Taco Rico

Taco Rico is a family-owned Mexican taqueria in Kansas City’s Northland, serving street tacos and traditional Mexican fare from a converted fast-food building at 8238 N Oak Trafficway in the Gashland area.

Description

Taco Rico is a family-owned Mexican restaurant in the Northland that serves street tacos and traditional Mexican dishes made with fresh ingredients.¹ Signature items include carne asada and carnitas street tacos served on double-layered corn tortillas topped with onion and cilantro, alongside quesabirria, tortas, fajita bowls, elote, menudo, and aguas frescas.² The restaurant occupies a converted fast-food building — reviewers note it formerly housed a Burger King — and is known for fast service and a warm, regulars-remembering family atmosphere.³ It holds a 4.7/5 rating across roughly 300 reviews, with reviewers praising the food’s freshness and authenticity.⁴

Ownership and history

Taco Rico is consistently described across review platforms as a family-owned and family-run operation, with owners noted for remembering regular customers and providing personal, friendly service.¹³ The specific operating owner’s name and the restaurant’s founding year are not documented in public sources reviewed and are marked pending primary confirmation (business filing, local press, or direct contact). The business operates as Taco Rico LLC at the 8238 N Oak Trafficway address.⁵ No additional locations were found in research; this appears to be a single-location independent taqueria.⁴

Links

• Yelp: https://www.yelp.com/biz/taco-rico-kansas-city
• Restaurantji: https://www.restaurantji.com/mo/kansas-city/taco-rico-/

Menu

Last verified: 2026-06-21 · Source: Wherevi (aggregator menu), Restaurantji, Yelp, hey-restaurants (aggregator) · URL(s): https://taco-rico.wherevi.com/menu.html · https://www.restaurantji.com/mo/kansas-city/taco-rico-/ · https://www.yelp.com/biz/taco-rico-kansas-city · Confidence: Medium — item lineup is high-confidence (corroborated across multiple sources); most prices are Medium/unsourced because aggregators omit per-item pricing. No live official-site menu page could be fetched (tacoricokc.com returned no content; hey-restaurants returned template filler).

Taco Rico’s menu centers on griddled-meat street tacos and quesabirria, backed by platters, tortas, burritos, breakfast, elotes, and a sweet/frozen “antojitos” lineup (ice cream, mangoneadas, fruit cups).⁶⁷

Signature dishes (taqueria)

• Street tacos — carne asada and carnitas on double-layered corn tortillas, topped with onion and cilantro; the house signature.⁶⁷
• Quesabirria tacos — birria-stuffed cheese-crisped tacos with consommé; among the most-recommended items.⁶⁷
• Carne Asada Platter — griddled steak platter; “hearty” full-plate portion.⁷
• Birria — tender stewed-beef preparation served as tacos and in platters.⁷

Tacos & Tuesday special

• Street tacos (carne asada, carnitas, birria, and other meats) on double corn tortillas.⁶⁷
• Taco Tuesday — any taco for $5.99.⁷⁸

Platters

• Carne Asada Platter, chicken platter, pork carnitas platter — full plates with sides; chicken and carnitas platters reported around ~$13 and large enough for two meals.⁷⁸

Burritos, tortas & specialties

• Devil’s Burrito, Chicken Chimichanga — bold-flavor specialties noted by reviewers.⁷
• Tortas, quesadillas (incl. Garden Quesadilla), Rica-Gringa — $8.25 (quesadilla-style).⁶⁷
• Nachos — $4.55.⁶

Breakfast

• Mexican Breakfast — $8.25.⁶
• Chilaquiles — $8.15.⁶
• Breakfast Burrito — $8.35.⁶

Kids

• Chicken Fingers & Fries — $5.99.⁶
• Cheese Quesadilla & Fries — $5.99.⁶
• Cheeseburger — $6.99.⁶

Elotes, antojitos & sweets

• Elote / Corn on the cob — $3.85; corn in a cup.⁶
• Sweet & spicy snacks — Dori-Locos, Papas-Locas, Cueritos-Locos, Chilindrina, Tostilocos-style chip cups.⁶
• Frozen / ice cream — mangoneada especial, banana split, sundaes, choco-banana, and a wide ice-cream flavor list (horchata, strawberry cheesecake, gansito, etc.).⁶

Drinks

• Aguas frescas, Jarritos, Coke, Sprite, Sidral, Fanta, Sangria (soft) — $2.35 each.⁶
• Bottled water — $1.50.⁶
• Natural/fresh juices (Rica-Vida, Tropical, Jugo Verde, Detox), horchata.⁶

Note: aggregator menus do not list per-item prices for most tacos, platters, and tortas; unpriced items are intentionally left without a dollar figure rather than estimated. for a full priced menu — confirm against the official site or in-store menu when available.

Sources

• Status verified active 2026-06-23 via Yelp — Taco Rico (Updated June 2026, 184 reviews) (accessed 2026-06-23). Open/operating at 8238 N Oak Trafficway; no closure signal; recent reviews through June 2026.

Disputes

None recorded.

Footnotes

1. Wherevi — Taco Rico Kansas City. https://taco-rico.wherevi.com/ — asserts: family-run Mexican restaurant in KC’s Northland at 8238 N Oak Trafficway serving authentic street tacos; owners known for friendly service and remembering regulars. ↩ ↩²

2. Restaurantji — Taco Rico, Kansas City. https://www.restaurantji.com/mo/kansas-city/taco-rico-/ — asserts: address 8238 N Oak Trafficway KC MO 64118; carne asada street tacos, elote, fajita bowls, menudo, beef tongue tacos; open status and hours. ↩

3. Yelp — Taco Rico (Updated April 2026, 183 reviews). https://www.yelp.com/biz/taco-rico-kansas-city — asserts: taco restaurant at 8238 N Oak Trafficway; recent reviews through April 2026; formerly-a-Burger-King building noted in reviews; family/personal service. ↩ ↩²

4. Restaurantji (ratings detail) — https://www.restaurantji.com/mo/kansas-city/taco-rico-/ — asserts: 4.7/5 across ~300 reviews; open; double-corn-tortilla street tacos; occasional hours inconsistency noted by reviewers; single location. ↩ ↩²

5. Restaurant.com — Taco Rico LLC, Kansas City, 8238 N Oak Trfy. https://www.restaurant.com/locations/taco-rico-llc-kansas-city-8238-n-oak-trfy — asserts: legal/operating name Taco Rico LLC at the 8238 N Oak Trafficway address. ↩

6. Wherevi — Taco Rico menu (8238 N Oak Trafficway, KC MO 64118), retrieved 2026-06-21. https://taco-rico.wherevi.com/menu.html — asserts: menu sections and select prices — drinks/aguas frescas/Jarritos/soda $2.35, bottled water $1.50; elote/corn on the cob $3.85; nachos $4.55; Rica-Gringa $8.25; Mexican Breakfast $8.25, Chilaquiles $8.15, Breakfast Burrito $8.35; kids chicken fingers & fries $5.99, cheese quesadilla & fries $5.99, cheeseburger $6.99; sweet-&-spicy snacks (Dori-Locos, Papas-Locas, Cueritos-Locos, Chilindrina), frozens/ice cream (mangoneada, banana split, choco-banana, horchata, etc.), natural juices, sides. Per-item prices for core tacos/platters not listed. ↩ ↩² ↩³ ↩⁴ ↩⁵ ↩⁶ ↩⁷ ↩⁸ ↩⁹ ↩¹⁰ ↩¹¹ ↩¹² ↩¹³ ↩¹⁴ ↩¹⁵ ↩¹⁶ ↩¹⁷ ↩¹⁸

7. hey-restaurants — Taco Rico, Kansas City (8238 N Oak Trafficway), retrieved 2026-06-21. https://taco-rico.hey-restaurants.com/ — asserts: signature carne asada & carnitas street tacos on double corn tortillas with onion/cilantro; quesabirria tacos; Street Tacos de Carne Asada, Birria, Carne Asada Platter, Devil’s Burrito, Chicken Chimichanga; tortas; chicken and pork carnitas platters ~$13; Taco Tuesday any taco $5.99; open 11am–10pm. (Site’s “Discover Menu” sample lists unrelated template-filler items — pasta/shakes — which are NOT Taco Rico items and were excluded.) ↩ ↩² ↩³ ↩⁴ ↩⁵ ↩⁶ ↩⁷ ↩⁸ ↩⁹ ↩¹⁰

8. Restaurantji / Yelp review-and-listing corroboration — Taco Rico, Kansas City. https://www.restaurantji.com/mo/kansas-city/taco-rico-/ · https://www.yelp.com/biz/taco-rico-kansas-city — asserts: Taco Tuesday taco $5.99; chicken/carnitas platters ~$13 and large-portion; signature street tacos and quesabirria; carne asada platter. ↩ ↩²