Taco the Town

Episode 155: LOS CORRALS! On Location! (w/ Brittany Tilander, Palmer Davidson & Patrick Moore)

In this episode we FINALLY head down to 9th Street to taste test the tasty tacos at one of the oldest (if not THE oldest Mexican Restaurants in Kansas City) LOS CORRALS!! Dave is joined by special guest taco reviewers BRITTANY TILANDER (Voted The Pitch's Best Stand Up Comic in KC 2021), PALMER DAVIDSON (Fox 4's GREAT DAY KC aa well as many future undisclosed projects) and returning for his third time on the show PATRICK MOORE (Fox 4's GREAT DAY KC, KC Magazine's Podcast) to review this KC Classic! Los Corrals was opened in 1949 so we run down a list of other things born in 1949: Silly Putty, NATO, Billy Joel and Richard Gere! Patrick tells us about his love for the orange cheese dip at Los Corrals and Brittany tells us about her favorite and unexpected local taco spot: Funhouse Pizza! We taco lot about NATIONAL PIZZA DAY(Did you celebrate?) and we tackle the topic of our favorite local pizza spots! We also discuss when is it all right to reply with multiple fire and exploding head emojis and drop into someone's DMs on Sexy Instagram posts! In the TACO TICKER we crack open the topic of the new HARD MOUNTAIN DEW BAJA BLAST hitting the shelves in selected states in Late Feb! And did you notice your Fast Food Drive Thru Lanes taking longer and messing up more orders in 2021? That's because they DID!!! We get to the bottom of it. And CHICKEN EXITS IN DRIVE THRUS: Why every drive thru must have one! ALL THIS AND: MYSTERY SHOPPERS! We talk a little about the film LICORICE PIZZA and why it should be called 'WATER BED: THE MOVIE!' And VALENTINE'S DAY Heart-shaped Taco Platters or Heart-shaped Pizzas!! WHICH IS BETTER? In TOWN OF THE TACO, we ask what's your Favorite Shop/Store in KC? What's on your KC Postcard? AND What's the weirdest place in KC?! ALSO DON'T MISS: Taco/Nacho Bathtubs! Dave tells us about the time the police found his wacky prop box in the back of his car and detained him! We figure out what Seal was really singing in 'KISS FROM A ROSE'!! In RANDOM TACO QUESTIONS WE FIND OUT OUR GUESTS: What's your Favorite Summer Jam!! What kind of fast food meal would you like your soap to smell like?! And What's the Best or Worst Theme Party you ever attended?! TACO THE TOWN: IT'S ALL ABOUT BALANCE!!! Be sure to purchase tickets to Brittany and Patrick's Feb. 28th Movie Roast of TWILIGHT: NEW MOON at Screenland Armour.com! EDITOR: Matt Allen. MUSIC: Suneaters courtesy of Lotuspool Records. SPONSOR: KCK TACO TRAIL. 

Episode 154: TAQUERIA LA NUEVA! ON LOCATION! (w/ Jordan Betts & Will ”KC Fresh Reviews” Hertel)

We're BACK from our Mid-Winter Nap and we're ready to keep tasting all the tasty tacos in the town!!! This week we check out one of the newer Taquerias on the block TAQUERIA LA NUEVA in Overland Park with our special taco reviewer guests Emmy Award Winning TV News Reporter from KSHB 41 JORDAN BETTS & from KC FRESH REVIEWS on Twitter Food Lover WILL HERTEL! We kick off the episode talkin' 'bout tacos, the Winter Olympics, The Top Donut Spots in KC according to KC Fresh Reviews, Unpopular Food Opinions (Will hates Corn!) and much much more! We discuss the Chiefs Epic Collapse (THANKS A LOT APPLEBEE'S DATE NIGHT SONG GUY) and our plans for the Super Bowl! What's YOUR Go-To Super Bowl dish?! We also get into Taco Bell's Chicken Wings and Jordan tells us what a Funeral Roll is! In the TACO TICKER we taco 'bout the National Chicken Wing Shortage, the 15 Gallon Keg of Hormel Chili n' Cheese Contest, Taco Bell's Monthly Taco Subscription Service has launched and a Brawl broke out at a Golden Corral in Pennsylvania over a shortage of steak! ALSO: Jordan gives us her review of the new JACKASS Movie and tells us about the time she fell into a sewer hole! AND WE ASK: Eating tacos in a movie theatre: YAY OR NAY? In TOWN OF THE TACO we cover WHAT WOULD YOU CHANGE ABOUT KC? And MUSEUMS N' STUFF! AND: DID PANCHO'S CHANGE THEIR NAME TO RANCHO'S?!! And in Random Taco Question of the Week we ponder: If Tacos Didn't Exist what food item would fill the void? AND What would you fill your Fantasy Piñata with? How about some Hormel CHILI CHEESE?!! Put your Taco Eatin' Pants back on 'cuz TACO THE TOWN IS BACK FOR 2022!!! Editor: MATT ALLEN. Music: SUNEATERS courtesy of Lotuspool Records. Sponsor: KCK TACO TRAIL. 

Episode 153: CHRISTMAS COCKTAIL PARTY! ON LOCATION AT JULEP! (w/ Michael McMillian, Daisha Jones, Megan Werner, Aisa Palomares & Chris Lost)

This week we celebrate the conclusion of another year of Taco-ing the Town with our Annual Christmas Holiday Cocktail Party! And this year we're sampling the tasty and festive cocktails at JULEP's SIPPIN' SANTA Holiday Pop Up with some Taco The Town All Stars: Actor, Writer, Podcaster MICHAEL MCMILLIAN, KSHB TV 41 Traffic Anchor & Host of 'ONE TANK TRIPS' DAISHA JONES, Oncology Researcher & Cornhusker fueled on Coffee and Beer MEGAN WERNER, Actress/Model/Stuntwoman AISA PALOMARES & Co-Host of the Lost & Found & Rewound Podcast CHRIS LOST! Dave kicks things off with his special take on a beloved KC Christmas Classic! Daisha tells us about her recent wedding and honeymoon in Hawaii and why she dislikes old Christmas Movies! We ponder the question: Did Rudolph have psychic powers? We tell some scary ghost stories and tales of the glories of Christmases Long Long Ago!! (What Holiday needs more ghosts?!) We get into Weird Christmas Traditions of the Past! Chris won't stop talking about Easter and reveals the secret holiday he created: BROTHER-IN-LAW DAY! All this and: TAMALE TALK! MEGAN'S TEQUILA STORY! HIDDEN FOOD ITEMS HIDDEN IN CAKES AND PIES! UNPOPULAR CHRISTMAS OPINIONS! X-MAS MOVIE CHECKLIST! And Michael tells us why LOVE ACTUALLY is actually a terrible movie! We also ask what's the Better X-Mas Movie: Die Hard or Road House? (Swayze or Willis?) And DON'T MISS: Dave doing his uncanny Bruce Willis impersonation! We play the super fun and festive game TURN THIS CHRISTMAS SONG INTO A TACO SONG! And we also do some GOOD REVIEWS IN FUNNY VOICES of JULEP! ALL THIS AND: TINSEL TOPICS! WORST X-MAS DINNER STORIES! DO YOU GET YOUR NOG ON? Department Store Santa's: Why you so scary?! And to close it all out we belt out some of our favorite CHRISTMAS SONGS!! Pour yourself a cocktail and celebrate the Holidays and our Mid-Season Finale this week on TACO THE TOWN!! DON'T MISS THE CLIFFHANGER!!! EDITOR: Matt Allen. MUSIC: Suneaters courtesy of Lotuspool Records. Sponsors: KCK Taco Trail and Lost & Found & Rewound Podcast. 

 

 

Episode 152: EL MAGUEY! ON LOCATION AT THE HOLLADAY DISTILLERY! (w/ Kyle Merklein, Jules Van Dongen & Matt Jacquinot)

IT'S THE HOLIDAYS AT HOLLADAY! TACOS AND BOURBON!! BOURBON AND TACOS!! In this special episode of T3 ON LOCATION at the HOLLADAY DISTILLERY in Weston, MO, we find out if tasty tacos and delicious bourbon make a good pairing! (Spoiler Alert: THEY DO!) We check out the taco-rrific tacos from EL MAGUEY in Platte City with our special guests Master Distiller at Holladay KYLE MERKLEIN, Hospitality and Tourism Manager at Holladay (and #1 Darts Player in the America's) JULES VAN DONGEN & Brand Engagement Manager at Holladay MATT JACQUINOT! Kyle gives us his tips and tricks to sippin' Holladay's bourbon and Matt gives us a history lesson about the Holladay Distillery property and tells us about the HOLIDAYS AT HOLLADAY Pop Up Event! Jules answers the question if Darts and Tacos mix and what it was like growing up in The Netherlands without tacos! We also reveal some Boone's Farm stories and chat about Weston Hot Spots! WINE! BBQ! SKIING! Matt and Jules tell us about their Special Taco Friends relationship and Kyle wonders why he is not invited to their frequent taco lunches! In the TACO TICKER we learn about JACK-IN-THE-BOX purchasing DEL TACO! (What's inside a Jack-in-the-Box Egg Roll?) And we also taco 'bout Chipotle's Popular Cilantro Soap! In TOWN OF THE TACO we breakdown the BEST PLACE TO BRING OUT OF TOWN GUESTS IN KC, the BEST/WORST THINGS ABOUT KC and WHAT'S YOUR FAVORITE KC GUILTY PLEASURE! In Random Taco Question of the Week we ask: Would you ever drink a cup of coffee inside a Taco Bell? What is the best Fast Food coffee? And who has the BEST CHIPS N' SALSA IN KC? ALL THIS AND: The Power goes out on us during the craziest Wind Storm in KC history and we keep on eatin' and sippin' bourbon!! TACO THE TOWN AT THE HOLLADAY DISTILLERY!! DRIVE YOUR EARS UP TO WESTON WITH US, GRAB A GLASS OF SANTA'S LITTLE HELPER AND GRAB A BUSHEL FULL OF TACOS! We're celebrating the Holidays at HOLLADAY! EDITOR: Matt Allen. MUSIC: Suneaters courtesy of Lotuspool Records. Sponsored by KCK Taco Trail and Lost & Found & Rewound Podcast. 

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.