The Catracha Mex

The Catracha Mex is a Honduran-and-Mexican family restaurant in Kansas City’s Historic Northeast, best known for baleadas, quesabirria, and chicken with plantain chips.

Description

The Catracha Mex is a family-owned Honduran-and-Mexican restaurant in the Historic Northeast, operating at 4807 Independence Ave and, since roughly October 2025, a second, larger location at 5930 Wilson Ave.¹² Owners Feliciano Ariza and his wife — a Mexican–Honduran couple with more than two decades of kitchen experience between them — built the business up from weekend food sales at home, to a food trailer, to two brick-and-mortar restaurants.² The menu blends Honduran staples (baleadas, chicken with plantain chips, mondongo) with Mexican favorites (quesabirria, tacos, tortas, gorditas).²³

Ownership and history

The restaurant is owned and operated by Feliciano Ariza and his wife, a Mexican–Honduran couple whose combined kitchen experience is described in local press as more than 20 years.² The business trajectory — home cooking → food trailer → Independence Avenue storefront → second, larger Wilson Avenue storefront opened approximately October 2025 — is documented in a January 2026 Northeast News profile.²

Links

• Website: https://thecatrachasmex.com/
• Yelp: https://www.yelp.com/biz/the-catrachas-mex-kansas-city
• DoorDash: https://www.doordash.com/city/kansas-city-mo/b/catracha-mex-15197275/

Menu

Verified from official website and Northeast News coverage:²³

• Baleadas (including baleada especial) — Honduran flour tortilla with beans, cheese, cream
• Chicken with plantain chips
• Quesabirria
• Broths (caldos) / mondongo
• Choripapa
• Tamales hondureños
• Pescado frito
• Gorditas, sopes, tortas, burritos, tacos

Sources

Footnotes

1. The Catrachas Mex, Yelp business listing, 4807 Independence Ave, updated May 2026. URL ↩

2. “A New Taste of Honduras & Mexico in Northeast,” Northeast News, January 2026. URL ↩ ↩² ↩³ ↩⁴ ↩⁵ ↩⁶

3. The Catrachas Mex, official website, accessed 2026-08-14. URL ↩ ↩²