Taco the Town

T3 is back in WESTPORT this week checking out another new KC Taco Spot, PINCHES TACOS, with our Special Guest Taco Reviewers LAUREN FLYNN, TIFFANY SMITH & AUBREY DYKEMAN from Kansas City Folk Pop Band OLIVIA FOX! They tell Dave all about what's next for the band, their favorite KC venues to perform at and what dangers they encounter playing rooftop gigs! (BIRDS!) Also they share with us Olivia Fox's secret before, during and after gig eatery: Chipotle! We explore the PINCHES menu and marvel at the LARGEST MARGARITA IN KC!!! Can the ladies finish it? We also talk about FALL TIME IN KC! What are Olivia Fox's favorite Autumn activities? In the TACO TICKER we tackle the topics Taco Bell wanting to change the date of NATIONAL TACO DAY! And we discuss Mission Taco Joint's Name Change! All of this and with the help of Olivia Fox we reveal the new Theme song for the TAKE A TWIRL ON THE TACO WHEEL Segment! AND: We learn what a 'Haystack' is! We talk about Chocolate Chip Cookies and eat some Churros! Sing some Taco Songs and learn what should never be put on a taco according to Aubrey! TACO THE TOWN! BACK IN WESTPORT WITH OLIVIA FOX!! Music: SUNEATERS courtesy of Lotuspool Records. SPONSORS: DIPP IT SALSA & KCK TACO TRAIL. 

This week we're hitting' up a new taco spot in one of Dave's old High School Cruisin' spots...TAQUIZA KS in Rosana Square with special guest Taco Reviewers from the KC Comedy Scene: JAKE (Jakin' Off Podcast) REDPATH, KASEY FAMOUS & EVAN CHRISTIAN GOLDT! (Who are all performing in the FOUNTAIN CITY COMEDY FESTIVAL this weekend in KC!! Get yer tickets!!) Dave and his guests get into some good Rosana Square & KenTacoHut tales (Like what is the go-to order while dining inside a KenTacoHut and who was that old dude who used to dance with young girls at Raoul's Velvet Room) and review some tasty Tequila tacos like the Enchilada Taco! (NOT an Enchilada but a TACO!) In the TACO TICKER, we discuss some new Taco spots opening up in the Crossroads and on State Line Road! We also get to the bottom of renegade Taco Festivals, specifically the one this summer in San Jose that gave everyone bad vibes and no tacos! ALL THIS AND: Kasey & Evan's Top Sushi Spots in KC! What is HOT WAFFLE?! WE SING SOME TACO SONGS! And will Jackson Mahomes be at the Fountain City Comedy Festival performing prop comedy? You'll have to get your tickets to find out! Give this episode a listen and see what we think about TAQUIZA KS!!! (Not to be confused with the Anhueser Busch drink, Tequiza, from the late '90's! MUSIC: Suneaters Courtesy of Lotuspool Records. SPONSORS: KCK TACO TRAIL, DIPP-IT SALSA, LOST, FOUND & REWOUND PODCAST.   

TACO THE TOWN IS BACK!! After a year hiatus, Dave returns from his time in the wilderness and aims to finish what he started...eat at all of the taco-rrific n' tasty taco spots KC has to offer! There have been a lot of new Taco spots open up in the past year and Dave has his sights on all of them! In this episode, Dave and his guests CHRIS LOST (Lost, Found &Rewound Podcast & Suneaters, Lotuspool Records), NATALIE FIELEKE (Food Reviewer with NatalieInKC on Instagram) and DAVID FIELEKE (Baseball nut and Skin Doctor at Cornerstone Dermatology) head back to KAUFFMAN STADIUM, Home of those pesky upstart Kansas City Royals, to taste test a very special taco...THE TASTE OF THE K TACO!!! (It has Spicy Cracker Jack's on it, people!! Among many other ingredients!) We chat about our guest's Summer MLB Stadium Tours, Bobby Whitt Jr.'s Heroic Season, KC Royals Future Stadium Plans and Chris asks David about his moles! We also tackle the topic of Catalina Dressing Taco Salad! Anyone a Catalina Dressing fan? In the TACO TICKER we taco 'bout the Taco Spot Openings & Closings on the Country Club Plaza (RIP, CHUYS & MISSION TACO JOINT-SOUTH PLAZA) and we give our ideas for the upcoming Plaza Revamp! (More Gondolas and Jet skis on Brush Creek!) We also cover the news from over the summer that Ponak's is up for sale! ALL THIS AND: We introduce our new segment...TAKING A TWIRL ON THE TACO WHEEL! JUST LIKE OUR BELOVED BOYS IN BLUE, TACO THE TOWN IS BACK!!! Music: Suneaters courtesy of Lotuspool Records. Sponsors: DIPP IT SALSA & The LOST, FOUND & REWOUND Podcast. 

This week we look back on our HOLIDAY SPECIAL from 2020 when we sipped on some Tiki Drinks at TIKI HUNA at the IRON DISTRICT in North Kansas City with former Taco The Town All Stars KATE HAUGAN, STANN TATE, DAISHA JONES, CYNTHIA MALONE & NICK LECKEY! We also had some Holiday-rrific musical performances from Former T3 guests JOSH BERWANGER, KATLYN CONROY, SAM BILLEN, SOLOHAWK featuring TIL WILLIS and we also debut a special Christmas ditty from SUNEATERS! HAPPY HOLIDAYS FROM TACO THE TOWN!! 

Here's another Classic Holiday Episode of T3 for you from way back in December of 2018 when Dave and his pals recorded their first Holiday Cocktail Party Episode at TikiCat (a Tiki bar in Westport that sadly no longer exists!) The gang taste tests some delicious Tiki drinks, sings some seasonal favorites and chats about everything festive in this BEST OF T3 Episode from Christmases Long Long Ago! Hope you enjoy!! HAPPY HOLIDAYS FROM TACO THE TOWN! 

It's the Holiday Season so why not celebrate with some CLASSIC BEST OF HOLIDAY EPISODES OF TACO THE TOWN!! This one is from way back in December of 2017! It's our PANCHO'S Episode (Episode # 9) where we review Pancho's and a very special, jolly white-haired man stops by in the Middle of a Snowstorm! (No, Not Santa!) It's OLD MAN WINTER!! We hope you enjoy this Holiday Gem from Way back in 20171! HAPPY HOLIDAYS FROM TACO THE TOWN!! 

What better way to celebrate the Holiday Season by listening back to some CLASSIC T3 Holiday Episodes from the past 6 Years of taco Podcasting! This is our THANKSGIVING SPECIAL from back in 2018 when we had a Taco Feast at The DRUNKEN WORM (RIP!) With guests DAVIS DeROCK, CHAD CRENSHAW & SHAWNA DOWNING! HAVE A TACO-RRIFIC & TURKEY-RRIFIC THANKSGIVING EVERYBODY! 

HAPPY HALLOWEEN! It's time to wrap up our month long 6th Birthday celebration here at TACO THE TOWN! But not before we drop one more classic BEST OF Episode of the show! Today's Episode is our super spooky HALLOWEEN Episode from back in October 2018 when we recorded the show overnight at the DOS REALES Mexican Restaurant in Shawnee which its employees claim to be haunted! We brought along Psychic Mediums DENISE SEAH & KATHY MARQUEZ and their ghost hunting devices to attempt to communicate with the spirits haunting this tasty taco spot! DID WE WITNESS ANY FLOATING TACOS?! You'll just have to listen to find out! ENJOY!   

Only a few more days in October to celebrate our 6th Birthday here on Taco The Town and that means only 2 more CLASSIC BEST OF Episodes!! Today's Re-Released Episode was one of the best Taco Days we here at T3 ever experienced  from back in November 2019 when we loaded up a Party Bus with Taco The Town All Star Guests and hit the highways and by-ways of the two Taco Cities (KC, MO & KCK) in a souped up Party Bus filled with musical instruments and pinatas and plenty of tacos and celebrated our 100th Episode!! Enjoy this trip down memory lane and trip around this Taco-rrific Taco Town! 

There are just a few days left to celebrate 6 YEARS OF TACO THE TOWN here in October!! So here's another CLASSIC BEST OF T3 Episode from back in December of 2020 when Dave and his guest BIRDIE HANSEN faced Dave's greatest fear (his 1 BAD TACO EXPERIENCE) and taste tested the tacos at FUZZY'S TACO SHOP! Will Birdie's Healing Crystals be able to cure Dave or will Fuzzy's disappoint again? You'll just have to listen to find out! ENJOY!