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El Camino Real is a long-running, family-style Mexican taqueria in Kansas City, Kansas, known for open-kitchen street tacos and house-made corn tortillas, operating two locations in the city’s northeast and Argentine neighborhoods.

Description

El Camino Real is a family-run Mexican taqueria on North 7th Street in Kansas City, Kansas, a stretch long associated with the city’s Mexican-American community. The kitchen is open to the dining room, and tacos are built on fresh, house-made corn tortillas wrapped around grilled meats, then served with a bowl of onions, cilantro, and limes for the diner to finish at the table.

The menu centers on traditional taqueria fare: al pastor (often offered with grilled pineapple), asada, lengua, tripas, and rajas tacos, alongside menudo, flan, and house-made salsas. Reviewers consistently single out the al pastor and the homemade tortillas as signatures. The restaurant operates in a casual, neighborhood setting with a price range in the $10–$20 range per person.

El Camino Real runs two locations in Kansas City, Kansas — the original at 903 N 7th Street and a second at 1147 Argentine Boulevard — and is sometimes branded as “Taqueria El Camino Real” or “El Camino Real 1 and 2” across its listings and social profiles.

Ownership and history

El Camino Real is a locally owned, family-style operation. Public listings describe it as a well-loved corner of Kansas City, and its social presence (“El Camino Real 1 and 2”) reflects the two-location family business. The specific founding family and exact year of establishment are not confirmed in available public sources; the base intake places its origins in the 1980s, which remains unverified. “

Note: this restaurant should not be confused with Taqueria El Camino (elcaminopa.com), a separate, unrelated Kansas City–area concept founded in 2020 by Chef Ethan Greer and sold in 2024 to Chef Wendy Stone. That business is distinct from El Camino Real at 903 N 7th St despite the similar name.

A phone-number discrepancy exists in public records: the base intake lists (913) 321-1945, while several third-party listings (KC Parent, PlaceJoys) show (913) 342-4333. Both may be active lines for the two locations. “

Last verified: 2026-07-13 · Source: allmenus (online-ordering menu, El Camino Real family listing), cross-checked against Yelp + Grubhub · URL(s): https://www.allmenus.com/ks/kansas-city/707942-el-camino-real/menu/ · https://www.yelp.com/biz/el-camino-real-kansas-city-2 · Confidence: Medium (aggregator source; no live official site; a few listing price anomalies)

Traditional KCK taqueria fare on house-made corn tortillas — street tacos, gorditas, tortas, burritos, alambres, mariscos, and grilled platillos.1 (Verified as the genuine El Camino Real family menu, not the lapsed/parked domain; item names and prices match an authentic low-price taqueria, cross-checked on Yelp and Grubhub.)

Tacos

  • Seasoned Pork Taco ($1.59)1
  • Steak Taco ($1.59)1
  • Beef Tongue Taco ($1.50)1
  • Beef Head Taco ($1.50)1

Gorditas

  • Poblano Pepper Gordita — with cheese and onion ($1.75)1
  • Fish Gordita ($2.95)1

Tortas

Mexican sandwich with choice of meat, beans, mayonnaise, pepper, cheese and guacamole.1

  • Steak Torta ($6.00)1
  • Breaded Steak Torta ($7.35)1
  • Seasoned Pork Torta ($6.00)1
  • Pork Torta ($6.00)1
  • Pork Chops Torta ($6.00)1
  • Beef Tongue Torta ($6.00)1
  • Beef Head Torta ($6.00)1
  • Chicken Torta ($6.00)1
  • Ham Torta ($6.00)1

Burritos

  • Steak Burrito ($8.25)1
  • Beef Burrito — cooked with choice of meat, beans and cheese, served with rice, beans and salad ($6.49)1
  • Seasoned Pork Burrito ($6.49)1
  • Pork Burrito ($6.49)1
  • Pork Chops Burrito ($6.49)1
  • Beef Tongue Burrito ($6.49)1
  • Beef Head Burrito ($6.49)1
  • Chicken Burrito1

Quesadillas

  • Quesadilla ($5.50)1
  • Quesadilla de Bistec — steak ($3.99)1
  • Quesadilla de Pollo — chicken ($3.99)1
  • Sincronizada ($3.99)1
  • Gringa — pastor ($6.25)1

Alambres

  • Alambre — choice of meat, served with rice, beans and lettuce ($10.75)1
  • Alambre Flameado — choice of meat cooked with bell pepper, bacon, ham, onion and cheese; served with rice, beans and lettuce (contains liquor) ($14.99)1

Platillos

  • Carne Asada — beef steak, served with lettuce, rice and charro beans ($11.49)1
  • Bistec, Cebolla y Queso — beef steak cooked with cheese and onion, served with lettuce, rice and charro beans ($9.99)1
  • Bistec, Tocino y Cebolla — beef steak cooked with bacon and onion ($9.50)1
  • Chile, Chuleta y Queso — pork chops cooked with bell pepper and cheese ($9.99)1
  • Hawaiiana — pork chops cooked with pineapple and cheese ($9.99)1
  • Filete Frito — fried fish filet, served with lettuce, rice, beans and French fries ($9.79)1
  • Filete Empanizado — breaded fish filet ($9.99)1
  • Filete al Mojo de Ajo — fish cooked in a garlic butter sauce ($9.99)1

Mariscos

  • Jumbo Shrimp — cooked with tomatoes, onion and pepper, served with lettuce, rice and beans ($11.99)1
  • Jumbo Shrimp in Hot Sauce — served on a bed of rice, lettuce and beans ($14.99)1
  • Jumbo Breaded Shrimp — served with lettuce, rice, beans and French fries ($11.99)1

Soups

  • Beef Soup ($8.49)1
  • Shrimp Soup ($9.50)1
  • Menudo ($10.91)1

Fajitas

Served with rice, beans, sour cream, guacamole and lettuce.1

  • Chicken Fajita ($11.99)1
  • Steak Fajita ($11.99)1
  • Combined Fajita ($12.95)1
  • Shrimp Fajita ($13.95)1

Lunch Specials

  • 2 Tacos — with rice and beans ($5.99)1
  • One Burrito — with rice and beans ($7.49)1
  • Cheese Quesadilla — with rice and beans ($6.25)1
  • Quesadilla — choice of meat with rice and beans ($6.75)1
  • 2 Flautas — with rice and beans ($6.49)1
  • 2 Enchiladas — with rice and beans ($6.49)1
  • One Torta ($6.99)1

A la Carta

  • Guacamole ($3.00)1
  • Queso Fundido ($4.00)1
  • Queso Chorizo ($5.00)1
  • Queso Tocino — bacon ($5.00)1
  • Queso Flameado ($6.00)1
  • Frijoles Charros ($2.99)1
  • Frijoles ($2.95)1
  • Arroz ($1.99)1
  • Papas Fritas ($1.99)1

Tier classification

Provisional Tier 1. El Camino Real is a locally owned, family-run taqueria deeply rooted in Kansas City, Kansas’s Mexican-American community along the historic North 7th Street corridor, with a multi-location footprint built over decades and a from-scratch (house-made tortillas, open kitchen) approach that reflects genuine pride in roots. Tier 1 placement is contingent on confirming the owning family’s KC-metro roots and the establishment date; if those cannot be verified, this may settle at Tier 2. “

See also

Sources

  1. Visit Kansas City, KS — El Camino Real I listing — https://www.visitkansascityks.com/listing/el-camino-real-i/303/ — accessed 2026-05-30
  2. PlaceJoys — El Camino Real — https://el-camino-real.placejoys.com/ — accessed 2026-05-30
  3. KC Parent Magazine — El Camino Real listing — https://kcparent.com/locations/el-camino-real/ — accessed 2026-05-30
  4. Yelp — El Camino Real, 903 N 7th St — https://www.yelp.com/biz/el-camino-real-kansas-city-2 — accessed 2026-05-30
  • Status verified active 2026-06-23 via Yelp — El Camino Real, 903 N 7th St (updated June 2026, 314 reviews) (accessed 2026-06-23). Both KCK locations operating; address 903 N 7th St, KC KS 66101 confirmed. Domain note: taqueriaelcaminoreal.com no longer resolves (dead/lapsed); elcaminorealkck.com is a registered-but-parked placeholder — domain issue.

Verification

Drafted 2026-05-30 from web research; 4 sources. Unverified items: exact founding year (1980s claim from intake is unconfirmed), owner/family name, and primary phone number (two different numbers appear across listings). Confirmed: address, two-location structure, cuisine, signature dishes, social links. Flagged the naming collision with the unrelated “Taqueria El Camino” (founded 2020).

Footnotes

  1. El Camino Real — menu via allmenus online-ordering listing, https://www.allmenus.com/ks/kansas-city/707942-el-camino-real/menu/ (accessed 2026-07-13). Cross-checked against Yelp (https://www.yelp.com/biz/el-camino-real-kansas-city-2) to confirm the genuine family taqueria rather than the lapsed/parked domain. ↩ ↩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

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