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Conchita Tacos is a Mexican street-taco counter in the Crossroads Arts District, sharing a building with the Polynesian-themed Kon Tiki cocktail lounge. It opened in 2024 as a venture of a local Kansas City hospitality group (Chad Troutwine and Chris Seferyn), with the kitchen run by the team behind Tacos Valentina and Torn Label Brewing.

Description

Conchita Tacos is a Mexican street-taco counter at 1910 Baltimore Avenue in Kansas City’s Crossroads Arts District. It occupies one half of a former flower-shop building (the ex-Beco Flower Shop space), with the other half housing Kon Tiki, a Polynesian-inspired cocktail lounge run by the same partners; the two operate as a paired food-and-drink concept where taco plates from Conchita meet island-style cocktails from Kon Tiki.12

The food program is helmed by the same team behind Tacos Valentina, the well-regarded KC taqueria-and-molino that mills heirloom Mexican corn (sourced from Oaxaca and the Estado de México) into fresh tortillas.13 The Conchita menu centers on a tight lineup of street tacos — including carne asada (steak), al pastor (slow-roasted pork), camarón asado (grilled shrimp), pescado (Baja fried fish), and calabaza (vegetarian squash) — alongside sides such as asada fries.1 Hours skew toward evening and late-night service (closed early in the week; open Wednesday through Sunday into the early-morning hours on weekends).4

Ownership and history

Conchita Tacos is part of a Kansas City hospitality venture co-owned by Chad Troutwine and Chris Seferyn.1 Troutwine is best known locally as part of the ownership group behind Torn Label Brewing Co. (1708 Campbell St.), the Crossroads brewery whose kitchen hosts Tacos Valentina.13 Seferyn is a veteran KC bar-and-restaurant operator credited with helping establish the city’s Martini Corner nightlife district through spots such as the Velvet Dog and Empire Room.1

The kitchen behind Conchita is the Tacos Valentina operation, co-owned by Roger Avila, which began as a Crossroads pop-up in 2021 (debuting at Big Mood Natural Wine) and built a reputation popping up at venues including Casual Animal, Alma Mater, and Torn Label before landing a permanent kitchen at Torn Label Brewing.3 Tacos Valentina’s concept is explicitly a molino y taqueria — a celebration of Mexican culinary and cultural identity built on stone-milled heirloom corn.3

Conchita Tacos opened in the Crossroads in 2024 (covered by The Pitch in October 2024 as a new opening), paired with Kon Tiki.1 The origin of the name “Conchita” — a Spanish given name and diminutive of “Concepción,” and also the name of a shell-shaped pan dulce (concha) — is not documented in available press; no source ties it to a specific family member or founding figure.1

The seed record’s characterization of Conchita as a “family-owned” spot founded in 2022 at “1925 McGee St” does not match the available evidence: published sources consistently give a 2024 opening, the 1910 Baltimore Avenue address, and ownership by a local hospitality partnership rather than a single founding family.

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Footnotes

  1. The Pitch — “Kon Tiki and Conchita Tacos blend island-style booze and bites to the Crossroads” — https://www.thepitchkc.com/rum-dont-walk-kon-tiki-and-conchita-tacos-blend-island-style-booze-and-bites-to-the-crossroads/ — accessed 2026-05-30 ↩ ↩2 ↩3 ↩4 ↩5 ↩6 ↩7 ↩8

  2. MyTiki.Life — “Kon Tiki & Conchita Tacos — Kansas City — Crossroads Arts District” — https://mytiki.life/tiki-bars/kon-tiki-conchita-tacos-kansas-city-crossroads-arts-district — accessed 2026-05-30 ↩

  3. Flatland KC — “Torn Label Brewing Adds Spice to its Suds with Tacos Valentina” / Kansas City Magazine — “Tacos Valentina: A KC Taco Pop-Up Has Found a Permanent Home Behind a Bar” — https://flatlandkc.org/eats-drinks/torn-label-brewing-adds-spice-to-its-suds-with-tacos-valentina/ and https://kansascitymag.com/tacos-valentinas-a-kc-taco-pop-up-shop-has-found-a-permanent-home-behind-a-bar/ — accessed 2026-05-30 ↩ ↩2 ↩3 ↩4

  4. Yelp — “Conchita Tacos, 1910 Baltimore Ave, Kansas City” (address, hours, reviews) — https://www.yelp.com/biz/conchita-tacos-kansas-city — accessed 2026-05-30 ↩

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Categories
  • Kansas City–owned
  • Mexican
  • Crossroads