Taco the Town

Episode 151: THE SUGAR SKULL GRILL! (w/ Belinda Post)

This week we track down some tasty tacos from The SUGAR SKULL GRILL Taco Truck with our special guest Taco Reviewer TV's BELINDA POST! Belinda tells us about the time she was a dancer at a Kid Rock Concert, her favorite KC Holiday Pop Ups and we get to the bottom of her typical Taco Tuesday game plan! Dave tells Belinda about the time he had an Out-Of-Body Taco Experience as a Child while Belinda tells Dave about her trips into the mountains where she gets out of the city and connects with nature! In the TACO TICKER, we taco 'bout Torchy's Tacos CEO Retiring and Torchy's announcement that their Naughty Santa Taco will be returning for December! (Would you eat a taco called that?) We also break down taco pricing! (Would you eat a $6 taco?) And we also touch upon the story of the Tik Tok Door Dasher that videotaped her feud with a Taco Bell Drive Thru Worker! Belinda airs her thoughts on the current state of the restaurant industry! (Be kind, people!) In Town of the Taco, we discuss PLACES IN KC I'LL NEVER EAT AGAIN and IF KC EVER DOES THIS I'M MOVING! We also ask the question, Did Kenny Rogers open up for KISS at The Independence Events Center? ALL THIS AND: Topeka Taco Talk! Italian Cuisine! Canadian Mist: The Band! Pulling out your personal hot sauce on a first date! (GAME CHANGER?!) Ever pack a taco on a mountain hike? Is there such a thing as too much avocado? What kind of Taco World will we be living in 10 Years from now? What kind of food flavored soap would you wash yourself with? DID WE FAKE THE MOON LANDING?! WE'RE ANSWERING ALL THE BIG QUESTIONS THIS WEEK ON T3! EDITOR: Matt Allen. MUSIC: Suneaters courtesy of Lotuspool Records. SPONSORS: KCK TACO TRAIL & LOST & FOUND & REWOUND Podcast. 

Episode 150: Return to TIKI TACO! On Location! (w/ Sam Billen, Ryan Pinkston, Bill Billen & David Bandy)

In our 150th Episode we return to one of our favorite taco spots on West 39th Street which has recently been revamped...TIKI TACO!! We check out their fresh as hell tacos with special guests SAM BILLEN & RYAN PINKSTON from Primary Color Music who debut their brand spanking new TIKI TACO Jingles on the show!! Also joining us is Sam's Dad and Jingle Writing Legend BILL BILLEN! We talk to the crew about the Secret to Writing a Good Jingle and play one of our favorite games...The Great JINGLE OFF!! Ryan tells us about growing up putting ketchup on his tacos and Sam & Bill tell us tales of Topeka's Tacos! In the TACO TICKER we discuss NASA's latest innovations in SPACE TACOS! (Are we flying too close to the Taco Sun?!) We also taco 'bout Papa John Schnatter who claims to have 'tasted' 800 pizzas over the last 18 months! And the news shortly thereafter that Papa John's will be rebranding! In Cheesy Gordita Crime, we learn about the New Zealand Cops who arrested men entering a Locked Down City with a trunk full of illegal KFC in their trunk! DON'T MISS: Tiki Taco Manager DAVID BANDY swings by to tell us what's new and hot and fresh and tasty at the new TIKI TACO! David also tells us about the plans for a 2nd Tiki Taco Location in KC and the current location of the Mini Tiki Taco Car Fleet! ALL THIS AND: Stealing Doughnuts! Doughnut Assault! WE SOLVE THE MANDELA EFFECT! DEER TACOS! Sam remembers his Grandma's Taquitos and other disturbing childhood tales! AND in RANDOM TACO QUESTION OF THE WEEK We Ask: What MTV Music Video changed your Life? What part of your body would you make into tacos? What's the proper order when layering a taco: Cheese over meat and lettuce or Cheese under meat and lettuce?! It's always ISLAND TIME on TACO THE TOWN at TIKI TACO on 39th Street!! Editor: MATT ALLEN. Music: SUNEATERS Courtesy of LOTUSPOOL RECORDS. SPONSORS: KCK TACO TRAIL & Lost & Found & Rewound Podcast. 

Episode 149: CAPTAIN‘S CORNER! GIANT TACO THANKSGIVING! On Location! (w/ Molly Buchanan, Mindy Hargesheimer and Katherine Wald)

This year we're spending Thanksgiving in Paradise (Missouri) at CAPTAIN'S CORNER, Home of the Super tasty GIANT TACO!! Dave is joined by Molly Buchanan aka Crowning Glory Blog on Instagram and Mindy Hargesheimer aka Kansas City Bucketlist on Instagram! And instead of eating turkey we partake of the BIG FAT TACOS at Captain's Corner inside the Paradise, Missouri General Store! Also Store Owner and Head Chef KATHERINE WALD stops by to tell us the origin story of the GINORMOUS TACO and taco 'bout the other wonders in Paradise! We do a DEEP DIVE into Thanksgiving and for the first time we're discussing TURKEY TOPICS!! It's a can't miss! We also get into why you should take Dave on all your family vacations, the problem with taking photos with food, KCK Taco Trail Talk and we find out what everyone is doing for Turkey Day! (Tulsa Turkey Trot anyone?) Also Dave remembers a traumatic childhood memory involving Green Bean Pie, Turkey Tacos (would ya eat 'em?) And Molly and Mindy run down a list of KC Holiday Pop Ups! All this AND: Mindy wants smaller tacos, Dave unveils his Joey Lawrence impersonation ("Whoa!") and Fish Flops! In the Taco Ticker we discuss the opening of KC's First Whataburger. (Are we really a 'GASP'  Burger town? Arby's Vodka & Reese's Peanut Butter Pie Sell Out! And a couple paid $4,000 to have their wedding reception at the World's Most Beautiful Taco Bell in Pacifica, California! Would ya do it? ALSO DON'T MISS: Dave wonders if this is the GIANT TACO he's been looking for his whole life? We ponder other large over sized food items! Sonic Ice! Is Billy Ocean from Tulsa?! And much much more!! Get FULLED UP on HUGE TACOS as BIG as a juvenile Turkey this week on T3!! Gobble Gobble Y'all! EDITOR: Matt Allen. MUSIC: Suneaters courtesy of Lotuspool Records. 

Episode 148: The WESTSIDE LOCAL! (w/ Abby Olcese)

We're back on the WESTSIDE eating some tasty tacos from THE WESTSIDE LOCAL with The Pitch's Film Editor and Writer ABBY OLCESE! That's right! We're chatting 'bout FILMS AND FAJITAS! MOVIES AND MARGS! Abby gives us a run down of her BEST/WORST Films of 2021 and we get into her Overrated/Underrated Actor/Director/Film of All Time!! (We also talk about the time she broke her parent's blender making Puerco Pibil Tacos and the exhilarating feeling of seeing F9 in a theatre!) In the TACO TICKER we taco 'bout the Taco Bell and Arby's locations in San Francisco offering EV owners the option to charge up while enjoying a Chalupa! Also we learn about the Twitter users who discovered an abandoned McDonald's on an island in Alaska that dates back to the '90's! (Perhaps the best setup for a horror movie ever!) In CHEESY GORDITA CRIME we hear the story of the Chipotle employee who threw scissors at an irate customer! In TOWN OF THE TACO we chat about MUSEUMS N' STUFF, Best Italian in KC and Worst Idea That KC Ever Had! ALL THIS AND: Proper Dining Attire for eating on the Westside! Dave gives us a run down of the tacos he ate on his recent excursion to Nashville! Donkey Bones!! And in RANDOM TACO QUESTION OF THE WEEK: Do People who don't like tacos get anxiety on Taco Tuesday?! Put on your best velvet cape and flat-brimmed influencer cowboy hat and turn up TACO THE TOWN! EDITOR: Matt Allen. MUSIC: Suneaters Courtesy of Lotuspool Records.  

 

 

Episode 147: THE MIXX! (w/ Dan Cohen & Sari Lowenstein)

This week on T3 we review the tasty tacos at THE MIXX (with 2 KC Locations!!) Not to be confused with The Max (where the kids from SAVED BY THE BELL used to hang out after school) or The Miz (the WWE Wrestler!) Our special Taco Reviewer guests this week are KSHB 41 News Reporter DAN COHEN and returning guest Foodie & Photographer SARI LOWENSTEIN (@kcbysari on Instagram!) Dan tells us about the taco scene in New Jersey and Upstate New York! We also get into who has the best Buffalo style buffalo wings in KC (Al's in Parkville!) We also touch upon how everyones Halloween was and if our guests have hit the Cider Mill yet this Fall! Sari tells us about a great new food spot in OP and we also talk TOUCHE' THE NIGHT CLUB! ALSO: Don't miss Dan reliving his first IN-A-TUB TACO Experience and Sari waxes poetically about CORN NUGGETS! In the TACO TICKER: We taco 'bout Taco Bell's STEAL-A-BASE STEAL-A-TACO promotion (Did you get your free taco?), Taco Bell's new CANTINA CRISPY MELT TACO, CHIPOTLE Introducing Biscuit to their menu and announcing they are going to introduce a new Chicken style to their menu! We also tackle the Tik Tok Tale about a Woman's Disastrous Date involving a strange man with no car, no money and a trip through the Taco Bell Drive Thru! In TOWN OF THE TACO, we discuss the BEST/WORST THINGS ABOUT KC and we hit the dance floor to get to the bottom of KC Dance Clubs and FUNKYTOWN! ALL THIS AND: Is the side we ordered Mashed Black Beans, Bean dip or Bean Soup? Former Taco The Town Guests Daisha Jones and Greg Payne's Wedding! Will there be dance battles on the dance floor between Channel 41 and Channel 5 On Air News Personalities? And in RANDOM TACO QUESTIONS OF THE WEEK WE ASK: What's something you wouldn't eat as a kid that you eat all time now? AND Would you drink a cup of coffee from Taco Bell? (TACO FLAVORED CREAMER ANYONE?) GET IN THE MIXX WITH T3!!! Editor: MATT ALLEN. Music: SUNEATERS courtesy of Lotuspool Records. 

Episode 146: HALLOWEEN SPOOK-TACO-LAR! On Location at CARVED in Riverside! (w/ Allison Sasso, Scary Gary Cooper, ‘Killer‘ Katie Crawford, Chad ‘Creepy‘ Crenshaw)

It's that terrifyingly taco-tastic time of year!! TACO-WEEN TIME!!! And we're celebrating this year by eating tacos and popcorn (and popcorn tacos and sometimes cotton candy/popcorn tacos) at CARVED in Riverside, Missouri! CARVED is a fun, one night only, Halloween Event in Riverside that has everything! A Pirate Ship, Fortune Tellers, Fire Dancers, Stilt Walkers, a Haunted Trail, a Zombie Robot named Carl, Jack-O-Lanterns and a TACO TRUCK!!! Host Demonic Dave gets a Tarot Card Reading from ALLISON SASSO from VEIL & VOW TAROT and she uncovers Dave's Taco Future! Then later Dave and his Taco Reviewer Guests SCARY GARY COOPER (Co-host of Slaughter Movie House, Legendary Gamer, Taco & Craft Beer Enthusiast)  KILLER KATIE CRAWFORD (Grammy Winning Singer, Writer, Part Time VO Artist)  & CHAD 'CREEPY' CRENSHAW (Actor, Writer, Filmmaker, C2D2 Films) eat some tasty tacos from the taco truck CHAMPION BURRITOS-TO-GO and discuss everything Halloween before they take a walk down the CARVED Spooky Haunted Trial (and give their review!) ALSO: The gang runs down a list of America's FAVORITE HALLOWEEN CANDY (by State) and remember their FAVORITE HALLOWEEN COSTUMES OF THEIR CHILDHOOD! They also get into the WORST HALLOWEEN CANDY OF ALL TIME and go over a list of HALLOWEEN TRADITIONS, YAY or NAY Style! Katie tells us about Spicy Gummy Bears and puts out a call for a Hinge date to take her to a Haunted House! We catch floating wisps of Cotton Candy in our mouths! Scary Gary shows us his Insane Clown Posse tattoo and everyone tells us their favorite scary movies to watch around Halloween Time! The guests also tell us about some of their  REAL LIFE GHOST ENCOUNTERS!!! In the TACO TICKER we taco 'bout Some Alleged Haunted Taco Spots Across America! A KEN-TACO-HUT where a ghost Taco Bell employee walks into the freezer!!! Get ready 'cuz they are gonna chill you to the bone! TACO THE TOWN AT CARVED!!! A TERRIFYING EVENING OF ROBOT ZOMBIES & TERRIFYING TACOS!! Editor: MATT ALLEN. Music by: SUNEATERS Courtesy of LOTUSPOOL RECORDS. 

Episode 145: 4 YEARS OF TACO THE TOWN! BIRTHDAY EXTRAVAGANZA!!

4 Years Ago, OJ Simpson was released from prison, 'Thor: Ragnarok' was released in theaters and a little ole podcast called TACO THE TOWN was released onto the Podcast Airwaves for the FIRST TIME!!! This week we celebrate 4 years of T3 by looking back at show highlights from the past year! It's a CLIP SHOW, PEOPLE! ALSO DON'T MISS: Old friend of the show Actor/Writer/Podcaster MICHAEL McMILLIAN (the 1st T3 guest from Episode #1) stops by to give us a MICHAEL TAKES ON TACO BELL Review of the new Crispy Chicken Sandwich Taco! PUT ON YOUR HEADPHONES, GRAB A TACO OR 4 AND CELEBRATE 4 YEARS OF T3!!! Editor: MATT ALLEN. Music: SUNEATERS Courtesy of LOTUSPOOL RECORDS.  

Episode 144: GG‘s Barbacoa Cafe & Tarahumaras #2! NATIONAL TACO DAY! ON LOCATION! (w/ Kailee Karr, Carlos Chamon, Alan Carr, Gabriel Gonzales & Perla Garcia)

We celebrate NATIONAL TACO DAY by hitting the KCK Taco Trail and reviewing the tasty tacos at two Taco-rrific KCK Taco spots, GG's BARBACOA CAFE and TARAHUMARAS # 2! We are joined by special Taco Reviewer Guests and Local Stand Up Comics KAILEE KARR & CARLOS CHAMON! Also Executive Director of Visit KCK, ALAN CARR, joins us and unveils some breaking KCK Taco Trail News! And don't miss GABRIEL GONZALES from GG's and PERLA GARCIA from Tarahumaras #2 telling us about their taco spots and delicious menu! In addition to taste testing tasty tacos we also discuss creating a KCK Taco Trail Pedal Tavern, Kailee tells us about her Hot Dog Ambassadorship and living a Hot Dog-centric Life, our Guests first taco Memories and we lay out our National Taco Day Rituals! In the TACO TICKER we taco 'bout the creators of South Park buying the famous Colorado Mexican Restaurant Casa Bonita! (What restaurant from your childhood would you buy and refurbish?) In the CHEESY GORDITA CRIME STORY of the Week we tell the tale of the Texas man who was fined for taking his horse through the Taco Bell Drive Thru! In TOWN OF THE TACO, we ask our guests to DESCRIBE THEIR PERFECT KC DAY! The Soup Eating Lady Painting at Succotash! WHAT OUT-OF-TOWN THING WOULD YOU LIKE TO TRANSPORT TO KC and we talk a little about MARTINI CORNER! ALL OF THIS AND: A QUESO WATER BED! A Chucky Cheese Sex Club! Segway Stories! The Kansas City Stand Up Comedy Scene! And in RANDOM TACO QUESTION OF THE WEEK: Taco The Movie is being made in Hollywood! Who would you cast? And would you eat a Tuna and Kangaroo Taco?! HAPPY NATIONAL TACO DAY FROM TACO THE TOWN! MAY ALL YOUR TACOS BE TASTY! Editor: MATT ALLEN. Music: SUNEATERS Courtesy of Lotuspool Records. 

Episode 143: CACTUS GRILL! ON LOCATION AT TERRA LUNA! (w/ Quixotic‘s Maggie Andriani, Liz Fraley & Ethan Lottman)

This week we are deep in the mystical and mesmerizing forests of the Overland Park Arboretum, the location of Quixotic's Terra Luna Experience, eating tasty tacos from CACTUS GRILL with performers from Quixotic MAGGIE ANDRIANI, LIZ FRALEY and ETHAN LOTTMAN! We talk about what visitors can expect at Terra Luna this year (one more week of shows Oct. 1, 2. & 3rd), performing in bubbles on lakes, weird animal encounters and Dave talks about filming his early days filming his college caveman "art" films out at the Arboretum! Maggie reveals her hate for hardshell tacos and Liz and Ethan share their other controversial taco opinions while Dave suggests Quixotic incorporated tacos into their performances! In the TACO TICKER we taco 'bout KCI announcing the local restaurants that will be featured in the New Terminal! Did your favorite local restaurant make the cut? Dave reveals his plan for a large Laser Taco that would greet visitors at the airport! We touch upon Taco Bell's Taco Lovers Pass only available in Tucson, Arizona (for now!) And in a Cheesy Gordita Crime story we hear about the Taco Bell employees in Nashville, Tennessee who launched fireworks off inside their own Taco Bell restaurant! We also get into our favorite Late Night Drive Thru shenanigans! In TOWN OF THE TACO we chat about KC Concerts, Waldo and our guests tell us about places in KC they will never eat again! All this and: An uncomfortable conversation with Maggie about Breakfast Burritos! Octopus, Squids & Eels! Would you eat them in a taco? Taco Bell Air B&B!! Would you stay there? The Worst and Best Fast Food Franchise Names! (Spangles or Toot-Toot's?) And if a taco falls apart in your plate do you grab a fork or scoop it up with your hands? All of the topics are covered this week at Terra Luna by Quixotic! Join us in the mystical forest and please bring some mosquito spray! Editor: Matt Allen. Music: Suneaters courtesy of Lotuspool Records. 

Episode 142: Tacos El Tio! At the KC Renaissance Festival! (w/ Daisy The Washing Well Wench, Richard the Pauper & Shawn Shellnut)

Huzzah, Lords & Ladies! This week we're taking a trip back to Ye Olde Taco times as we sit down and share some tasty TACOS EL TIO tacos with DAISY THE WASHING WELL WENCH, RICHARD TEACHOUT aka RICHARD THE PAUPER and SHAWN SHELLNUT aka VALIZAK The Adventure Trainer & The Tomato Guy at the Kansas City Renaissance Festival! Our guests tell us what we can expect out at the Ren Fest this year and we get to the bottom of the question: "Has anyone ever finished a Turkey Leg?" Dave brings up some fun Weekend Theme Ideas (Star Wars Weekend with Ewoks! Taco Swallowers!) and runs down lists of Fun and Saucy Renaissance Slang Words (Daggletails and Fopdoodles!) and Renaissance Era Foods! (Eels! Peacocks! And Swan! OH MY!) Shawn tells us about the emotional trauma of having tomatoes thrown at your head every day! Richard tells us what a Peasants Lunch is! In the TACO TICKER we discuss the new futuristic Taco Bell Drive Thru design that looks like a Taco bank! We also touch upon the new RUSTY TACO location opening up in Lawrence, Kansas and the new Tacoholics Restaurant opening up in Lee's Summit! And we try to unravel the MCDonalds McFlurry Fiasco! Why are all the McFlurry Machines breaking down? And why is the government stepping in?! Shawn also tells us about an amazing Taco Bell Cantina experience he had! ALL THIS AND: Taco Eating Renaissance Capes! Eating Tacos with the King! Dream Eating Taco Eating Destinations! The Secret Meaning Behind the Beach Boys song 'Don't Worry Baby'! In RANDOM TACO QUESTIONS OF THE WEEK, Daisy shows us the proper way to hold and eat a Taco! What topping should never be put on a Taco! AND What's the longest you've ever gone without eating a taco?! Step back in time with us this week to a simpler time when everyone wore tights, ate pigeons and mush and tacos were only the stuff of Renaissance dreams! Editor: MATT ALLEN. Music: SUNEATERS courtesy of Lotuspool Records.