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California Taco Shop is a family-owned Cali-Mex taqueria on Kansas Avenue in the Armourdale district of Kansas City, Kansas, known for San Diego–style rolled taquitos, carne asada fries, and breakfast burritos.

Description

California Taco Shop is a Cali-Mex taqueria located on Kansas Avenue in Kansas City, Kansas, in the industrial Armourdale district. It serves a San Diego / Southern California style of Mexican food — distinct from the central-Mexico and Tex-Mex traditions more common in the metro — with rolled taquitos, carne asada fries, and breakfast burritos among its most-cited items.

The shop operates as a casual, order-at-the-counter taqueria with a salsa bar. Reviewers consistently single out the rolled taquitos (compared favorably to San Diego “rolled tacos”), carne asada (“asada”) fries, and breakfast burritos built on eggs, cheese, and country potatoes with a choice of protein. The salsa bar’s pickled carrots are also frequently noted.

The business takes online orders through its own website, Clover, and DoorDash. A separately listed “California Taco Shop 24 Hwy” location appears in Sugar Creek, Missouri; the relationship between the two (same ownership vs. unrelated) is not yet confirmed and should be verified before publication.

Ownership and history

California Taco Shop is described in the base record as a family-owned operation founded around 2010. The specific owner/family name and the exact founding year are not yet independently confirmed from primary sources; public listings (Yelp, Visit KCK, Clover) establish the location, menu, and operating status but do not document ownership or founding.

The Cali-Mex menu orientation (rolled taquitos, asada fries) points to a Southern California culinary lineage, but whether that reflects the owners’ personal background is unverified.

Last verified: 2026-08-26 · Source: California Taco Shop official Clover online-ordering menu · URL: https://www.clover.com/online-ordering/california-taco-shop-kansas-city · Confidence: High (first-party Clover storefront at 1268 Kansas Ave, Kansas City, KS 66105; per-item prices; descriptions copied only where Clover prints them). Description ceiling, 2026-08-26: live Clover prints copy for 123 of 166 priced items. The other 43 — all 6 quesadillas, Beans & Cheese / Crazy / Califas burritos, Torta NO FRIES, Cheese / Steak / Chicken enchiladas, the Specials, #2 Tamale plate, chips, extras, sides, and drinks — are name+price only on both the all-menu list and item detail pages (quesadilla pages expose add-on modifiers, not dish copy). Homepage californiatacoshop.com does not serve a menu (Firecrawl 200 is a parked/blocked searchhubfinder interstitial; rawHtml has no .pdf or uploads). Wayback CDX of the domain is other operators (Bellingham WA 2013; Warwick RI 2014) plus later parking pages, not this Armourdale shop. No operator PDF found. Aggregator storefronts (Uber Eats / Grubhub / DoorDash) were not used.

San Diego–style Cali-Mex counter fare — street and plate tacos, California-style burritos, loaded asada fries, quesadillas, tortas, combination plates, and all-day breakfast.1

Quesadillas

  • Cheese Quesadilla — $7.491
  • Chicken Quesadilla — $11.491
  • Steak Quesadilla — $12.491
  • Ground Beef (Molida) Quesadilla — $10.991
  • Adobada Quesadilla — $11.791
  • Carnita Quesadilla — $11.791

Chimichangas

  • Adobada Chimichanga — Adobada chimichanga served with sour cream, guacamole and cheese dip — $11.491
  • Chicken Chimichanga — Chicken chimichanga served with sour cream, guacamole and cheese dip — $10.991
  • Carnitas Chimichanga — Carnitas chimichanga served with sour cream, guacamole and cheese dip — $11.491
  • Ground Beef (Molida) Chimichanga — Ground beef chimichanga served with sour cream, guacamole and cheese dip — $11.991
  • Steak Chimichanga — Steak chimichanga served with sour cream, guacamole and cheese dip — $11.991

Taco Salads

  • Adobada Taco Salad — Adovada taco salad served with guacamole and sour cream — $11.791
  • Carnitas Taco Salad — Carnitas tacos salad served with guacamole and sour cream — $11.791
  • Chicken Taco Salad — Chicken taco salad served with guacamole and sour cream — $10.991
  • Ground Beef (Molida) Taco Salad — Ground beef taco salad served with guacamole and sour cream — $11.791
  • Steak Taco Salad — Steak taco salad served with guacamole and sour cream — $11.991

Super Nachos

  • Carnitas Super Nachos — Pork super nachos served with sour cream, guacamole, beans, cheese and pico de gallo — $11.991
  • Adobada Super Nachos — Marinated pork super nachos served with sour cream, guacamole, beans, cheese and pico de gallo — $11.991
  • Ground Beef (Molida) Super Nachos — Ground beef super nacho served with sour cream, guacamole, beans, cheese and pico de gallo — $11.991
  • Chicken Super Nachos — Chicken served with sour cream, guacamole, beans, cheese and pico de gallo — $11.491
  • Steak Super Nachos — Steak served with sour cream, guacamole, beans, cheese and pico de gallo — $12.991

Fries

  • Adobada Potato Fries — Steak served with sour cream and cheese dip — $12.791
  • Carnitas Potato Fries — Pork potato fries served with sour cream and cheese dip — $12.791
  • Chicken Fries — Chicken potato fries served with sour cream and cheese dip — $12.491
  • Ground Beef (Molida) Fries — Ground beef potato fries served with sour cream and cheese dip — $12.991
  • Fries — Just Plain Seasoned Fries — $4.991
  • Steak Fries — Steak potato fries served with sour cream and cheese dip — $13.491

Burritos

  • Chicago Burrito — Chicken, potatoes, cheese and sour cream — $8.991
  • Grilled Chicken Burrito — Grilled chicken burrito served with sour cream and lettuce — $8.791
  • San Diego Asada Burrito — French fries and cheese — $9.151
  • Shrimp Burrito — Shrimp burrito served with tartar sauce, cabbage, onions, tomatoes and jalapeno — $9.991
  • Chile Relleno Burrito — Chile relleno burrito with rice and beans — $9.991
  • Chicken Burrito — Chicken burrito ith rice and beans — $8.991
  • Carnitas Burrito — Pork burrito, guacamole, and pico de gallo — $9.791
  • Steak Burrito — Steak burrito, guacamole, and pico de gallo — $9.791
  • Cabeza Burrito — Head beef burrito, onion, rice, beans and cilantro — $9.491
  • Adobada Burrito — Marinated pork burrito, guacamole and pico de gallo — $9.791
  • Beans & Cheese Burrito — $7.491
  • Fish Burrito — Fish burrito served with pico de gallo, cabbage, tartar sauce — $9.491
  • Steak Fajitas Burrito — shredded cheese, Mix of onions & green peppers — $9.791
  • Fajitas Burrito — Grilled chicken burrito and shrimp with onions and green peppers — $9.791
  • Veggie Burrito — Lettuce, pico de gallo (tomato,onion,cilantro), guacamole, sour cream, shredded cheese, beans & rice — $9.491
  • Crazy Burrito — $9.991
  • Frontera Burrito — Steak and shrimp burrito served with potatoes, pico de gallo and cheese — $9.991
  • Al Pastor Burrito — Marinated pork burrito served with potatoes, pico de gallo and cheese — $9.991
  • Texas Chicken Burrito — Texas chicken burrito served with rice and cheese — $8.991
  • Poblano Burrito — Steak burrito served with onions, tomatoes, guacamole and jalapenos — $9.991
  • Supreme (Molida) Burrito — Ground beef burrito served with lettuce tomatoes, cheese and sour cream — $9.491
  • Shredded Beef Burrito — Shredded beef burrito served with onions, tomatoes and bell peppers — $9.491
  • Califas Burrito — $9.791

Tortas

  • Cubana Torta — Cubana torta served with guacamole, lettuce and fries — $11.991
  • Machaca Torta — Machaca torta served with guacamole, lettuce and fries — $11.491
  • Ham Torta — Ham torta served with guacamole, lettuce and fries — $10.791
  • Chicken Torta — Chicken torta served with guacamole, lettuce and fries — $10.491
  • Chorizo Torta — Chorizo torta served with guacamole, lettuce and fries — $10.991
  • Carnitas Torta — Pork torta served with guacamole, lettuce and fries — $10.791
  • Carne Asada Torta — Steak torta served with guacamole, lettuce and fries — $11.491
  • Adobada Torta — Marinated Pork torta served with guacamole, lettuce and fries — $10.791
  • Torta NO FRIES — $9.991

Tacos

  • Grilled Chicken Taco — Grilled chicken tacos served with guacamole and pico de gallo — $4.491
  • Shrimp Taco — Shrimp tacos served with guacamole and pico de gallo — $4.991
  • Shredded Beef Taco — Shredded beef tacos served with guacamole and pico de gallo — $4.151
  • Ground Beef (Molida) Taco — Ground beef tacos served with guacamole and pico de gallo — $4.151
  • Fish Taco — Fish tacos served with guacamole and pico de gallo — $4.991
  • Chicken Taco — Chicken tacos served with guacamole and pico de gallo — $3.991
  • Carnitas Taco Grande — Pork tacos served with guacamole and pico de gallo — $4.491
  • Carne Asada Taco Grande — Steak tacos served with guacamole and pico de gallo — $4.791
  • Cabeza Taco Grande — Cabeza tacos served with guacamole and pico de gallo — $4.791
  • Adobada Taco Grande — Adobada tacos served with guacamole and pico de gallo — $4.491

Tacos Street

  • Carnitas Taco Street — Pork street taco served with onion and cilantro — $2.791
  • Carne Asada Taco Street — Steak street taco served with onion and cilantro — $3.151
  • Cabeza Taco Street — Cabeza street taco served with onion and cilantro — $3.151
  • Adovada Tacos Street — Adovado street taco served with onion and cilantro — $2.791

Enchiladas

  • Ground Beef (Molida) Enchiladas — Ground beef enchiladas served with lettuce, tomatoes, sour cream and cheese — $9.991
  • Cheese Enchiladas — $9.491
  • Shredded Beef Enchiladas — Shredded beef enchiladas served with onions, tomatoes, and bell peppers — $9.991
  • Shrimp Enchiladas — Shrimp enchiladas served with onions, tomatoes and jalapenos — $9.991
  • Steak Enchiladas — $10.151
  • Chicken Enchiladas — $9.491

Specials

Clover also lists a $0.00 # Burrito Dip Plate modifier (not a priced dish).1

  • Enchilada with Dip on Top — $9.151
  • #3 RTC plate — $9.991
  • #5 RTC plate — $10.991
  • 4 chicken Tenders with Fries — $8.991
  • 12 Chicken Nuggets with Fries — $8.491

Combination Plates

  • #1 Plate — Steak Fajitas with onion and green peppers served with rice and beans — $12.991
  • #2 Plate — Shrimp plate served with rice and beans — $13.491
  • #3 Plate — Shrimp, steak and chicken fajitas served with rice and beans — $14.491
  • #4 Plate — Shrimp, steak fajitas with onions and green peppers served with rice and beans — $13.491
  • #5 Plate — Chicken and shrimp fajitas with onions and green peppers served with rice and beans — $13.151
  • #6 Plate — Chicken fajitas with onions and green peppers served with rice and beans — $12.991
  • #7 Plate — Diabla shrimp served with rice and beans — $13.991
  • #8 Plate — Steak mexicano served with rice and beans — $13.491
  • #9 Plate — Chimichanga served with rice and beans — $13.991
  • #10 Plate — Pork al pastor served with rice and beans — $12.991
  • #11 Plate — Two chiles rellenos served with rice and beans — $13.791
  • #12 Plate — Two chicken burritos served with rice and beans — $13.491
  • #13 Plate — Steak plate served with rice and beans — $13.491
  • #14 Plate — Machaca plate served with rice and beans — $13.491
  • #15 Plate — Chorizo Plate served with rice and beans — $13.791
  • #16 Plate — Carnitas plate served with rice and beans — $12.991
  • #17 Plate — Two steak tacos served with rice and beans — $12.991
  • #18 Plate — 3 Shredded beef tacos served with rice and beans — $13.791
  • #19 Plate — Ground beef burrito and cheese enchilada served with rice and beans — $13.491
  • #20 Plate — Two cheese enchiladas and one shredded beef taco served with rice and beans — $13.491
  • #21 Plate — Three chicken enchiladas served with rice and beans — $13.491
  • #22 Plate — Quesadilla, chicken taco and tamal served with rice and beans — $13.491

Breakfast Burritos

  • Country Breakfast Burrito — Country breakfast burrito served with potatoes, eggs and cheese — $9.491
  • Machaca Breakfast Burrito — Machaca breakfast burrito served with potatoes, eggs and cheese — $8.991
  • Mix Breakfast Burrito — Mix breakfast burrito served with potatoes, eggs and cheese — $8.991
  • Chorizo Breakfast Burrito — Chorizo breakfast burrito served with potatoes, eggs and cheese — $8.791
  • Steak & Egg Breakfast Burrito — Steak and egg breakfast burrito served with potatoes, eggs and cheese — $8.791
  • Ham and Pico de Gallo Breakfast Burrito — Ham and pico de gallo breakfast burrito served with potatoes, eggs and cheese — $7.991
  • Bacon Breakfast Burrito — Bacon breakfast burrito served with potatoes, eggs and cheese — $8.151
  • Veggie Egg Burrito — Veggie breakfast burrito served with potatoes, eggs and cheese — $7.991
  • Campirano Breakfast Burrito — Champirano breakfast burrito served with potatoes, eggs and cheese — $8.991
  • Tex Mex Breakfast Burrito — Tex Mex breakfast burrito served with potatoes, eggs and cheese — $8.991
  • Chicken Egg Burrito — Chicken breakfast burrito served with potatoes, eggs and cheese — $7.991
  • Shrimp & Egg Burrito — Shrimp and egg breakfast burrito served with potatoes, eggs and cheese — $8.491
  • Happy Burrito — Happy breakfast burrito served with potatoes, eggs and cheese — $8.491
  • Egg, Potatos, Cheese Burrito — Egg, papa, cheese burrito served with potatoes, eggs and cheese — $7.991

Breakfast Plates

  • #1 Breakfast Plate — Huevos a la Mexicana eggs, rice and pico de gallo — $8.491
  • #2 Breakfast Plate — ham, two eggs, rice, beans and tortilla — $10.791
  • #3 Breakfast Plate — Bacon, two eggs, rice, beans and tortilla — $10.991
  • #4 Breakfast — Omelette, ham, cheese, and french fries — $10.491
  • #5 Breakfast — Omelette, steak, cheese, pico de gallo and french fries — $10.991
  • #6 Breakfast Plate — Omelette, ham, cheese pico de gallo and tortilla — $11.491
  • #7 Breakfast — Omelette, chicken, cheese and french fries — $9.991
  • #8 Breakfast — Veggie Omelette — $9.151
  • #9 Breakfast — Bacon, eggs, potatoes, cheese and bread — $10.491
  • #10 Breakfast — Sandwich, bacon, eggs and cheese — $6.991
  • #11 Breakfast — Sandwich, ham, eggs and cheese — $6.991
  • #12 Breakfast — Sandwich, pancake, ham and eggs — $10.991
  • #13 Breakfast — 3 Pancakes — $8.991
  • #14 Breakfast — Two pancakes bacon and eggs — $10.991
  • #15 Breakfast — Sandwich egg and cheese — $5.991

Tostadas

  • Shrimp Tostada — Shrimp tostada served with beans, lettuce and cheese — $6.491
  • Bean Tostada — Bean tostada served with beans, lettuce and cheese — $4.791
  • Steak Tostada — Steak tostada served with beans, lettuce and cheese — $6.491
  • Shredded Beef Tostada — Shredded beef tostada served with beans, lettuce and cheese — $5.991
  • Supreme (Molida) Tostada — Supreme tostada served with beans, lettuce and cheese — $5.991
  • Chicken Tostada — Chicken tostada served with beans, lettuce and cheese — $5.491

Tamales

  • #2 Tamale plate — $9.991

Chips

  • Chips and Cheese Dip — $7.491
  • Chips with Salsa — $4.991
  • Chips with Guacamole — $7.491

Extras

  • Flour Tortilla — $1.491
  • Corn Tortillas — $1.251
  • 4 Chiles Toreados — $1.791
  • X Guacamole — $1.791
  • X Sour Cream — $1.251
  • X Pico de Gallo — $1.251
  • X Shredded Cheese — $1.251

Side Orders

  • 1/2 Pico de Gallo — $2.291
  • 1/2 Guacamole — $5.991
  • 1/2 Rice — $2.491
  • 1/2 Beans — $2.491

Drinks

Clover also lists $0.00 modifier rows for ONLY Fountain/Soda and ONLY Aguas Frescas - NO REFILL (flavor/size choices, not priced dishes), plus an uncategorized Pina at $0.00.1

  • Mexican Glass Bottle Coke — $2.991
  • VitaminWater — $2.791
  • 16oz Soda Can — $2.291
  • Monster — $3.491
  • Water/Ice Cup — $0.501
  • 12oz Soda Can — $1.491
  • Powerade — $2.491
  • Water Bottle — $1.001
  • Coffee — $2.491
  • Jarritos — $2.791

See also

Sources

  1. Yelp — California Taco Shop, 1268 Kansas Ave, Kansas City, KS — https://www.yelp.com/biz/california-taco-shop-kansas-city — accessed 2026-05-30
  2. Visit Kansas City, KS (Visit KCK) listing — https://www.visitkansascityks.com/listing/california-taco-shop/1769/ — accessed 2026-05-30
  3. Instagram — @shopcaliforniataco — https://www.instagram.com/shopcaliforniataco/ — accessed 2026-05-30
  4. Clover online ordering — California Taco Shop, Kansas City — https://www.clover.com/online-ordering/california-taco-shop-kansas-city — accessed 2026-05-30
  5. Visit KCK — “KCK Taco Trail: Guide to Tacos in Armourdale” — https://www.visitkansascityks.com/blog/post/kck-taco-trail-guide-to-tacos-in-armourdale/ — accessed 2026-06-21. Asserts: California Taco Shop’s place on the Armourdale/Kansas Ave taco corridor; rolled tacos (guacamole/cheese/lettuce); breakfast served all day. (Does NOT establish owner, family name, or founding year.)
  6. Yelp — California Taco Shop, 1268 Kansas Ave, KCK (page updated Nov 2025; operating; 94 reviews) — https://www.yelp.com/biz/california-taco-shop-kansas-city — accessed 2026-06-23
  • Status verified active 2026-06-23 via Yelp — California Taco Shop (accessed 2026-06-23). Page updated Nov 2025 with current hours (Mon–Sat 6a–8p, Sun varies), 94 reviews, and active Clover/Grubhub online ordering at 1268 Kansas Ave.

Verification

Drafted 2026-05-30 from web research; 4 sources. No Facebook page confirmed for this specific location.

Menu capture (2026-06-02): Added menu_last_verified, menu_status, menu_source_types frontmatter + earned secondary tags (breakfast-burritos, rolled-taquitos, carne-asada-fries). Inserted standardized ## Menu section with current offerings + website/delivery sources + archive pointer (huge batch). Updated Edit History.

Footnotes

  1. California Taco Shop — official Clover online-ordering menu (accessed 2026-08-26 via Firecrawl). First-party names, descriptions, and prices only. Address on storefront: 1268 Kansas Ave, Kansas City, KS 66105. ↩ ↩2 ↩3 ↩4 ↩5 ↩6 ↩7 ↩8 ↩9 ↩10 ↩11 ↩12 ↩13 ↩14 ↩15 ↩16 ↩17 ↩18 ↩19 ↩20 ↩21 ↩22 ↩23 ↩24 ↩25 ↩26 ↩27 ↩28 ↩29 ↩30 ↩31 ↩32 ↩33 ↩34 ↩35 ↩36 ↩37 ↩38 ↩39 ↩40 ↩41 ↩42 ↩43 ↩44 ↩45 ↩46 ↩47 ↩48 ↩49 ↩50 ↩51 ↩52 ↩53 ↩54 ↩55 ↩56 ↩57 ↩58 ↩59 ↩60 ↩61 ↩62 ↩63 ↩64 ↩65 ↩66 ↩67 ↩68 ↩69 ↩70 ↩71 ↩72 ↩73 ↩74 ↩75 ↩76 ↩77 ↩78 ↩79 ↩80 ↩81 ↩82 ↩83 ↩84 ↩85 ↩86 ↩87 ↩88 ↩89 ↩90 ↩91 ↩92 ↩93 ↩94 ↩95 ↩96 ↩97 ↩98 ↩99 ↩100 ↩101 ↩102 ↩103 ↩104 ↩105 ↩106 ↩107 ↩108 ↩109 ↩110 ↩111 ↩112 ↩113 ↩114 ↩115 ↩116 ↩117 ↩118 ↩119 ↩120 ↩121 ↩122 ↩123 ↩124 ↩125 ↩126 ↩127 ↩128 ↩129 ↩130 ↩131 ↩132 ↩133 ↩134 ↩135 ↩136 ↩137 ↩138 ↩139 ↩140 ↩141 ↩142 ↩143 ↩144 ↩145 ↩146 ↩147 ↩148 ↩149 ↩150 ↩151 ↩152 ↩153 ↩154 ↩155 ↩156 ↩157 ↩158 ↩159 ↩160 ↩161 ↩162 ↩163 ↩164 ↩165 ↩166 ↩167 ↩168 ↩169

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