Taco John's — Restaurant in Independence

Imagine the grief of loosing one of your favorite doughnut shop overnight. It hurt, Like watching your neighbor run over your dog. With months of waiting to see what might take the reigns next to the anal cancer emporium known as McDonalds. Finally a sign that read "Future home of Taco Johns". I LOVE TACO JOHNS. Finally I can get my fix within just minutes from my house, No more runs to Odessa or Blue Springs for some Potato Ole's or Mexican Doughnut bites. Did I mention i liked donuts. Finally the day came and I couldn't wait. I was there opening day and at least twice the following 2 weeks. The first week was awesome but it was all down hill from there. So falling to the ways of Independence, MO and not to be outdone by the surrounding mediocrity of fast food, hotels and cars repair shops, Alas the Atlas of fast food fake Mexican food has fallen....and it fell hard. Not even recognizable as a Taco Johns other than the sign. This place is Taco Johns little brother Jerry. Just messed up enough to have a yearly telethon for its mental condition. But also messed up enough people try not to make eye contact when you drive down the street. Tonight for example, The smell of the lobby was one of intrigue. I couldn't quite put my finger on the nose punching aroma but it reminded me of my teenage years of cigarettes, B.O. and maybe a little bit of weed mixed with some hard Liquor. I should have known to stay away since it was 8 pm on a Saturday and the only other person in the store was at the counter on the phone reading the entirety of the menu to what I can only assume was a deaf person on the other end of the phone. When she finally placed the order with a few special requests the girl behind the counter for some reason decides she needs to read all the ingredients of everything this woman has ordered and question if she wanted everything on the items. Apparently she was playing for the final million and needed to "phone a friend" AGAIN before giving her final answer. So, I'm up. I placed a rather large order for my whole family and once again we need to run through all the ingredients of the order. Like a KCTV 5 news anchor with a teleprompter we went back to kindergarten to sound it out. Fine, whatever, I'm starving, I just want to eat. I had 2 special orders both minus onions. Apparently if you order a bean burrito with no onions in Jerry's world that means, yea screw this guy he's getting double onions because apparently the no onions button on a bean burrito order is too hard to find. Oh I wish that was all. But we sat in the lobby and waited for our food. Why were we inside waiting for a to go order? Well I found if I go through the drive through I only get about half my order. I assume it has something to do with person on the other end doing everything but taking orders. Either way here I sit in pungent remains of today's trash service and someones lack of desire for such minuscule things in life like deodorant. After watching the cashiers clock out and start making their own dinner. Of course only after fixing their hair. Did I mention the hair part, Yea, nasty touching the grill with no gloves after touching her hair. Still don't care I just want to eat. Finally my food comes and I make my way to my vehicle only to find the GrubHub guy who is surely about to finger bang someones Potato Ole's sitting in the middle of the parking lot. So I think screw this guy with his fancy light up sign in his front window letting everyone know that this is the kind vehicle that your food is being delivered in for like no money. I'll just start backing out and maybe his extra chromosome will get scared and get out the way but no this guy is special he works for GrubHub! So all that to say this. I will not for any reason go back to this business. It had so much potential, A great chain with an obvious broken link. So in honor of this post I will head to Blue Springs tomorrow. With a salty tear running down my cheek and thinking about that one time my neighbor ran over...

You need tacos. You know you do. Taco John's is magnificent. The meat is delicious. The cheese is very tasty. The lettuce is shaved into thin slices that don't overwhelm the perfection of these tacos. The most popular drive thru item throughout most of North America is fried potatoes of some kind. You'd be missing out on one of the most amazing drive thru potato options if you skipped getting potato oles. I get the extra melted cheese sauce & extra sour cream to decorate my potato oles. A fork isn't necessary if you dip each delicious potato ole into the sauce individually. The Taco Bravo is almost a religious experience. I have seen sane people inhale the burritos like they've been held burrito free for years of solitary confinement. Some Taco John's have weekly specials. You'll need that schedule once you get a taste of this food. Big people can eat here and be well satisfied for the price per servings. My best friend and I got more than we could eat in one sitting for our $20, and that included giant cups of carbonated goodness. If you're fortunate enough to have a Taco John's anywhere near you, patronize them. You won't get taco two step on Wednesdays if you get your tacos here. In over thirty years of eating at Taco John's I have never once received anything less than wonderful. For snobs, I'd suggest a la carte, paired with a nice Spanish, or Californian wine. For regular people I'd like to clearly state that Taco John's is a welcome addition to any picnic, or family outing. Tell me it's awful to watch little kids wandering around contentedly munching tacos. My Australian Shepherd would do every trick he knew for ONE (1) potato ole. They're THAT good. Unlike other drive thru taco franchises, a crispy Taco from Taco John's stays nice and crispy, not all limp and soggy. I'd honestly rank this as the best Taco option available from a franchise chain. There are maybe Tacos worth pursuing in your local communities well worth the hunt, but for solid, reliable, quick, delicious Tacos, Taco John's really should...

My boyfriend and I stopped at Taco John's late on a Saturday night spent $25. As much as I hate to admit it I am very much a regular customer and the employees know me by name simply by just stopping in, in the morning for breakfast. I have always had upstanding customer service from the woman who works in the morning and Navarrio Smith. On a Saturday night I spent $25 when I got home across town in South Kansas City I found half of my food was not in the bag I did not receive the cheese we requested with my potato Oles and when I called to tell them they hung up on me. I took my receipt into Taco John's to get a refund and left my phone number with Navarrio Smith. He has given my phone number to the GM and I have yet to hear from the GM. When I spend $25 which is approximately two hours of work for me I expect my food to be in the bag I understand working fast food sucks but you still do your job and when it comes to this being a brand new store this is really sad that it's already going downhill so fast. I will continue to get breakfast only because of the workers in the morning as far as the night crew I will never be back. To the GM of the independence Taco John's; I would still like a phone call and my...