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A family-owned Mexican carnicería, tortillería, and taquería on the Kansas Avenue corridor in the Armourdale neighborhood of Kansas City, Kansas — combining a butcher counter, an all-day in-house tortilla operation, and a made-to-order taco counter under one roof. Named the best Mexican restaurant in Kansas by Tasting Table in February 2026.123

Description

Taqueria San Antonio — documented across directories, review platforms, and tourism listings under its fuller operating name Carniceria y Tortilleria San Antonio — is a family-owned Mexican market-and-eatery at 830 Kansas Avenue in the Armourdale neighborhood of Kansas City, Kansas. The business runs an integrated three-part concept: a carnicería (butcher counter selling fresh meat), a tortillería producing tortillas made fresh in-house throughout the day (sold for takeaway at the front of the store), and a taquería serving tacos and other Mexican dishes to order. A grocery section carrying Mexican ingredients, pastries, and produce rounds out the operation as a neighborhood market.2456

The menu centers on tacos — al pastor, carne asada, barbacoa, lengua, and deshebrada (shredded beef) among them — alongside tortas, tamales, quesadillas, and weekend-style staples such as menudo. A self-serve salsa and toppings bar lets customers dress their own orders. Food coverage repeatedly singles out the barbacoa and the from-scratch tortillas — “the tortillas are being made fresh right in front of you and the meat is coming right from their own meat market” — and the consensus across reviews is that “you really can’t go wrong with any of the tacos.”456

The shop sits on the Kansas Avenue corridor that anchors Armourdale’s concentration of Mexican-American food businesses. That corridor traces to Mexican workers recruited by the railroads and packing/industrial plants in the late 1800s and early 1900s, which seeded one of the metro’s oldest Mexican-American communities; the avenue is now promoted as a stop on the KCK Taco Trail, with San Antonio listed among its must-visit establishments.4

Ownership and history

The business is independent and family-owned, operating as a single-location carnicería/tortillería/taquería with no chain or corporate affiliation.456

Multiple business directories list a founding year of 2002, describing San Antonio as a long-running family business and full-service meat market and restaurant.6

A note on naming and disambiguation: this entry’s seed name, “Taqueria San Antonio,” corresponds to the business’s Instagram handle (@taqueriasanantonio_, bio “Serving Authentic Mexican Food”), but the brick-and-mortar at 830 Kansas Ave is documented overwhelmingly as Carniceria y Tortilleria San Antonio (also shortened to “Tortilleria San Antonio”) across Yelp, Tripadvisor, Foursquare, Visit Kansas City KS, and local press.234 This is distinct from at least two similarly named, unrelated businesses in the metro: San Antonio Carniceria y Tortilleria at 2904 Independence Ave, Kansas City, Missouri, and Don Antonio’s Carnicería y Taqueria at 7510 State Ave, KCK (see don-antonios-meat-and-tortillas).5 The subject of this page is specifically the 830 Kansas Ave, Armourdale location.

See also

Last verified: 2026-06-21 · Source: Restaurantji, Visit Kansas City KS / KCK Taco Trail, Yelp, Carne Diem · URL(s): restaurantji.com, visitkansascityks.com, yelp.com/biz/tortilleria-san-antonio-kansas-city, carnediem.blog · Confidence: Medium-High (High on the concept and the core taco lineup — al pastor, carne asada, barbacoa, lengua, deshebrada, carnitas — and the fresh in-house tortillas + self-serve salsa bar, all corroborated across multiple sources; Medium on prices, since the only figures available are review-reported and may be dated)

A meat-counter-driven taquería: tacos and Mexican staples built on meat from the in-house carnicería and tortillas pressed fresh at the front of the store all day, finished by the customer at a self-serve salsa and toppings bar.4569

Signature tacos (meat from the in-house meat market)

Served on house-made tortillas with the meat; customers dress their own at the salsa/toppings bar (cilantro, onion, lime, and a range of house salsas). Tacos are reported at roughly $2 each (earlier visits cited four for $6).569

  • Al pastor — marinated/spit-style pork; repeatedly named the standout pick (“flavor bomb”).69
  • Carne asada — grilled beef; among the most-praised orders.69
  • Barbacoa — slow-cooked beef; singled out by food coverage alongside the from-scratch tortillas.5
  • Lengua — beef tongue.69
  • Deshebrada — shredded beef.46
  • Carnitas — braised pork.69
  • Pollo — chicken.9
  • Chile relleno taco — cheese-stuffed chile topped with spicy salsa; noted as a must-try.9

Other dishes

  • Tortas — Mexican sandwiches.46
  • Tamales — described as a customer favorite.69
  • Quesadillas (incl. pastor).69
  • Menudo — tripe-and-hominy soup, weekend-style staple.46
  • Birria — appears in review/menu listings.69
  • Chicharrones de puerco y colitas de pavo — pork cracklings and turkey tails (meat-counter prepared items).6

Tortillería + market

  • Fresh tortillas made in-house throughout the day, sold for takeaway at the front of the store; carnicería (butcher counter) and a grocery section with Mexican ingredients, pastries, cheeses, salsas, produce, and drinks round out the operation.456

Sources

  • Status verified active 2026-06-23 via Yelp (listing updated June 2026, 221 reviews, operating) and Visit Kansas City KS (accessed 2026-06-23); operating at 830 Kansas Ave, KCK; corroborated by Feb 2026 Tasting Table “best Mexican restaurant in Kansas” press.

Footnotes

  1. KCTV5 — “Kansas City taco shop named best Mexican restaurant in Kansas” (Feb. 7, 2026) — identifies Carniceria y Tortilleria San Antonio, 830 Kansas Ave, as Tasting Table’s pick — https://www.kctv5.com/2026/02/07/kansas-city-taco-shop-named-best-mexican-restaurant-kansas/ — accessed 2026-05-30 ↩

  2. Yelp — “Tortilleria San Antonio,” 830 Kansas Ave, Kansas City, KS (updated March 2026; 128 photos / 220 reviews) — https://www.yelp.com/biz/tortilleria-san-antonio-kansas-city — accessed 2026-05-30 ↩ ↩2 ↩3

  3. Tripadvisor — “Tortilleria San Antonio,” Kansas City, KS — https://www.tripadvisor.com/Restaurant_Review-g38815-d4465380-Reviews-Tortilleria_San_Antonio-Kansas_City_Kansas.html — accessed 2026-05-30 ↩ ↩2

  4. Visit Kansas City KS — “KCK Taco Trail: Guide to Tacos in Armourdale” (Carniceria y Tortilleria San Antonio at 830 Kansas Ave; Armourdale corridor history) — https://www.visitkansascityks.com/blog/post/kck-taco-trail-guide-to-tacos-in-armourdale/ — accessed 2026-05-30 ↩ ↩2 ↩3 ↩4 ↩5 ↩6 ↩7 ↩8 ↩9 ↩10

  5. Carne Diem — “The Best Tacos in Kansas City for 2022” (barbacoa, in-house tortillas, salsa bar at 830 Kansas Ave) — https://carnediem.blog/2022/the-best-tacos-in-kansas-city-for-2022/ — accessed 2026-05-30 ↩ ↩2 ↩3 ↩4 ↩5 ↩6 ↩7 ↩8

  6. Restaurantji — “Carniceria y Tortilleria San Antonio,” Kansas City, KS 66105 (founded 2002; phone (913) 281-6433; daily 6 AM–10 PM; menu) — https://www.restaurantji.com/ks/kansas-city/carniceria-y-tortilleria-san-antonio-/ — accessed 2026-05-30 ↩ ↩2 ↩3 ↩4 ↩5 ↩6 ↩7 ↩8 ↩9 ↩10 ↩11 ↩12 ↩13 ↩14 ↩15 ↩16 ↩17 ↩18

  7. Instagram — @taqueriasanantonio_ (“Serving Authentic Mexican Food”) — https://www.instagram.com/taqueriasanantonio_/ — accessed 2026-05-30 ↩

  8. Facebook — “Carniceria y Tortilleria San Antonio | Kansas City KS” — https://www.facebook.com/CarniceriaYTortilleriaSanAntionio/ — accessed 2026-05-30 ↩

  9. Yelp / Restaurantji — “Tortilleria San Antonio” / “Carniceria y Tortilleria San Antonio,” 830 Kansas Ave, Kansas City, KS (review-sourced menu detail: al pastor, carne asada, lengua, carnitas, pollo, deshebrada, chile relleno taco, tamales, quesadillas; ~$2/taco; self-serve salsa/toppings bar) — https://www.yelp.com/biz/tortilleria-san-antonio-kansas-city; https://www.restaurantji.com/ks/kansas-city/carniceria-y-tortilleria-san-antonio-/ — accessed 2026-06-21 ↩ ↩2 ↩3 ↩4 ↩5 ↩6 ↩7 ↩8 ↩9 ↩10 ↩11

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