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 Sep 10, 2019
Tuesday Sep 10, 2019
We're back on the Westside eating tasty tacos at LOS ALAMOS MARKET Y COCINA with Food Blogger/Taco Enthusiast and Nacho Connoisseur, CYNTHIA MALONE and Kansas City TV and Radio Personality, RANDY MASON! Cynthia gives us her list of the TOP NACHO SPOTS IN TOWN and even gives us her secret to making amazing Nachos at Home! We even delve into the ORIGIN OF NACHOS! Randy remembers some taco related and non-taco related stops from his days traveling the back roads of America on his show, Rare Visions & Roadside Revelations, including a taco shop/car wash and a place in Paris, Texas that had a tortilla chip cannon!
Also Randy tells us about the GARDEN OF EDEN in Lucas, KS and takes a stance on Anti-Nacho Glop/Goo on tacos! We also get into Fish Tacos, Controversial Taco Opinions and Cynthia tells us of her youth growing up inside a TACO JOHN'S! In the TACO TICKER, we taco 'bout LeBron James' attempt to trademark the term 'TACO TUESDAY' and TACO BELL dropping nine items from it's menu!
In TOWN OF THE TACO, we talk about our Favorite KC Celebrity Interactions! And our favorite KC Landmarks! ALL THIS AND: Our Thoughts on Quesadillas! CYNTHIA'S HISTORY OF THE TACO! WHAT IS THE CORRECT WAY TO SAY 'TACO BELL'?! Warm Taco Tico Memories! AND THE LETTUCE-ON- TACOS DEBATE CONTINUES! So much taco knowledge is dropped in this episode you're gonna need a tortilla chip cannon to blast your way out of the falling taco tidbits!!
ENGINEER: Matt Allen. MUSIC: Suneaters, Courtesy of LOTUSPOOL RECORDS.
Wednesday Sep 04, 2019
Wednesday Sep 04, 2019
BAYLEIGH DAYTON and CHRIS "SWAGGY C" WILLIAMS from BIG BROTHER SEASON 20 join us at the Downtown Lee's Summit Taco Destination FRANKIE FARELANES! Bayleigh and Swaggy C talk about falling in love on a reality show and other Behind-The-Scenes tales from last year's BIG BROTHER Season 20! They also talk about their recent appearance on LOVE ISLAND and their future possible Reality Show plans in LA! Swaggy C shares a traumatizing Connecticut Taco Experience as a child that has shaped his view of tacos for his entire life!
In the TACO TICKER, We read a report on the recent TACO BELL RESORT in Palm Springs! Was it a Hit or a Miss? And we also taco 'bout MOCK-A-MOLE (Fake Guacamole!!) In TOWN OF THE TACO, We discuss KC HOLE-IN-THE-WALLS and ask the question 'WHAT'S ON YOUR KC POSTCARD?' PLUS: Ketchup on RICE?! And we get Bayleigh and Swaggy's Review of the Popeye's Chicken Sandwich! Join us this week at FRANKIE FARELANES! With a taco on the menu named the TRASH PANDA you can't go wrong!!
Edited by MATT ALLEN. Music by SUNEATERS, courtesy of LOTUSPOOL RECORDS.
Wednesday Aug 28, 2019
Wednesday Aug 28, 2019
This week Actress/Singer LAUREN BRATON brings T3 to BARRIGAS, her favorite KC Taco spot in her hometown Greenwood, Missouri! Lauren tells us about Greenwood's colorful past and present and she also tells Dave how she and her pups celebrated International Dog Day! Dave and Lauren also reminisce about Annie Santa Fe's on the Plaza! Indoor Shopping Malls of KC's Past! And Lauren tells us about being an amateur Weather Spotter and Storm Chaser! We also touch upon the Chiefs lookout this upcoming season and why Taco John's is the best post-Chiefs Game Loss Food!
ALSO: We dissect Patrick Mahomes' Acting Style! OTHER TACO TOPICS DISCUSSED THIS EPISODE: Soggy Tortillas!! PRINCE COVER BANDS! MISUNDERSTOOD SONG LYRICS! THANKSGIVING DAY PARADE STORIES! And we play THE KC JINGLE GAME! In the TACO TICKER: We discuss the Man who died in a Taco Eating Contest, The Man whose life was saved by his Dog Taco and the TACO BELL BACK-TO-SCHOOL Clothing Line and Sunglasses Line! AND TACO BELL EYE EXAMS? In TOWN OF THE TACO, We answer the question: "If KC Ever Does THIS I'm moving!" And IS KC A GOOD SANDWICH TOWN? AND DON'T MISS Lauren's Anti-Robot Rant! And Dave and Lauren discuss SMALL WONDER, The Best Robot TV Show ever? ALL THIS and we remember our favorite VMA Performances of the past! Come on out to Barrigas in Greenwood where the tacos are tasty and the squirrels will eat the cilantro right out of your garden!
Engineer: MATT ALLEN. Music by SUNEATERS, Courtesy of LOTUSPOOL RECORDS
Thursday Aug 22, 2019
Thursday Aug 22, 2019
We celebrate 50 Years of TACO JOHN'S this week on T3 w/ special taco reviewer guests, The Weatherford Brothers, Steve and Mike!
T3 does our part to help Taco John's break the world taco record of selling and eating 500,000 69 Cent Tacos in One Day! We run down the history of Taco John's West-Mex Tacos and also their claims to be the originators of the phrase TACO TUESDAY! We go over a list of TACO JOHN'S Mascots throughout the years and also run down a list of other events celebrating their 50th Birthday in 2019! Oh! And we munch on some tasty tacos and Potato Ole's as well!
Also, Dave and Steve reminisce on their days in Middle School as Comedy Rivals (Where an over-sized sombrero factors in heavily)! We talk COUNTY FAIRS! SUMMER VACATIONS! What we think of the new Fancy Quick Trips! And Steve tells us about working for 1970's-80s Superstar Willie Aames! We also do a tribute to the Dad from ALF! In the TACO TICKER Dave tells the tale of a Taco Bell employee who was fired for cleaning the restaurant! And we taco 'bout DEL TACO: Coming Soon to Tulsa! ALL THIS AND: Dave breaks out his latest invention: THE RANDOM QUESTION GENERATOR! TACO 'BOUT A GREAT EPISODE OF TACO THE TOWN!!! HAPPY 50th BIRTHDAY TACO JOHN'S!!
Music By SUNEATERS courtesy of Lotuspool Records. Edited by MATT ALLEN."
Wednesday Aug 14, 2019
Wednesday Aug 14, 2019
We head to the Lake this week on T3...(Lake Lotawana, that is)...and we review one of KC's Newest and Coolest Taco spots, TIPSY TACO!! We're joined by Taco Party Captain and Anti-Lettuce-On-Taco Activist MEGAN "MEGGO" WERNER and KC Actor BRETT ALEXANDER as well as Tipsy Taco Head Chef TYLER HOUGHTON as we taste test almost all of the tasty and tipsy tacos on the Tipsy Taco menu!
Brett talks about being recognized around town as the 'Guy from the Boulevard Beer' commercials as well as reading his children taco themed children's books! Megan observes Dave's Taco Eating Style! We talk Lake Lotawana History, KC Lakes and Disney Princesses/KC Lake Princesses! In the TACO TICKER, We discuss Kangaroo Tacos in Kentucky! Taco John's 50th Birthday Celebration with 69 cent tacos! And The Saga of the Doorknob Nachos! In TOWN OF THE TACO we discuss KC Conundrums and Casinos! ALSO DON'T MISS: Mac N' Cheese Tacos: YAY OR NAY?! RUNZA: Nebraska and Russia's Favorite Fast Food Chain! BRETT OVERCOMES HIS FEAR OF TUNA TACOS! ALL OF THIS AND Megan tells us about the time she attended a Tequila Festival in Tequila, Mexico and woke up falling out of a Lime Tree!! PULL UP YOUR JET SKI OR PONTOON BOAT AND TAKE A LISTEN 'CUZ AT TIPSY TACO THEY WON'T LET THE FUN END!
Edited by Matt Allen. Music by SUNEATERS courtesy of Lotuspool Records.
Wednesday Aug 07, 2019
Wednesday Aug 07, 2019
This week T3 checks out the tasty tacos at Coco Bolos Wood-Fired Grill and Cantina in the Prairie Fire Development in Overland Park with our special guest taco reviewers SHELBI NEEL (Riverside Chamber of Commerce) and LAUREN CALDWELL (ShowMeYourKC.Com)! We taco 'bout Taco Insurance! Eating Burritos in bathtubs! And how tacos are the perfect pre-Race Meal!
We also touch upon: WHITE CLAW! WHAT DOES COCO BOLOS MEAN? And ARE TACOS A GOOD FIRST DATE FOOD? In the Taco Ticker we discuss 3 NEW KC TACO PLACES That opened up this summer! NATIONAL AVOCADO DAY! The End of the Taco Bell Tortilla Shortage! And Dave laments the loss of the Meximelt at Taco Bell! In TOWN OF THE TACO, we talk KC CONCERTS! And KC SECRETS! Also don't miss Lauren discussing growing up in a non-taco-eating home! And our ideas for a KC TACO MUSEUM! This episode has it all! JUST DON'T FORGET TO ASK FOR THE SALSA!
Edited by MATT ALLEN. Music by SUNEATERS.
Tuesday Jul 30, 2019
Tuesday Jul 30, 2019
We're talkin' tacos and summer movies with Screenwriter and Co-chairman of Cinema KC JERRY RAPP and Filmmaker and Fox 4 Movie Critic SHAWN EDWARDS this week on T3 as we review their favorite neighborhood Taco spot TEOCALI! Jerry and Shawn breakdown what makes Teocali their favorite KC Taco Joint as well as dive into the Summer Movie slate!
Dave also asks his guests their Most Overrated and Most Underrated Films of All Time! Jerry tells us a story about working with Nick Cage! And Shawn agrees with Dave on KC being the best taco city in the nation! We also delve into the question: What movie could have been made better with the inclusion of tacos? And why are tacos so under represented in film? In the TACO TICKER we taco 'bout Long John Silvers getting into the Taco scene and Jack-In-The-Box's new Tiny Taco Box! In TOWN OF THE TACO we ask "What fast food chain would you like to see come to KC?" and we talk Museums and Stuff! ALSO: DID PIRATES EAT TACOS? DOES NICK CAGE EAT TACOS?! WE COVER IT ALL ON THIS WEEK'S EXCITING SUMMER BLOCKBUSTER EDITION OF T3!!
EDITED BY MATT ALLEN.
Tuesday Jul 23, 2019
Tuesday Jul 23, 2019
T3's Summer Taco Tour Across America continues this week as we hit the City of Big TACO Shoulders! The Windy TACO City! The City by the TACO Lake! MY KIND OF TACO TOWN...CHICAGO, ILLINOIS! Dave and Executive Producer Chris Garibaldi are joined by Chicago Residents Musician MATT NALBACH (Woodland Creatures, TOURS) and DR. SARAH HOLLOWAY (Woodland Creatures) and together we review the tasty tacos at ZACATACOS (with 5 Chicagoland Locations!)
Matt and Chris reminisce about their early days of friendship in Chicago eating Taco Bell and all their great and terrible former band names! We also settle the argument on what kind of food town Chicago truly is! HOT DOGS? PIZZA? BURRITOS? TACOS? OR ITALIAN BEEFS? Chris and Matt discuss going to the same Chicago High School as David Hasselhoff! Chris talks about the time he watched his real Dad Steve McQueen film a movie in Chicago and we taco 'bout other Chi-Town Movie Filming Stories! We talk TASTE OF CHICAGO and NATIONAL HOT DOG DAY!
In the TACO TICKER we taco 'bout Chicago's Alligator-On-The-Loose CHANCE THE SNAPPER and how many Tacos an alligator could eat! Also we remember the Cubs Good Luck Taco Bell in Wrigleyville (RIP!) We also touch upon the McDonald's in the UK serving a Kansas City Stack Burger and do some bad British Accents! We play 'HUZZAH or HARUMPH' and Matt & Sarah tell us about their many exotic travel/food tales! ALSO: Chris G. tells us about the new Suneaters album available FRIDAY JULY 26th and we play a song from the album! ON THE ROAD TASTE TESTING TASTY TACOS IN OTHER TASTY TACO TIME ZONES!! Wait, Chicago is in the Central Time Zone, too? Never mind!!
EDITED BY MATT ALLEN
Tuesday Jul 16, 2019
Tuesday Jul 16, 2019
This week we're ON LOCATION at the 1st Inaugural KC TACOFEST in the KC Crossroads tasting all sorts of tacos and salsas and tequilas with former T3 guests and First Time T3 Guests! Dave is joined by Engineer MATT ALLEN, Former T3 Guest EMILY KEIZER, Former T3 Guest JESSI BURKETTE, CHRISTIE COURVILLE (actress, model), KEVIN SCHMIT (Chicago Sports Journalist/Podcaster) and Executive Producer CHRIS GARIBALDI!
Don't miss Dave discussing eating his first INSECT TACO!! Emily does the TACO GAUNTLET! In the TACO TICKER we discuss THE TORTILLAPOCALYPSE (Taco Bell and Chipotle running out of Tortillas!) and the recent Pig Intestine Truck Crash on the KC Highway! Where were those Pig Intestines Headed? ALSO: Is a Gyro a TACO?! And: HOW DO YOU HOLD YOUR HOT DOG and TACO? We also taco 'bout BURGER KING Selling $1 Tacos! Jessi takes on the TEQUILA TASTING CHALLENGE! And we run down a list of other Fun Food Festivals! MONKEY BUFFET FESTIVAL ANYONE? Kevin Schmidt, Chicago Sports Podcaster, tells us about Chicago Tacos! Bubba Starling's MLB Debut with the Royals! And Chris and Kevin breakdown their recent visit to the Evel Knievel Museum in Topeka! We also taco 'bout the Jalapeño Eating Contest and if Competitive Eating can really be called a sport! AND: What is a Walking Taco and what is a Frito Pie? Can a Walking Taco have Fritos in it? And what's up with Chicago Pizza? We also check the KC CUP and do some KC Talk! What a wonderful hot and steamy day at KC TACOFEST! Take me back to this place of dreams where wonders never cease!!!
Edited by MATT ALLEN."
Tuesday Jul 09, 2019
Tuesday Jul 09, 2019
We're traversing the Taco Time Zones once again this summer taste testing tasty tacos in other great Taco Towns!! This week we're in LOS ANGELES reviewing the taco-rrific tacos at SALAZAR in Frogtown with old friend, T3 Superfan and LA Native ARTEMUS ARMAS and LA resident/Actor/Writer/Host of Bigfoot Collectors Club Podcast MICHAEL McMILLIAN! We're also joined by Executive Producer CHRIS GARIBALDI who takes a walk down memory lane with his college buddy ART and we find out about their adventures jumping on cars and smashing chairs in Columbia, Missouri and how Art got his Nickname!
Michael, Dave, Art, and Chris remember filming the movie THE TROUBLE WITH AIRBAGS in Columbia back in 1997! Art and Michael give us a list of their favorite LA Taco Spots! Michael gives us a taco history lesson! Art talks about tacos in QATAR and growing up in LA! In the TACO TICKER we taco 'bout JOE BIDEN's LA TACO TRIP! And the TACO BELL HOTEL in Palm Springs selling out reservations in 2 Minutes!
OTHER TACO TOPICS COVERED: MENUDO! Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge Tacos! Taco Brawls in Elysian Park! Turtle Tacos! Leaf and worm Tacos! MRE TACOS! CRICKET TACOS! And Chris G. tells us about his love for that one Ricky Martin Song! Just a beautiful Saturday eating tacos under palm trees in LA! The way Robert Palmer would have wanted it!
Edited by MATT ALLEN.
This episode of TACO THE TOWN is sponsored by TWISTED FRESH!