I visited that very building last spring on my trip to every operating Ritzy’s. They’re planning widespread expansion starting with a second Lexington location across town in a building that was originally a G.D. Longtime Cheddar’s franchisee, The Greer Companies, purchased the Lexington Taco Tico earlier this year along with a 10% stake in the entire Taco Tico brand. Had my exposure at an early age caused me to develop Stockholm Syndrome for the Taco meat everyone else hated?įor better or worse, the next major event in Taco Tico’s history is set to happen in Lexington Kentucky.
Were the Iowa Taco Ticos still using the 1988 vintage recipe, the Taco Tico equivalent of New Coke, or was I raised on the supposedly inferior meat recipe in Kentucky? My parents would have started taking me to the Lexington area Taco Ticos right around 1988. The change proved unpopular, and was quickly reverted to the original. Taco Tico’s Wikipedia page states there was a change in the meat recipe implemented following Dan Foley’s sale of the brand to a former KFC executive 1988. The restaurants are loosely associated today with each owner running a separate website, many of which show nonstandard menu items supplementing the classic tacos and burritos.
#TACO TICO IN MASON CITY PLUS#
Most of the Wichita area Ticos that were forced to close by the state have since re opened, and today, a total of 17 Taco Tico locations are open for business, nine in Kansas, plus two each in Oklahoma, Iowa, and Kentucky, one in Louisiana, and one in Texas. This marked the low point in Taco Tico history, and while things aren’t much better today, there is a faint glow of a bright future for Taco Tico. In 2013, following decades of slow decline and shrinking location count, ten company-owned, Wichita area Taco Tico locations were forced to close by the Kansas department of revenue due to their failure to remit sales tax revenue back to the state, leaving only a handful of franchised locations, including the two in Kentucky, open for business. Surfside 6 Cafe, 460 North Shore Drive, Clear Lake.This has been my go-to Taco Tico for more than 15 yearsĭan Foley opened the first Taco Tico in Wichita, Kansas in 1962, and there were once 120 locations all over the Midwestern and Southeastern United States. The Other Place, 200 Highway 18 West, Clear Lake. Half Moon Inn, 701 Buddy Holly Place, Clear Lake. Bar/Restaurants Burke's Bar & Grill, 1221 N. Novelties and Ice Cream Birdsall's - North, 518 N. Milepost 194, 2009 Highway 19 East, Clear Lake. The Coffee Shop, 508 Main Ave., Clear Lake. Subway, Plaza 210 Highway 18 West, Clear Lake. Deli and Carryout The Backyard Deli, 300 Main Ave., Clear Lake. Ge-Jo's By the Lake, 12 North 3rd St., Clear Lake. Pizza Hut, Interstate 35 & Highway 18, Clear Lake. Domino's Pizza, 812 Highway 18 West, Clear Lake. Pizza Breadeaux Pisa, 910 Highway 18 East, Clear Lake. Lam Inn, 538 Highway 18 West, Clear Lake. The Waterfront Restaurant, 475 North Shore Drive, Clear Lake. Historic 1912 House, 211 North 4th Street, Clear Lake. Fine Dining Best Western Holiday Motor Lodge, Interstate 35 and Highway 18, Clear Lake. Perkin's Family Restaurant, Interstate 35 and Highway 18 East, Clear Lake. Kentucky Fried Chicken, 910 Highway 18, Clear Lake. Happy Chef, Interstate 35 & Highway 106, Clear Lake. Clear Lake Country Kitchen, 1204 North 25th St., Clear Lake. Taco John's, 1304 North 24th St., Clear Lake.
Barrel Drive Inn, 206 Highway 18 East, Clear Lake. The Golden Goose, 468 North Shore Drive, Clear Lake. Diamond K, 1210 South Shore Drive, Clear Lake. Steak and Seafood Cafe Northwest, 400 SW 4th. Mason City area eating establishments include (located in Mason City unless indicated): Mexican La Hacienda II, 342 Eisenhower. Menus range from traditional American dishes to ethnic foods. MASON CITY, Iowa - Visitors attending the Agri News North Iowa Farm Show can satisfy their hunger pangs at one of the many eating establishments that serve the Mason City and Clear Lake area.
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