Las Marias Tortilleria

Las Marias Tortilleria is a traditional artisan nixtamal corn tortilla shop at 4010 E. Truman Rd in HNEKC (adjacent to the Independence Ave corridor), opened December 2021 by Enrique Chaurand and his sons. Chaurand, originally from Guadalajara, Jalisco, uses white Iowa corn processed through traditional nixtamalization and ground on a volcanic stone mill — a method largely absent from the KC metro. Hours: Tue–Sat 9am–3pm.

Description

Las Marias Tortilleria is Enrique Chaurand’s father-and-sons artisan tortilla shop at 4010 E. Truman Rd — a block south of Independence Ave in the HNEKC commercial corridor. Chaurand, who is from Guadalajara, Jalisco, opened the shop in late December 2021 with a method rarely found in the KC metro: traditional nixtamalization using white Iowa corn, processed on a volcanic stone grinding mill (molino). The difference in flavor and texture between a nixtamal tortilla and mass-produced versions is substantial, and the shop has been featured in both Spanish-language KC press and major English-language food coverage.

Las Marias sells tortillas by the dozen, takeaway-only, Tuesday through Saturday from 9am to 3pm. The model is production-first — the shop exists to make exceptional tortillas, not to serve a sit-down meal.

Tier classification

Tier 1. Enrique Chaurand is an immigrant craftsman who built a traditional tortilleria in KC — a business that exists specifically to preserve a method most of the metro has never tasted. Single location, family-run, artisan-scale. The roots are Guadalajara; the commitment is Kansas City. Tier 1.

Menu

Last verified: 2026-07-14 · Source: Yelp business listing; Dos Mundos feature; local listings (Yahoo Local, zmenu) · URL(s): https://www.yelp.com/biz/las-marias-tortilleria-kansas-city · https://dosmundos.com/2022/05/06/las-marias-keeps-traditional-tortilla-alive/ · Confidence: Medium (product line confirmed across press and listings; no published price list)

Genuinely small / product-focused — confirmed. Las Marias is a production/retail tortillería, not a taquería: there is no prepared-food counter, dine-in service, or cooked-taco menu — the shop makes and sells tortillas and masa for takeaway only.¹

Tortillas & masa

• Corn tortillas — 100% nixtamal, made fresh daily from white Iowa corn cooked with lime, rinsed, and stone-ground on a volcanic mill (molino), then pressed in-house; sold by the dozen for takeaway¹
• Flour tortillas — handmade; sold alongside the corn tortillas for tacos or burritos¹
• Fresh masa — nixtamal masa prepared daily on site from three ingredients only: ground corn, lime (cal), and water; gluten-free¹
• Tamale ingredients — specially prepared masa and the components for making tamales at home¹

No price list is published online; call (816) 730-1550 to confirm per-dozen tortilla and masa pricing and daily availability.¹

Links

• Facebook (primary web presence): https://www.facebook.com/lasmariastortilleria
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lasmariastortillas/

Sources

Footnotes

1. Las Marias Tortilleria — business listings (Yelp, https://www.yelp.com/biz/las-marias-tortilleria-kansas-city) and Dos Mundos feature (https://dosmundos.com/2022/05/06/las-marias-keeps-traditional-tortilla-alive/) (accessed 2026-07-14). ↩ ↩² ↩³ ↩⁴ ↩⁵ ↩⁶