATRICK MAHOMES BUY WITH HIS NEW CONTRACT? Daisha tells us about her least favorite KC Street Name and also tells us about her fear of BIRDS and SWIMMING WITH SHARKS on her segment ONE TANK TRIPS! (Do Branson Sharks Wear Little Hats?) In the TACO TICKER we tackle the TACO BELL MENU APOCALYPSE! CHIPOTLE SAYS 'NO' TO BREAKFAST! TACO CHARLTON: THE BEST NAME FOR A CHIEF EVER! And in CHEESY GORDITA CRIME, we taco 'bout the Taco Bell manager who attacked a customer with a Machete! In TOWN OF THE TACO, we discuss our favorite KC Neighborhoods, If KC Ever Does THIS I'm Moving and our favorite KC News Personality! ALL THIS AND: Cheese Curd Tacos!! GOOD REVIEWS IN A FUNNY VOICE! And Dave asks the question we've all been wondering: "DOES IOWA THINK OF ITSELF AS MISSOURI'S HAT?" EATING TACOS IN THE HUMID KC SUMMER! (Luckily it's a DRY Taco Heat!) Editor: MATT ALLEN. Music: SUNEATERS, courtesy of LOTUSPOOL RECORDS!
Monday Jul 27, 2020
Monday Jul 27, 2020
We're back from quarantine checking out some socially distant yet tasty tacos at Strawberry Hill's COLONIAL CLUB, Now THE EASY INN in Kansas City, Kansas with REBEKAH BAUGHMAN from VISIT KCK & KC Beer/Hot Sauce Enthusiast and Accidental NFL Insider KATIE CAMLIN (Plaza Liquor)! On Wednesday Nights, Colonial Club is a Pizza Party in Front and Taco Party in the back with their 5 for $5 deal (Three Tacos, A Shot and A Beer)! Rebekah gives us her list of all the KCK Hotspots (and Hot Sauce)! We also taco 'bout all the Magical & Mysterious Basements that KCK has to offer! Katie tells how she scooped every sports reporter in the USA by breaking the PATRICK MAHOMES Contract Signing! We also get into our QUARANTINE DREAMS! In the TACO TICKER we discuss Taco Bell's Free Taco Giveaways during the pandemic, TORCHY'S TACOS opening in KC and RV's getting stuck in Taco Bell Drive Thrus! In TOWN OF THE TACO we run down the WORST KC TRENDS and Best KC Hole-In-The-Walls! We also sample some local KC Hot Sauces and Katie gives us some beer recommendations! It's hard to eat a taco from 6 Feet Away but we give it a go this week on T3!! Editor: MATT ALLEN. Music: SUNEATERS.
Tuesday May 05, 2020
Tuesday May 05, 2020
WE'RE BACK!! In Episode 1 of Season 2 of T3, prior to COVID-19 restrictions, we hit the Taco-opolis of Lawrence, Kansas and taste tested the tasty tacos at one of the newest taco joints in the area, TA CO!!
We are joined by our special guests THE BILLEN BROS (DAN & SAM) from PRIMARY COLOR MUSIC and we reminisce about their days growing up eating Greasy Mom Tacos in Oklahoma and Sam tells us the secret to making great Jorts! We're also joined by TA CO's Chef JAY DRASKOVICH & GM KRISTY LOPEZ! In the TACO TICKER, we discuss the new Torchy's coming to KC and Lawrence as well as THE AGE OF THE LARGE TACOS! In the new CHEESY GORDITA CRIME segment, we taco 'bout a man who broke into a Taco Bell, made some food and took a nap! This episode is CHOCK FULL! We also review MARGARITAS, FLAMING SAUCES, FRIED ICE CREAM, MUSSELS and inspect the HUGE KING KONG TACO! ALSO: Dave tells us what he's been up to over his hiatus, BASEMENT BATS, CILANTRO SANDWICHES and WILD CARD TACO QUESTIONS!!
MUSIC by SUNEATERS courtesy of LOTUSPOOL RECORDS. Engineered by MATT ALLEN.
Tuesday Nov 12, 2019
Tuesday Nov 12, 2019
It's our 100th EPISODE and SEASON 1 FINALE! To celebrate we are hopping on a TACO PARTY BUS for an EPIC KC TACO CRAWL driving around to some of the amazing taco spots Dave and T3 have reviewed over the past 100 Episodes! We pack the Party Express with some TACO THE TOWN ALL STARS and we even have some taco-rrific Musical Performances by CHRIS CARDWELL, TIL WILLIS & SUNEATERS!
We'll check the TACO TICKER and taco 'bout a woman who was arrested for stealing a Chalupa and Taco Bell Cantina Locations offering Fake Liquor! We'll also check in with JOLIE JUSTUS and she'll tell us exactly how her TACO THE TOWN appearance changed her life forever! We'll make stops at MISSION TACO JOINT-SOUTH PLAZA, IN-A-TUB TACOS Up North, BONITO MICHOACAN in KCK, EL CAMINO REAL in KCK, TIKI TACO on 39th Street, LA FONDA EL TAQUITO on the Boulevard and TEOCALI in Midtown! We'll also read some BAD REVIEWS IN FUNNY VOICES of Famous KC Area Attractions! ALSO: We play the TOPICALLY TACO TOPPINGS Game!! Don't miss Kyle's traumatic childhood Piñata story!! And we answer some BURNING TACO QUESTIONS that we've debated over and over the past 100 Episodes!! We'll share some stories, share some laughs but most importantly SHARE SOME TACOS!! AND DON'T MISS THE BIG SEASON 1 CLIFFHANGER!!!
Edited by MATT ALLEN, Music by SUNEATERS, courtesy of LOTUSPOOL RECORDS.
Tuesday Nov 05, 2019
Tuesday Nov 05, 2019
The Peanut has TACOS?!! YES THEY DO! And we're gonna eat 'em!! That's right we're reviewing KC'S OLDEST BAR THE PEANUT'S Tacos AND World Famous Chicken Wings and B.L.T. this week on T3 with special Taco Reviewer Guests all the way from Minnesota: Stand Up Comic and Podcast Host HESSLEY REY (Basement Appeal Podcast) and Champion Dirt Track Race Driver TRAVIS BUDISALOVICH! We're also joined this week by Executive Producer CHRIS GARIBALDI and we preview our special 100th Episode of T3 Next Week!
We talk TRUE CRIME and TACOS! Is Murder-by-Taco the Perfect Crime? We also get into the Minnesota Taco Scene and the wacky Minnesota Food Scene in general! (JUICY LUCY'S AND LUTEFISK!!) We also taco 'bout Minneapolis Hot Spots and the KC Buffalo Wing Scene! In The TACO TICKER, we think of ways to revamp the TACO BELL STEAL A BASE, STEAL A TACO Promotion! And we touch upon CHIPOTLE's DRESS LIKE A BURRITO FOR HALLOWEEN promotion! (Would a sleeping bag work?) ALSO: We talk Chiefs Vs. Vikings!! Chris G. tells us about buying Jagerbombs for Bros! And in TOWN OF THE TACO, we answer the question'KC NEEDS A (BLANK)' and 'PLACES IN KC I'LL NEVER EAT AGAIN!' ALSO: Chris G. gets the Chicken Wing Sweats!!
Editor: MATT ALLEN. Music by SUNEATERS Courtesy of LOTUSPOOL RECORDS.
Wednesday Oct 30, 2019
Wednesday Oct 30, 2019
HALLOWEEN IS HERE! And this week we're reviewing the tasty tacos at FRIC & FRAC on 39th Street (HOME OF TACO SATURDAYS SINCE 1979!) with special spooky guests ADRIAN TORRES (Horrorversary Podcast Host, Alamo Drafthouse's TERROR TUESDAY Host, Boom Howdy Network) and NAT BLUHM (Artist/Designer with HighHeart Creative)! Dave is also joined this week by special co-host Executive Producer CHRIS GARIBALDI who tells the gang about his intense Fear of Dolls!
This week we also break down a big list of our FAVORITE HORROR FILMS to watch on Halloween Night as well as a big list of the real life HAUNTED LOCATIONS in KC! Haunted Hotels. Spooky Mansions and Gateways to Hell! OH MY! We also touch upon the Haunted House Attractions in the West Bottoms!! In the TACO TICKER we taco 'bout TACO BELL'S HALLOWEEN FASHIONS available on their website and we also taco 'bout a HAUNTED TACO SHOP in Arcadia, California! ALSO: Nat asks Dave: "If you were a cannibal what kind of Body part taco would You Eat?" & Adrian asks Dave a very disturbing TACO TO ME Question for the ages! If we are all destined to re-live our lives in the Afterlife, Will Dave be eating ghost tacos for all of eternity?! Doesn't sound half bad! HALLOWEEN & TACOS!!! IT DON'T GET MUCH BETTER THAN THIS!
Edited by MATT ALLEN. Music by SUNEATERS courtesy of LOTUSPOOL RECORDS."
Wednesday Oct 23, 2019
Wednesday Oct 23, 2019
Fox 4 Morning Show Traffic Anchor/Reporter KERRI STOWELL joins us this week on T3 as we review the tasty tacos in Martini Corner at SOL CANTINA! We taco 'bout KC Traffic, Fox 4's 70th Birthday Celebration, UMKC Football and how Kerri once scared away American Idol Winner David Cook! Kerri shares with us her best KC Traffic Tips, Her Favorite KC Street Names and HOW TO AVOID TACO TUESDAY BACK UPS ON SOUTHWEST BOULEVARD! We cover a lot this week! Everything from Martini Corner Hot Spots, Traffic Reporter Beefs (Could Kerri take Johnny Rowlands in a street brawl?), The Old Rock-a-Fire Explosion Bar and French Dip Sandwiches!
In the TACO TICKER, we tackle the news that TORCHY'S TACOS is coming to KC, Taco Bell Meat Re-Called due to Metal Shavings and METH-LACED BEAN DIP! In TOWN OF THE TACO, we talk Potholes, Bird Scooter Accidents, OAK GROVE HISTORY, Our Favorite KC Sports Memory and FOOTBALL SHAPED CHIMICHANGAS! We also play a new game: THE TACO WORD ASSOCIATION GAME! Also: Kerri goes for perfect YAY Score in the Speed Round! Ever wonder what kind of taco the Fox 4 Morning Crew likes? We answer all the burning Fox 4 Morning Show Questions this week on T3!!
Editor: MATT ALLEN. Music by: SUNEATERS, courtesy of LOTUSPOOL RECORDS.
Tuesday Oct 15, 2019
Tuesday Oct 15, 2019
It's been two years since TACO THE TOWN started our quest to EAT EVERY TACO IN THE TOWN of KANSAS CITY (and Beyond!)
This week we take a look back at all the highlights, lowlights and tear-jerking emotional Taco Moments from YEAR 2 OF T3!!
This one has taco-rrific Taco Ticker News stories, Bad Reviews In A Funny Voice, Taco To Me Taco Questions and many tantalizing taco tales we enjoyed with our special taco reviewer guest stars and MUCH MORE! Also Don't miss some of our top singing moments from the past year! What can we say, TACOS MAKE US SING!! Like it says on Dave's lower back tatt: Tacos4Lyfe!!
Edited by Matt Allen. Music by SUNEATERS."