Taco the Town

BEST OF TACO THE TOWN: RIDING THE TACO TRAIN DOWN MAIN! KC STREETCAR TACOS! (w/ Donna Mandelbaum, Steph Shannon & Nicole Springer)

Another BEST OF TACO THE TOWN Episode coming your way today in honor of T3 celebrating 6 YEARS this OCTOBER! This episode was a special one! Dave commandeered the KC Streetcar back in June 2021 with his guests DONNA MANDELBAUM, STEPH SHANNON & NICOLE SPRINGER! We taste tested some of the tasty tacos you can find along the KC Streetcar line and had a delightful day riding the TACO TRAIN DOWN MAIN! 

BEST OF TACO THE TOWN: BONITO MICHOACAN! (w/ Kelcie McKenney & Jug Stanovcic)

All October Long we're celebrating 6 Years of Tacoing The Town by re-releasing Classic T3 Episodes and this week we look back at our 50th Episode from October 2018 where we dropped by one of our favorite taco spots in the city BONITO MICHOACAN in KCK with special guests KELCIE McKENNEY & JUG STANOVCIC! 

BEST OF TACO THE TOWN: GUY FIERI’S DIVE & TACO JOINT! (w/ Ivani Bing & Sam Billen)

All October Long we're celebrating 6 YEARS of Taco The Town by re-releasing Classic T3 Episodes!! Today we're re-releasing a Classic from back in March of 2019 when Dave and his guests IVANI BING & SAM BILLEN checked out the recently opened GUY FIERI'S DIVE & TACO JOINT in the Power & Light District! Enjoy! 

BEST OF TACO THE TOWN: EL CAMINO REAL! (w/ Lydia Schneider & Annie Harrigan)

This month we're celebrating THE BEST OF TACO THE TOWN!! All month long we'll be dropping the BEST Episodes from the Past 6 YEARS of T3!! This is our EL CAMINO REAL Episode from December 2017 withy Guests LYDIA SCHNEIDER & ANNIE HARRIGAN! 

Episode 200: 200th EPISODE!! TACO BOAT PARTY EDITION!! (w/ Taco The Town All Stars & Chef Fernanda Reyes from Taco Naco)

This is it! The BIG 200th EPISODE & SEASON 2 FINALE OF TACO THE TOWN! And we're doing something we've never done before...WE'RE EATING TACOS ON A BOAT! That's right, we're out on a lake (Lakewood Lake in Lee's Summit, MO), eating some tasty TACO NACO Tacos with some TACO THE TOWN ALL STARS! We've got Pontoon Capt. Keenan Stump, Megan Werner, Mariah Kelli, Erika Holliday, Carlos Chamon & The Villines Sisters, Heather & Kaity! And we even sit down for a visit with Taco Naco's Chef Fernanda Reyes, who tells us about the new Westport Taco Naco location, Taco Naco's origins and plays a little TACO TOPICS Speed Round with us! Join us on the high taco seas as we play some TACO THE TOWN TRIVIA for fabulous Taco Prizes (PLAY ALONG AT HOME!) and taco 'bout some taco news in the TACO TICKER! Ticker Stories covered: An update on the Taco Tuesday trademark Wars between Taco Bell, Taco Johns & Gregory's Bar in New Jersey! And the Flying Subway Blimp that was flying over KC! Are flying Taco Blimps in our future?! This one has it all!! We check the HOT TACO HOTLINE featuring former T3 guests Kate Haugan & Chunter McCrae giving us well wishes on 200 episodes! We also have some stand up boat comedy from guest Carlos Chamon and we encounter a chatty citizen of the Lake: Christopher The Fish!! AND DON'T MISS A LIVE MUSICAL PERFORMANCE from our Pontoon Boat Captain Keenan Stump singing a little ditty called 'TACOS ALWAYS ON MY MIND!" ALL THIS AND: We slap ourselves in the faces with some tortillas as we attempt to play the TORTILLA CHALLENGE! T3, CELEBRATING 200 EPISODES OF TALKING TACOS IN THE CITY OF FOUNTAINS BY EATING TACOS ON YET ANOTHER TRANSPORTATION VESSEL! TACOS AHOY!!! Editor: MATT ALLEN. Music: Suneaters courtesy of Lotuspool Records. Sponsors: KCKC TACO TRAIL. 

Episode 199: SENORITA MARGARITA in The Crossroads! (w/ Jocelyn Nixon & Andrew Woody from The Creepy Jingles!)

In the penultimate episode of T3 Season 2, we taste test the tasty tacos and margaritas at SENORITA MARGARITA in the Crossroads with Jocelyn Nixon and Andrew Woody from the KC Rock Band THE CREEPY JINGLES! They recap their recent tour of Arkansas and reveal some haunted happenings at some creepy hotels! (And does the band eat a lot of tacos when they're on tour?) Jocelyn & Andrew tell us about their early Taco memories and even tell us about their days living in Austin, Texas living a taco-centric life! Andrew unveils his favorite Breakfast Taco spot in KC and we even get into some Pizza Taco chat, Puffy Taco chat and Basement Bat chat! In the TACO TICKER, we discuss National Fajita Day (Did you celebrate?), Taco Bell's New Grilled Cheese Dipping Tacos (Will it become a regular menu item?) & we taco 'bout the angry Chipotle Karen who belittled a Chipotle Worker for putting too much salsa on her Taco! Is this the start of the Fast Food Wars? In TOWN OF THE TACO, we get into our guests Favorite interaction with a KC Celebrity and our guests reveal their Favorite KC Neighborhood! ALSO: A Pro Cilantro/No Cilantro Debate! What is the Best LaCroix flavor? And Andrew lists every Asian Food he's ever eaten! In RANDOM TACO QUESTION OF THE WEEK We ask "Have you ever gotten into a fight with a friend over food?" And "What is your most Controversial Taco Opinion?" AND DON'T MISS Jocelyn performing an original TACO THE TOWN Tune! T3!! Paving the streets of KC With Taco Love! Editor: Matt Allen. Music: SUNEATERS courtesy of Lotuspool Records. Sponsors: KCK Taco Trail. Heath Injury Law. 

Episode 198: MISSION TACO JOINT-PARK PLACE! On Location! (w/ Ivani Bing & Justin Bradley)

This week we're checking out another of the newest taco Spots in the town by taste testing the tasty tacos at the brand new MISSION TACO JOINT at Park Place in Leawood with our special guests IVANI BING (from Magic 107.3 & Fox 4 News Entertainment Reporter) and JUSTIN BRADLEY (General Manager of Mission Taco Joint Park Place and @pizzapartypuma on Instagram!) We not only break down the menu at Mission Taco and Dave's TACO FUTURES Mural, we also have all your BARBENHEIMER Coverage! Ivani saw Barbie! Dave saw Oppenhimer! They compare notes! (Ivani also tells us about a traumatic childhood theatre experience involving a mouse!) Justin tells us all about his family connections to the Wichita Taco Festival and we ponder what makes Wichita such a great taco and Fast Food town! (And Baba ganoush Town?) Ivani tells us about the best Brazilian Restaurants in KC and the time she smuggled Brazilian bread into the US! In the TACO TICKER, we tackle the titanic taco tussle that was Taco Bell getting Taco John's to relinquish their trademark on the phrase 'TACO TUESDAY!' Was Taco John's bullied by BIG TACO? Or does having no limits on who can use 'taco Tuesday' a good thing? And how is LeBron James involved? In CHEESY GORDITA CRIME, we taco 'bout the man arrested for hiding a gun inside a Taco Bell Quesadilla at a traffic stop! Should he have gone Crunch Wrap with his order instead? ALL THIS AND: Our guests talk about their dislike for CORN! Did the Corn Kid ever meet the band Korn? Ivani falls in love with the Smoky Salsa at MTJ! Justin reveals he is allergic to Nightshades! (We have lots of questions!) AND in Random Taco Question of the Week we ask: 1. If Tacos didn't exist, what would replace the Taco in our lives? And 2. WHO HAS THE BEST SALSA IN KC?! TACO THE TOWN AT MISSION TACO JOINT-PARK PLACE! Much like in Dave's Taco Futures Mural, let this episode pour over your brain like a bottle of Hot Taco Sauce!! Editor: Matt Allen. MUSIC: Suneaters courtesy of Lotuspool Records. DON'T FORGET TO NOMINATE FOR TACO THE TOWN AS BEST PODCAST IN THE PITCH'S BEST OF KC AWARDS! Sponsors: KCK TACO TRAIL. Heath Injury Law. 

Episode 197: BARRIO TAQUERIA! On Location! (w/ Danielle ”KC NASA Lady” Jones & Fox 4’s Marcus Officer!)

This week we're ON LOCATION in Martini Corner but we're not sippin' martinis...we're taste testing the tasty tacos at the brand new BARRIO TAQUERIA (in the former Sol Cantina building) with our special guest Taco Reviewers 'KC NASA Lady' DANIELLE JONES & Fox 4 Morning News Reporter MARCUS OFFICER! We chat about Martini Corner, Dave tells us about his recent California Taco-cation, Danielle fills us in on what's new when it comes to space and tacos in space (and objects that appear to be tacos on Mars) & Marcus lets us know why he's always doing news reports in the Arrowhead parking lot and we learn about his youth growing up in Texas & England! In the TACO TICKER we taco 'bout International Burger Kings and their new insane burger offerings...a Cheeseburger with no meat and 20 slices of American Cheese & a Barbie Burger with Pink Barbie Sauce! We also learn about IHOP now having PANCAKE TACOS on the Menu! SIGN US UP! In TOWN OF THE TACO we ask "What's your KC GUILTY PLEASURE" and "What's your Favorite Place to see a concert in KC"! ALL THIS AND: Danielle won't stop talking about her favorite KC Taco Spot PANCHO'S! Dave dodges drips from the Air Conditioning Unit! We get into KC Post-Taylor Swift! WILL WE EVER BE THE SAME?! We also do the usual BAD REVIEWS IN FUNNY VOICES & RANDOM TACO QUESTIONS OF THE WEEK! Taco The Town at BARRIO TAQUERIA! The next best thing to eating tacos in space!! EDITOR: Matt Allen. MUSIC: Suneaters courtesy of Lotuspool Records. SPONSORS: KCK TACO TRAIL. HEATH INJURY LAW. 

Episode 196: CALAVERAS! On Location! (w/ Katie & Wayne Hutcherson from the SATURDAYS IN SUBURBIA Podcast)

We're hitting the 'Burbs, Lee's Summit to be exact, well OK we're really in Beautiful Downtown Lee's Summit at CALAVERAS to try some tasty tacos with KATIE & WAYNE HUTCHERSON from the SATURDAYS IN SUBURBIA Podcast! (SUBSCRIBE & FOLLOW NOW!) The Hutchersons tell us about their podcast, living in the 'Burbs and a new family tradition of theirs called Tootin' Taco Tuesdays! (Trademark THAT, LeBron!) They also tell Dave about their favorite KC/Lee's Summit Taco Spots, Wayne's recent trip to Vegas, Katie's Dry June (which goes out the window in this episode) and do Wayne & Katie know the secret ingredient that makes El Patron's Margaritas so good?! ALSO: We discuss our 4th of JULY plans and CASEY & TINA from CALAVERAS swing by to tell us about their Frozen Drink Bar and their tasty tacos! In the TACO TICKER we learn about Avelo Airlines new partnership with Taco Bell! THAT'S TACO BELL ON A PLANE, PEOPLE! And the National Restaurant News tells us the Top 8 Taco Chains in the nation! Is your favorite on the list?! We play some TOWN OF THE TACO, a little RANDOM TACO QUESTIONS OF THE WEEK and we get a Special Sneak Preview of Calaveras' new Fried Chicken Korean Taco!! We're Rockin' The Suburbs This Week!! T3 AT CALAVERAS!! IT'S LEE'S SUMMIT-ERRIFIC!! EDITOR: Matt Allen. MUSIC: SUNEATERS courtesy of Lotuspool Records. Sponsors: KCK Taco Trail. Heath Injury Law. 

Episode 195: MARGARITA MADNESS!! SUMMER SPECIAL! (w/ Heather & Kaityana Villines)

This week's edition of T3 can only go by 1 TITLE: It's MARGARITA MADNESS!! That's right, we're matching up 8 of KC's TOP MARGARITAS in a Bracket Showdown to determine who has the TOP TAKE HOME MARGARITA in the Town!! We've got the Southwest Boulevard Region vs. the 39th St/Brookside & Beyond Region!! ON LOCATION AT THE HI-DIVE ON 39th With Special Guest Margarita/Martini Lovers and Lash Masters HEATHER & KAITYANA VILLINES from CHIC BEAUTY on the Plaza, our taste buds will determine who has the tastiest To-Go Margaritas!!! We've got MARGARITAS, EL PATRON, PONAK'S, TAQUERIA MEXICO, RUDY'S, LOS TULES, JALAPENOS & MISSION TACO JOINT! (And a Bonus Marg from Drunken Worm!) Our guests tell us their tips for great Margaritas, Margarita No Nos and their best drunken Margarita Moment (maybe this episode is one of them?) We read the Many Origin Stories of the Margarita! Which one is true? In the TACO TICKER we learn about the Margarita being 2023's Most Ordered Cocktail so far...but what 2 drinks are hot on it's (cock)tail?! In Town of The Taco, we ask "KC has the Best (Blank)" and "Places in KC I'll Never Eat Again!" Also: Taco Bell Secret Menu Ordering Tips! AND IN THE END: Dave and his guests power through and crown THE BEST MARGARITA IN KC!! WHO WILL WIN? WILL THEY SURVIVE?! DON'T TRY THIS AT HOME, KIDS! Editor: Matt Allen. Music: SUNEATERS COURTESY OF LOTUSPOOL RECORDS. Sponsors: DIPP IT SALSA. KCK TACO TRAIL. HEATH INJURY LAW.