Street tacos with fresh ingredients and a bit of chef’s flair, mezcal bottles on the wall, patio high seats overlooking the Westport sidewalk: It’s hard not to compare Taco Naco, which opened at 4144 Pennsylvania last week…

From farmer’s market pop-up in 2019 to full-service restaurant, Taco Naco is having a wildly successful ride. Ranked 22 on our Top 40 KC Restaurants list, the beloved taqueria is now working on a second location in the heart of Westport (4141 Pennslyvania Ave. Suite 103 KCMO).

For this list of Kansas City’s best new restaurants, we looked at places that have opened since March 2020. We paid our own way and did not announce ourselves…

In early 2020, after a year of catering events and organizing pop-ups, chef Fernanda Reyes set up her first Taco Naco booth at the Overland Park Farmers’ Market, serving both traditional and contemporary street tacos hot off the grill and selling handcrafted salsas, dips, taco meal kits and even Margarita mix to take home. A native of Durango, Mexico, and a graduate of the Instituto Culinario de México, Reyes was ultimately convinced…

Jarritos alienta a la comunidad a apoyar a sus taquerías locales.

Jarritos feeds the community to support local Hispanic-owned taquerias.

Great taquerias don't always cater to the chips-and-margs set, but Overland Park's Taco Naco mostly succeeds in balancing regional Mexican flavors with nods to Cal-Mex and Tex-Mex-loving customers. It's hard to blame chef Fernanda Reyes and her husband and co-owner, Brian Goldman, for listening to the locals…

Chef Fernanda Reyes Gonzalez started Taco Naco as a side hustle. She had a full-time kitchen job and only planned to do pop ups at the Overland Park Farmers’ Market, but her food received such rave reviews that she and her husband decided to open Taco Naco Market & Taqueria in …

A new taqueria is part of the Overland Park, Kansas, landscape.

Taco Naco KC Market and Taqueria is open to the public at 8220 Metcalf Avenue. Owners Brian Goldman and his wife, Fernanda Reyes, started Taco Naco KC in 2019 as a catering company for weddings, company events and such, and a pop-up taqueria and nacho stand at local festivals…

What started as a taco stand at the Overland Park Farmers' Market is now a full market and taqueria in Downtown OP. Here you will be wowed with flavorful tacos, nachos, queso, salsas, and yes, churros.

From a food stand at the OP Farmers’ Market to brick and mortar, this taco shop has found its resting place in Downtown Overland Park. You’ll find tacos made with Yoli tortillas and sides like handcrafted salsas. Love their tacos but don’t want to leave your house? You can find their taco kits online.

As the snow piles up outside and temperatures plummet, customers stepping inside the new Taco Naco KC Market & Taqueria get a quick taste of balmy Mexico. “If you are having a bad day or need to get out, this is a place with bright colors, bright light, good people, and a good atmosphere,”…