Taco the Town

Take your hands off that Taco your holding and place them on your radio! It's time to make a pledge to eat more tacos in 2023!!! And we get this year off to a taco-riffic start by taste testing the tasty tacos at MACARENA'S in the Northland with guests Zeke & Codie and Patrick Moore from 106.5 The Wolf's Morning Show! Patrick tells us how he got in trouble with Amazon and the gang tells us about t...

On December 11th, Former T3 Guest/Friend of the Podcast and Owner of The Classic Bite, GISELA RODRIGUEZ, passed away. Gisela was a ray of light wherever she went, she never met a stranger and lived an amazing and full 30 Years on planet Earth. This is a replay of our episode from back in September with Gisela at EL POLLO REY. Our condolences go out to her friends and family. 

It's your ANNUAL HOLIDAY COCKTAIL PARTY EPISODE and this year we're sipping' cocktails and eating South of Summit Tacos at the Fontaine Hotel's Nine One Zero Rooftop Bar Holiday Igloo Pop Up with our guests from KSHB 41 DAISHA JONES, RAE DANIEL, LINDSEY ANDERSON and LAUREN SCOTT (38 The Spot!!!) We run down a list of all of the KC Holiday Pop Ups, play some TACO GAMES, sing a LOTTA TACO CHRISTMAS...

This week we RETURN TO RANCHO GRANDE in Parkville, Missouri, the Taco spot where the Taco Podcast seed was planted for Dave, and we sit down to munch on some tasty tacos and enchiladas with Chris Lost and Scott Hartley, two members of the KC Rock band SUNEATERS! The fellas taco 'bout their new album that just dropped ABSINTHE MAKES THE HEART GROW FINGERS and much much more such as: the top films o...

This week we're coming to you on location at Effing Candle Company with returning T3 Guest BIRDIE HANSEN, talking turkey, candles and tacos!! We check out the tasty tacos and chips n' guac from the new Westport Taco Spot, BRIX LATIN AMERICAN CUISINE and Dave asks Birdie what exactly a Taco The Town scented candle should smell like? (Bean dip & Leather?) We also read a long list of Birdie's delight...

We wrap up Tacotober and have a little Halloween Hangover (in Taco-vember) by checking out the tasty tacos (and taco salad) at Downtown KC's Ghost Kitchen CLUSTERTRUCK with the super spooky and talented Quixotic Dark Forest & Sensatia Cabaret Performers TINA ROJAS, MONTANNA MICHELS & MORGAN HENNING! Our guests chat about their recent Powell Garden's show DARK FOREST and their upcoming sexy show SE...

This week Taco The Town hits the burgeoning Taco Town of Lawrence, Kansas for the First LAWRENCE TACO FESTIVAL!! Dave is joined by special guests Actress/Producer/Director CHRISTIE COURVILLE, Director of Development & Communications at Lawrence Humane Society ELINA ALTERMAN & Director of the Jayhawk Career Network in the KU Alumni Association and Native of Cooperstown, New York HOWIE GRAHAM! Dave...

  Episode 178: Return to Arrowhead Stadium! On Location! (w/ Alena Lee, Greg Bennett & John Stoner)    This week T3 returns to ARROWHEAD STADIUM, the Home of the CHIIEFS, to taste test all the tasty tacos, nachos, quesadillas and Doritos encrusted empenadas available to all the hungry football fans with special guest Taco Reviewers KCTV 5's ALENA LEE & GREG BENNETT and Chiefs Superfan/Dive Bar Afi...

Pickleball! America's Fastest Growing Sport! Tacos!! America's Most Beloved Food Stuff! This week on Taco The Town both come crashing together at the Pickleball Party Palace CHICKEN N PICKLE in South Overland Park where we devour some tasty tacos with our special guests BRIAN MASILIONIS from Southern Glazer's Wine & Spirits and Bartending Mastermind FERNANDO LEON from Rye in Leawood! Dave shares s...

We're kickin' off Taco-tober and celebrating Oct. 4th NATIONAL TACO DAY by hitting the KCK Taco Trail and taste testing some tasty KCK Tacos with Kansas City Comedians WILL FRANCIS, ERIKA HOLLIDAY & CARLOS CHAMON! We check out three never before reviewed KCK Taco Destinations: CALIFORNIA TACO SHOP, TAQUERIA LAS ARENOSAS & TACOS EL GUERO 100% MICHOACANOS! On our Taco journey, our guests tell us abo...

This week T3 hits one of the tastiest chicken taco spots in KCK as we finally check out EL POLLO REY on Kansas Avenue with special guest GISELA RODRIGUEZ from The Classic Bite ( theclassicbite.com !) Gisela tells us about her business The Classic Bite, growing up in Mexico and why you should never make friends with a Pig (or chicken) on your childhood farm! Dave tells the tale of when Gisela hooke...

School is back in session in the Taco-rrific Taco Hamlet of Lawrence, Kansas so that means T3 is back on the hunt to taste test all of the tasty tacos on Mass Street! This week we hit an L-Town classic LA PARRILLA w/ musician/artist/director JOSH BERWANGER (The Anniversary, Berwanger Band, The Only Children and new project Gemini Parks!) Josh tells us about his new band Gemini Parks (and their upc...

We celebrate 816 Day by taste testing some tasty tacos at SOCIAL in Waldo with our special Taco Reviewer Guests KMBC 9 Traffic Anchor/Reporter JAMIE WEISS and KC Margarita Expert/MLB Replay Operator/KC Sports Behind-The-Scenes Master-of-All Trades SARAH BLATTNER! Dave and his guests partake of some special 816 Double Decker Tacos as well as the Beer/Margarita and Shot special at Social while chatt...

This week we take a Mini Summer Taco-cation up the road to the terrific Taco Town of Lawrence, Kansas to check out some of the rustiest of tacos at the new RUSTY TACO location on Mass Street w/ special guest Taco Reviewer Hairdresser/Makeup Artist/Twitter Celeb and Lawrence resident MISS HEATHER BEAVER (@msgreenhair on Twitter!) We chat about Lawrence's recent taco-ssance and some recent Taco spot...

This week Taco The Town is coming to you from the belly of the beast ... which in this case is the home of SCARY GARY COOPER and we've been invited to his 8th Annual SHARK WEEK SHARNADO SHELTER BASH, celebrating all things shark-centric! We love sharks as much as the next shark enthusiast but the real reason we are here is to try Scary Gary's STREET SHARK TACOS!!! And to chat with many Former Taco...

POW!! ZOOM! KABOOM!! This week we're hitting LILLY'S CANTINA in the Midtown/Westport/Roanoke/Southwest Trafficway part of town (Next to the Cat Cafe!) and chatting it up with Cast & Crew members (Chris Cole, Violett Springate & Jen Raines) of the KC Fringe Festival show 'KING KIRBY!' (See it July 22nd thru 30th at Upside Bungee in the West Bottoms!) Our guests tell us about the play (Cigar Chompin...

This week we keep this Summer Taco-cation a' rollin' by returning to the Iron District in North Kansas City to taste test the tasty tacos (and nachos and churros) at TACO TANK with our special guests DANA COLLINS (Chips n' Salsa addict) and SHELBI NEEL (loves tacos and selling insurance but usually not at the same time!) Dana tells us what her favorite chips n' salsa in the city is and tells us ab...

Summer Taco-cation season is upon us so Dave hits the road up and down the West Coast with his pal Actor MICHAEL McMILLIAN (True Blood, Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, Bigfoot Collectors Club Podcast, Slate Your Name Podcast!) They review 5 West Coast Taco chains: TREJO'S TACOS, TACO TIME, JIMBOYS TACOS, DEL TACO & the LA Valley Legend CASA VEGA! Michael also tells Dave about the crazy Taco Bell Drive thru i...

This week our Great Summer Taco-cation brings us to the new South OP/Leawood Taco spot VIVA TACOS & TEQUILA, an immaculate taco palace! We are joined by Special Taco Reviewer Guests AMANDA ROSE & TREVIN BARTEE from SERIOUSLY SINISTER: A True Petty Crime Podcast! They tell us about their show and we can't about some Taco related Petty Crime stories and some Non-Taco related Petty Crime stories! Ama...

This week on T3 we kick off our Summer Taco-cation as we once again venture into the World of TACO PIZZA but not just any Pizza! It's GUY'S DELI in Westport's SPANISH GARDENS TACO PIZZA!! That's right, we are ON LOCATION at the hottest new deli in town (Guy's Deli in the former Joe's Pizza-by-slice spot) and we're joined by guests HARTZELL GRAY & KITTY from the KC MORNING SHOW Podcast! Dave and hi...

This week we're honored to be joined by special guest BUMP FUNK, KC Funk & Soul Legend! Bump and Lotuspool Records just released his long awaited album 'Our Music' by The Bump Band which was recorded in 1983 and thought to be lost forever! Also joining us this week is Bump Band vocalist and bass player ROBERT KELLY, Bump's Son JEREMY SCOTT (who helped rediscover his Dad's music) and Lotuspool Reco...

We're back on the South Plaza this week checking out the tasty tacos at THIRD STREET SOCIAL with special Taco Reviewer Guests NATALIE FIELEKE (Snack & Style Aficionado) and Savor & Swirl Co-owner HANNAH WILLIAMS! Natalie tells us about her days working at Taco Bell as a teen! (What secrets did she learn? Did she get to use the meat hose?) Hannah remembers her weird childhood Taco Bell order! (Sour...

It's a big week on T3!! It's Cinco De Mayo Week and Mother's Day Week so Dave kicks off the episode by interviewing his MOM, the woman who started Dave on his Taco Journey! She even answers some TACO TOPICS questions! Then Dave and his guests, KCTV 5's ALENA LEE & BILL HURRELBRINK and Super Bowl Champ & NFL Vet NICK LECKEY, belly up to the bar at Westport's PORT FONDA and taste test the tasty taco...

It's way past time we had another Titanic Taco Tussle!! That's right! It's time for another TACO CHAIN THROWDOWN SHOWDOWN!!! This is where T3 pits two taco chains (this time two local taco chains) against each other to determine who has the tastiest tacos! This time it's the two KC titans with multiple locations....JOSE PEPPERS VS. MI RANCHITO!! We're putting their tacos, espinaca and chips n' sal...

KC has a rich taco history but it also has a rich Burlesque history so this week we're combining them both as we taste test the tasty tacos at the RED BRIDGE BARRIO (BARRIO KC) with KC Burlesque Performers MARISA "MADAME" MACKAY and JENNY PIERCE! Marisa and Jenny help us preview the upcoming 10th Annual KC Burlesque Festival on MAY 7th at the Historic Folly Theatre (Get your tickets today!!) and D...